Rooted in this neat lo-fi ’80’s New Wave meets modern Indie Rawk aesthetic, the latest from The Journals Kept contains three tracks of timeless earnest aural anthems from the Western MA-based outfit.
Not to sound like a broken record, but each new sonic story from Happy Little Clouds impresses us more and more. Vocalist/guitarist Jac Mestel’s words and riffs get more enthralling with every new release, drummer Jess Townsend’s drumming gets more intimate and intricate, and Derek Bergstrom’s bass work becomes more [...]
Ah, yes, our old friend procrastination rears their pretty little head once again. It’s true, we’ve had the newest single from Viruette for quite some time and it’s also true that one gets so enamored with a track that it never crosses their mind to actual type some notes once [...]
It’s a big difference to have an album in our possession early (In this case, Mission To Sleep’s A Spark Or The End) and another to actually be writing about it consistently rather than listening to it over and over and over some more while constantly jotting down bits occasionally [...]
Anything we can do to share the good word on great music is a given ’round these parts… even when it means revisiting previously released material. But when it gets the re-mixed and re-mastered treatment (In this case, by Cade Earick), the debut from slo-anne reissued in the now is [...]
The opening track of an album we’ve had in our mitts for quite some time as we near closer to the inevitable release brought almost as big a grin to our faces as when we first heard Mission To Sleep’s upcoming new full-length as a whole. Following the late 2024 [...]