The Best Releases of June: Music Staff Picks
July 5, 2021
Spellling – The Turning Wheel
The Turning Wheel, Chrystia Cabral’s third album under the project Spellling, offers bewitchingly captivating progressive folk and neo-soul songs. A shift towards natural instrumentation marks a stark change from 2019’s synth-heavy
Mazy Fly, giving these songs a new liveliness, and pushing Cabral’s songwriting towards the theatrical. The sonic palette on its own can be bewildering at first–veering off without warning into performances of soul, hard rock, classical, folk, and of course, synthwave. It’s no surprise that the personnel list reveals more than thirty performers–all of whom sound great. The songs are left with an enchanting sense of otherworldliness and magic. The opener, “Little Deer” showcases the album in all its grandeur. Instrumentally expansive but melodically simple, Cabral uses the symbol of a hunted deer to explore ideas of love and shared consciousness ac
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The Best Releases of January: Music Staff Picks
February 3, 2021
From the first noisy guitar notes of Pom Poko’s
Cheater, the band makes it clear they intend to start the musical year off with a bang. On this album, the band plays noise pop and indie rock while staying true to their jazz origins through lively percussion and free-spirited production. These songs combine ferocity and fun. Fangel always delivers a strong melody with a charisma that comes through whether she’s singing or shouting, no matter how wild the guitar lines get. “Like A Lady” has a chorus straight out of 90s alt-rock, with a creative instrumental arrangement that renders this familiar style fresh and exciting. “Danger Baby” has a smooth sliding guitar line at its center and is just a few sonic changes away from being a full-on indie-pop tune. Poignant moments on the record come and go, such as the chorus on “Andrew,” without feeling overwhelming. The band and their tight performances are wit
Written contributions by Jaden Amjadi, Derek Tate, and Jake Bisson Jeff Rosenstock – N O D R E A M Throughout his career, though especially the last decade of it, Jeff Rosenstock has done more than possibly any artist to remove the stigma from pop-punk. His earworm melodies, impassioned shouts, and nervous energy consistently produce cathartic listening experiences. His newest effort, the surprise-release N O D R E A M, is no exception to this rule. Acting as a soundtrack to yet another anxious breakdown, songs respond to perceived personal inadequacies (“Old Crap”, “Beauty of Breathing”) and political helplessness (“Scram!”, “N O D R E A M”). While many tracks aren’t more than four minutes, most have a tremendous sense of pacing and dynamism, never wearing out a melodic or sonic idea before moving onto the next. The title track’s different musical phases cover a … Continued