Between worlds and slow tempos: SMIC's The Upside (Of Losing Everything) leaves the noise behind for something quieter and heavier — a low-tempo alt-indie meditation on survival and finding solid ground. Zane Alexander's Outer Darkness Between Worlds offers lo-fi acoustic songs in French and Spanish exploring identity, migration, and belonging across cultures. Start-Track's Start The Track: Vol. VIII compiles an all-instrumental indie showcase, while Jordi Farreras' Els amics perduts weaves progressive rock, folk, and intimate songwriting into a deeply personal journey through memory and absence. ,and Others' ,Others rounds things out with noisy highschool songs recorded to stay calm through the semester.
Slowcore releases
“A slow, atmospheric alt-indie track about survival, finding clarity, and finally touching down on solid ground.”
“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.”
“Lo-fi acoustic songs about identity and belonging, sung across cultures, sung in French and Spanish”
“Many of these songs were written and recorded while staying at a house on the Puget Sound shortly after a family funeral.”
“The eighth compilation for our indie music blog and label, start-track.com, features only instrumental tracks this time.”