It’s 2021, Bandcamp Day is still happening, and at this point hopefully you know what we’re doing here. Check out the first picks of 2021 below, and find all of our previous recommendations here.
Big thanks as always to our contributors; these pieces would be nothing without all of you.
Derek Baron Derek is a musician and writer based in New York. In addition to their solo work (last year’s Curtain, a mixture of chamber music, field recordings and sound collage, is a favorite in these parts) they co-run Reading Group with Emily Martin. The label released Carman Moore’s Personal Problems last year (which has been featured on multiple Bandcamp roundups and year end lists on our site), and started off 2021 with stellar releases from Blanche Blanche Blanche and Cop Tears. Be sure to check out all of these projects, as well as Derek’s picks below.
TARA CLERKIN TRIO | TARA CLERKIN TRIO I had never heard of this group or this record label before, but it popped up on some Soundcloud playlist and I found it lovely enough to follow up. Guileless and bright without making a show of its guilelessness. Simple compositions with loose and unhurried execution. Maybe it’s the fact that we’re coming up on a year of relative isolation, but this music made me palpably aware of how fun it is to be in band.
THE JOY OF LIVING | ANGEL BAT DAWID This is a great EP from about 4 years ago by the awesome Angel Bat Dawid (who, from what I can tell on social media, just beat a really nasty bout of Covid). This is quite a bit before her album The Oracle came out to much deserving acclaim. The Joy of Living is exactly the kind of music I want to live inside of. Five simple meditations for keyboard, clarinet, and voice, thrown together with none of the music-industrial ceremony but for the simple but intense pleasure of making and sharing music. Like many people, I’m ambivalent about the corporate-humanism of our new Bandcamp overlords. But it must be said that their model is affords opportunities like these to remember that music is for and about “the joy of living.”
D(EAR) DIARIES | DAPHNE X I’ve been really enjoying Daphne’s music this past year. Maybe it’s because I’ve been especially interested in repetitive music again. She seems to be investigating the relationship between the sound of a water glass being placed on a table, a sliver of conversation with a new-ish friend, and catalogue of sacred music you pick up off the street. This relationship is not trivial. Actually it’s very important.
CONCERT PERFORMANCE – MARCH 8, 2017 | FPBJPC Probably my favorite recording by one of my favorite “bands.” For the past few years I cherished this as a file in a Dropbox folder that I couldn’t save to my computer because I didn’t have enough space on my hard drive. Nice to see it out on Louis’s wonderful Regional Bears imprint.
APARTMENT CONCERT 01272018 | JJJJJEROME ELLIS JJJJJerome Ellis has a few of these house concerts up on his bandcamp page and they’re all really beautiful. Maybe this is one of themes of the albums I’m selecting for this list: minimally ceremonious uploads of radiant testimonies to the joy of making music with friends and alone. I learned about JJJJJerome Ellis through his poetry/performance work, which I heard for the first time last year and was shattered by it. The sense of musical hospitality here is understated but actually extremely rare in such an unhospitable world.
GOD’S TRASHMEN SENT TO RIGHT THE MESS | FIEVEL IS GLAUQUE I play on few enough of these tracks that I don’t feel bad putting it on this list. F.i.G. is Zach Phillips’ newest worldwide song-manifesting occasion. To describe my role on and admiration of this record, let me refer to young Hyacinth’s satisfaction at being delegated the role of petty assassin by Diederich Hoffendahl, the mysterious, international architect of revolution from Henry James’ The Princess Casamassima (1886): “Hyacinth’s little job was a very small part of what Hoffendahl had come to England for; he [Hoffendahl] had in his hand innumerable other threads. Hyacinth knew nothing of these, and didn’t much want to know, except that it was marvelous, the way Hoffendahl kept them apart. He had exactly the same mastery of them that a great musician –– that the Princess herself –– had of the keyboard of the piano; he treated all things, persons, institutions, ideas, as so many notes in his great symphonic revolt. The day would come when Hyacinth, far down in the treble [?], would feel himself touched by the little finger of the composer, would become audible (with a small, sharp crack) for a second.” We’re trashpeople, gathered to plan our righting of the dumpster fire of history. Join us.
