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With a Lot of Nerve and Welcomed Whiplash, Venus Twins Seek Balance and Composure in New EP, ‘/\/\/\/\/’
Venus Twins invite their listeners into a brooding, pitiless, and fortuitous new EP /\/\/\/\/ (pronounced “stitching”), releasing through revered independent punk outlet Three One G.
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What’s In A Name? Pool Girl Lets Everything Fall Into Place With Debut EP, ‘Trophy Wife’
The power of the tongue sits on an unreachable golden pedestal in Trophy Wife, the debut EP from LA-based artist Pool Girl. This commemoratory collection of pop-leaning tracks acts as a trustworthy lucky charm-esque confidence builder.
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With Too Much Tumbleweed In Their Blood To Settle Down, Being Dead Provides Grungy Salvation In New Album ‘EELS’
Being Dead’s awaited second full album is an instantaneous sixties - Dolly Mixture vocal-esque Bonnie + Clyde renegade. This release spares no expense of genre in a world seen through kaleidoscopic glasses.
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She's In Parties Presents A Spectacle Of Depersonalization Turned Celebration With New EP, ‘Puppet Show’
Luna had the pleasure of discussing the ebbs and flows of inspiration, the perils of brainrot, and the newest Fontaines D.C. album with the band amidst their latest release and first headlining tour. Keep reading to join the party.
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Holding Tenderness At Its Most High, Nara’s Room Induces A Deep Breath With New Album, ‘Glassy star’
Glassy star greets lucky observers with a haunting call to open — crying out earnestly, mimicking the feeling of wandering a dense emerald forest. The band’s final single, “Razorbraids,” is “casual, familiar, and fleeting,” and a slightly blown out closing title track requires listeners to refer to The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows to place “anemoia.”
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Izzy Spears Gives A 10 With New EP ‘BLOOD, SWEAT AND DAMNATION’
Izzy Spears immerses listeners in an honest, energizing tale with new EP BLOOD, SWEAT AND DAMNATION, simultaneously claiming sonic euphoria and meditation, and developing as fluidly as life itself.
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Making Bitterness Brighter, denn. Transforms Heartache Into Joy With “TT”
Although its content surrounds the aftermath of betrayal in a relationship, “TT” takes a crisp leap toward something warmer and somehow soothing while harnessing that all-too-familiar ache in lyricism. For a perfect listen, consider timing it up with an amber sunset, falling deep into radical acceptance and the art of letting go.
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Kid Lake Delivers a Taste of What’s Fleeting With Debut EP ‘as the form wanes, the spirit appears’
In all transitional or meditative periods of life, there is a reminder of truth at heart. Is it reassuring, devastating, or both? Is there an in-between?
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Making Experimentation Standard, Dummy Trusts Their Instincts with New LP ‘Free Energy’
Luna had the pleasure of discussing opposition to oppression, returning to heavier sounds, and the never-ending argument of Britpop with members Emma, Joe and Alex.
personal essays
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Updating My Internal Bio
There are days where putting things off can be completely fine. There are others where it tumbles, and the one moment of discretion reveals itself as detrimental, uninformed, and at least three steps back.
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Thankfully Missed Connections
Halfway through last year, I was eager to be involved in what I considered “the music scene” in Brooklyn — it seemed to be welcoming and thrilling and for a moment, I felt very present and engaged in it all.
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My Friends Taught Me How to Love
I’m sat on the couch in my first New York City apartment with tears in my eyes for how much I love you. You, being each and every stronghearted soul of the people I call love.