Hovvdy, good friends and followers... Well, it's one of those weeks again. So much good stuff to pick through and pull apart here, so many colours and textures to shift and move around. A lot of it is gentle and swaying, such is the way; almost all of
Seattle's Coral Grief have just released their debut album, Air Between Us, an absorbing collection of twelve songs that simmer and break; that occasionally shrink, before coming alive once more in a shimmer of shoegaze noise. Led by Lena FM's spiralling voice, the trio – which also
The debut song, from the debut album, of Aïda Mekonnen Caby is a subtle swoon – but it's not a wholly romantic one. There's soft colour here, a sunset hue perhaps, but there's a sense of an edge too, a kind of disorientation that never
Yesterday I asked a friend how they felt about Sundays, if it felt like an outlier to them, slightly skewed when compared to the rest, if and how it carries its own unique kind of weight. I think it does. I think also that the same can be said for
It's always a joy to dip into the world of Winspear, the L.A. label that we've been covering for years here on GFP, through releases from the likes of Slow Pulp, Kevin Krauter, Barrie and loads more. New to the stable is runo plum, a
Winnipeg quintet Living Hour are today sharing new song 'Wheel', alongside the announcement of a brand new album, Internal Drone Infinity, which is out October 17 via their new home (and our favourite label) Keeled Scales. The band worked on the new album alongside Melina Duterte, better known
Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer describe the songs on their new album as both a collage and a "decidedly urban" album. The two worked together previously on Recordings from the Åland Islands, which, as the title alludes to, was a transportive collection, one which took you from
It's no huge surprise to hear that the songs which make up Helena Walker's debut album under her herbal tea moniker, existed first and foremost as "late night" demos; fuzzy and clouded shapes caught in the half-light. 'Seventeen', the album's
I've been so caught up in the most recent release from Blue Lake - the glistening Weft - that I hadn't even clocked that it wasn't a 'proper' album release. Though it's formed of only five songs, it contains more
The music of Poor Creature ticks so many of my musical boxes it's hard to understand how they've passed me by until now. A timely find then, just a week or so ahead of the release of their new album All Smiles Tonight which is coming
Seemingly making a big leap forward from what's come before, Noah Weinman has announced a brand new Runnner album with the sharing of new track 'Get Real Sleep'. Where much of his previous work has felt tender and stripped-back, the new single opens up a whole
The space found within Little Mazarn's new LP feels illuminating and remarkable. Within its ten songs there gaps remain, gentle places of rest that seem to hold just as much quiet power as the words and sounds that are conjured around them. The band's third album,
Earlier this week we were tagged in a couple of social posts from the excellent Topshelf Records, who were sharing a little reminder of Mal Devisa's astonishing Kiid LP, a collection of songs first released in 2016, and then pressed to vinyl by the label in 2019 – and
It's been a long time coming, but having been kicking around the scruffy edges of the Chicago DIY scene, and releasing three EPs, over the past five years, OK Cool are finally set to release their debut full-length. Called Chit Chat, and released on August 1, the album
Welcome to another album round-up! There's a few really lovely releases out today, from earthy peacefulness to polished exuberance. As always, dig in below and I hope you find something new to discover here... * Scratch It by U.S. Girls In just ten days, Meg Remy and her
I have a memory seared into my brain. I was on a trip to Iceland Airwaves, and had travelled from Reykjavik to Akureyri for a couple of days away from the capital city. I'd spent the day on a coach trip, bathing in thermal springs, eating food roasted
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“The strangeness of time. Not in its passing, which can seem infinite, like a tunnel whose end you can’t see, whose beginning you’ve forgotten, but in the sudden realisation that something finite, has passed, and is irretrievable.” - Joyce Carol Oates, Foxfire * Time never feels more erratic than
It takes a few listens to really get to grips with these new Annahstasia songs, for no other reason than her voice is so special it pulls the focus away from every other aspect of her work. Spend a little time here though and the songs that make up her
The majority of Iona Zajac's music has thus far leant into folkier, traditional side of things, most notably on her excellent debut EP Find Her In The Grass and again on 'Summer', a beautiful song released earlier this year. Now, fresh from touring as a member
It's little surprise that the announcement of the new album from Mike Polizze is led by a Kurt Vile quote, such is the earthy, meandering nature of the album's glorious new single 'Around Sound'. Arriving on the excellent Paradise of Bachelors label, Polizze'
Titled, aptly, Flirty Ghost, the new album from harpist Rachel Kitchlew drifts between playfulness and something altogether fascinating, a space where shadowy ambient explorations eventually crack to reveal the bright and colours below. Released in August, three of its eight songs have been revealed thus far, all of which lean
Though it's been four years since the release of Hand Habits Fun House LP - their last full-length studio effort - Meg Duffy has remained something of a constant, releasing outtakes, B-sides, live recordings, a new EP, all while appearing on work from the likes of Perfume Genius
In the time since her wonderful 2021 album Metal Bird, Eve Adams has made a home for herself out in the open plains of the American Southwest, and quietly set about writing what she calls her "eulogy for the American Dream", and what we find as one of
Hello friends and followers! Welcome to a shiny new feature, and something I've been meaning to pull together for a while now. It is, as it says right there, a round-up of some albums released today. I don't expect it to be a weekly feature but