“an emotional blast from the heart”
From the singer-songwriter trenches, where every chord carries weight: Ian Cat's East Coast New England Boy chronicles homesickness and longing with layered guitars that bend like suspension bridges — "if Wilco had written Yankee Hotel Foxtrot in the proud grungy style of a 1990s Britpop band" — while the double-sided "Baggage Claim / Purgatory Blues" delivers an emotional blast from the heart with searing solos to match. Barrelly Ego's Bearly Eagle tackles a decade of socio-geo-political upheaval with allegorical teeth. Brian Jin's Horizons finds divinity in strange places — Hawaiian-cowboy-ukulele-jazz, dream-dictated Lennon appearances, and mandolin meditations — while Sophie Noel's after the sun hit the roof blends "forest floor pop" and eerie atmospherics to explore solastalgia in a haunted house.
“I learned empathy from strangers and buffering bars. I knew a stranger's grief before I knew my neighbor's name. Rude.”
“Blending art folk, dusk rock and what Noel calls “forest floor pop,” 'after the sun hits the roof' moves between hazy guitars, dreamy piano passages, vintage pop melodies, and an undercurrent of ee...”
“The allegorical donkey in the lion's skin, but it's a bear that wants to be an eagle that wants to be a bear... who cried wolf.”
“A slow, atmospheric alt-indie track about survival, finding clarity, and finally touching down on solid ground.”
“A bold conceptual journey through progressive rock, folk and experimental songwriting, Jordi Farreras' most ambitious album yet.”
“A moving conceptual album where progressive rock, folk and intimate songwriting come together in a deeply personal musical journey.”
“A remarkable conceptual album where found writings become an intimate journey through art rock, progressive music and experimental songwriting.”