Sound Waves # 46
• Weekly Song Recommendations • With “Bipolar and Thriving,” Furlough Fridays bottle the chaos of loving on a fault line, gliding through hazy, almost tender passages before detonating into jagged, riff-heavy bursts that feel like emotional whiplash in the best way. It’s gritty yet strangely uplifting — a hook-laced anthem that turns vulnerability into volume […]
Eoin Shannon – Highs & lows
We’ve spun a lot of records over the past year, and plenty of them sound like they were cooked up in some sterile producer’s lab with charts telling artists what notes to hit—and that’s totally fine. But then there’s this album. Eoin Shannon‘s “Highs & lows“ hits different because it lives different. This Irish singer-songwriter isn’t playing. Released August 2025, this […]
Kentucky Trust Fund – Last Flight
Sacramento’s The Kentucky Trust Fund just dropped a debut full-length that hits like a shot of bourbon chased with a mandolin solo to the gut. Last Flight rocks. Plain and simple. We’re talking 52 minutes across 11 tracks that build, swell, and absolutely detonate when you least expect it. The band—Bill Craig pounding drums and singing, […]
Effusion 35 – Take Two
We’ve been doing this review thingy long enough to know when a band is just going through the motions, dusting off old records for a quick cash grab. Effusion 35 ain’t that band. Never was. And with “Take Two”—this six-track grenade they just tossed into February 2026—they prove that some songs ain’t ever really finished. They just keep […]
Tom Minor – Ten New Toe-Tappers for Shoplifting & Self-Mutilation
When a sophomore record rolls in with a title like “Ten New Toe-Tappers for Shoplifting & Self-Mutilation”, you either strap in for the most pretentious hour of your life, or you prepare to get your skull kicked in by twelve tracks of pure, wired, existential indie rock. Tom Minor—London N1’s favourite son of angst—ain’t here for […]
Sound Waves # 45
• Weekly Song Recommendations • “Chemical Bombs” hits with a volatile mix of crushing riffs and raw urgency, sounding like a pressure valve blowing off in real time. MØSHFIT channel controlled chaos into something both confrontational and addictive, making this track feel like a sonic protest you can’t ignore. Socials: Instagram “Diet Coke” bursts out […]
Siren Section – Separation Team
After eight long years of silence, Los Angeles noise architects Siren Section are back with their new album “Separation Team”. This is the sound of a duo, James Cumberland and John Dowling, who have spent decades sharpening their tools, finally dropping a monolithic, 19-track concept album that balances on the knife-edge between beauty and decay. This is rock […]
Sound Waves # 44
• Weekly Song Recommendations • Kevin Kell O’Donnell’s Don’t Worry About Me (I’ve Already Got Someone New) hits like a reckless confession shouted over a rattling, cow-punk pulse—funny, ugly, and painfully self-aware all at once. It leans into its flaws with such raw conviction that the bravado slowly cracks, leaving behind something bruised, human, and […]
Sound Waves # 43
• Weekly Song Recommendations • BLACK PIGS · Coming Back “Coming Back” by BLACK PIGS hits like a clenched fist raised mid-chant, fusing blistering punk drive with a fierce awareness that feels urgently alive rather than retro. It’s a track that doesn’t just vent frustration—it sharpens it, turning raw energy into a defiant surge that […]
Rellyo Bambini – Cloned and Upgraded, Insert Soul Here
Rellyo Bambini just dropped a cyberpunk sonic grenade that’s about to blow the roof off every complacent, cookie-cutter rock record in the stratosphere. “Cloned and Upgraded, Insert Soul Here (Rebirth Edition)” is a manifesto for the digital age, wired on distortion, dripping with neon sweat, and powered by a heart that refuses to be digitized. […]
Mortal Prophets – Hide Inside The Moon
Mortal Prophets have just dropped “Hide Inside The Moon”. This is a descent into the luminous, chaotic, and beautifully distorted unconscious, served up with a side of pure rock ambition. At the helm is the perennial maestro John Beckmann, who handles the writing, production, and musical direction. Beckmann’s vision is amplified by two new collaborators he […]
K6R6NZ6N – War Against Reality
We’re diving deep into the abyss with K6R6NZ6N and their blistering new EP, “War Against Reality.” Let’s get one thing straight right off the bat: this ain’t your daddy’s rock record. Hell, it ain’t even a band in any traditional sense. What it is, is a goddamn wrecking ball—a six-track descent into a world where darkwave, industrial, post-punk, and black metal […]