Ten Stories - MeWithoutYou

This is a great example of a band writing for all the right reasons. Ten Stories is different from any other MeWithoutYou installment, but similar to all of them. It recalls the post-punk energy, from A-B life, catchy-as-fuck croon-style scream-singing of lyricist Aaron Weiss, and memorable storytelling, such as those in Its All Crazy, Its All False. I am lucky enough to have seen MeWithoutYou perform this tour, and, frankly, they knew exactly what they were doing, exactly what the audience wanted to hear, and were pro about it. Major props to this band, their sound is desireable, something easy to label, but impossible to replicate.

Undersea- The Antlers

Mini LP, or collection of 4 minimalistic singles that take dawn a diving helmet and take you on holiday. The guitar effects are the driving force behind this album, that reverb is like a crystalline passage to good times.

151a - Kishi Bashi

“To cherish that one unique moment,” in the words of K. Ishibashi, is the meaning of his new album 151a (pronounced “ichi-go-ichi-e”). Something wonderful happens in your brain-stem while listening to this diverse collection of awe-inspired tracks. It feels as if this theme of the "unique moment" had inspired every melody and every lyric, to the poppy bass lines which flow like breathing. The techniques used to patch together the unique texture of this album seems commonplace, synth swells, looping harmonies, but are truly something which must be experienced to understand. So click play and let it take you.