Listen up, you lo-fi lunatics and psych-rock freaks. The Shrubs just crawled out of Houston, Texas with a track called “Let Us In” that sounds like it was beamed in from a parallel universe where everything is slightly warped and wonderful. And I mean that as the highest compliment.
Who are these weirdos? The Shrubs have been kicking around since 2013, messing with tape machines and blowing minds. They got signed to Blossom Records in 2019. Now? They’re running as a two-piece demolition crew: Miguel and Sophie. That’s it. No big band drama. Just two people who clearly give a damn about making noise that feels alive.
So what’s the deal with “Let Us In”? This thing took over a year to cook. The writing started around spring of 2025. Why so slow? Because Miguel and Sophie are doing some next-level analogue nerd shit. Most of the instruments got recorded onto tape using their reel-to-reel machines. Then they bounced it into the digital world. But here’s the sweet part—they used the analogue medium as an instrument itself. You can hear the tape degradation right there in the track. That fuzzy, hissing, slightly falling-apart sound? That’s intentional, baby. It gives the whole thing a spacey retro vibe that’ll make you feel like you’re floating through a broken satellite.
Now, lyrically? Miguel gets real. This song is about behaviour patterns. How quick we are to judge people and shove them into mental boxes. Comfortable labels. Miguel says that even though we’ve made progress accepting folks with mental trauma or disorders, we still got a long, long way to go. And where did that idea come from? Walking the streets of Houston. Seeing how the city criminalizes the growing homeless population or just straight-up ignores them. Same story in every major city, honestly.
The message is grim as hell, but The Shrubs wrap it in an upbeat musical style. Same vibe as their last single. They’re exploring that sweet spot between dark lyrics and happy riffs. And it works. Play “Let Us In” loud. Let the tape hiss bite you. Then think about who you’ve been shutting out.