Sam Richardson Sam runs and curates Feel It Records, a Richmond, VA based label specializing in underground punk of the past and present. The label began in 2010; originally focused on releasing music by central Virginia groups, it has built an international roster over ten years of operation. I am especially partial to last year’s releases by Sweeping Promises and Smarts, but you really can’t go wrong with anything in their back catalog. They’ve also got two new releases from Freak Genes and Silicone Prairie landing on Bandcamp Day. Check all this out, as well as Sam’s picks below.
BUTCH | BEEX Let’s start with something local – from 1982, the second single from Richmond’s BEEX is something of a forgotten regional punk hit. BEEX were a powerful five piece group, featuring the dynamic union of two of Richmond’s first wave punk guitarists – Tommy “The Rock” Applegate of L’amour and Richard Buchanan of Ricky and the White Boys, and fronted by the powerful snarl of Christine Gibson. “Butch” is such a great pUnK single, with searing guitar leads lighting up the mix and quality punk subject matter – a very bad dog named Butch (as seen in this phenomenal music video). To my ears it’s a perfect synthesis of the early Sire Records sound & the faster stylings of the early Dangerhouse Records/LA scene. BEEX never hit it big, but maybe they’ll have another shot at in 2021 – as local label Beach Impediment has a 12″ of early BEEX material in the works, featuring unreleased material from the Butch session and more!
MUTANT / MASQUERADE | THE FANATICS Here’s a deep dive pick that I stumbled upon on during my neverending quest to discover obscure, albeit great punk & new wave from the 70’s/80’s. The story here begins in Columbia, South Carolina – not a hotbed of punk activity by any means. A college town where “the only place kids dance a dance called the pogo and the music is called new wave” was the Von Henmon’s Nightclub [see this fun newsreel for more]. From this cultural desert came the one Nick Pagan, a bit of a punk visionary whose backing group was known as NERVOUS TENSION. In 1979, the four song This is Not a Test EP was released and simply credited to NICK PAGAN. The picture sleeve is initially what got me interested in this record – with two collaged photos of Mr. Pagan both pawing at a sign for a nuclear fallout shelter and then crouch-posed in a leather jacket holding a revolver straight at the camera! The songwriting has a solid 60’s influence in the new wave-y organ that’s strained against a devilish punk rock aura in the playing and vocal presence. Reportedly recorded and mixed in 6 hours at a gospel studio that Nick picked out of a phone book at random, the EP remains a tough find and will set you back nearly a grand in 2021. Moving on, Nick Pagan promptly ditches NERVOUS TENSION and links up with a new group called THE FANATICS in 1980. Now here’s the fun part – both bands record three new tracks – and what do they do? Release a split 7″ EP entitled Fun With Lines & Curves on Whirld Weckords in 1981. Another painfully obscure disc – and one I’d hadn’t been able to hear until a random South Carolina music archive uploaded a couple FANATICS tracks to Bandcamp. Both tracks are excellent examples of early 80’s punk/wave and have way more in common with the LA scene of the time than their small time digs of Columbia.
ROBOT/ROBOT | ERIK NERVOUS Once honored as Terminal Boredom’s “Rookie of the Year”, the young ERIK NERVOUS burst forth from the cornfields of the Midwest a few years back, dropping a few singles and EPs. I definitely took notice of this kid’s scrappy mix of the contemporary “egg” punk style and a more classic Goner/In The Red informed sound, yet Erik’s early releases didn’t really land that hard with me. Fast forward and Erik links up with THE BETA BLOCKERS from Kalamazoo, MI and pumps out a rocking full length. Now this kid is cooking, suddenly he’s a new member of THE SPITS and lends some of his tape machine expertise towards the production of their latest album. On top of that, Erik drops a new album that’s almost completely self performed and produced in December 2020. Bugs!! really cooks – a tuned up garage punk hitter laced with synth and backed by some of the best musicianship possible for the style. If you weren’t sold on this kid before, time to tune in – and I believe there’s a much needed vinyl pressing coming in 2021.
ROCK N ROLL HEART | TB RIDGE AS THE DIRECTOR The first time I heard this track I thought it might have come off the Ork Records box set that Numero did a few years back. Wrong! While “Rock N Roll Heart” sounds every bit akin to the better moments of HELL/CHILTON/TELEVISION, it was in fact recorded by an Australian using Garageband during the lockdown days of 2020. TB Ridge has played with the great CONSTANT MONGREL and WOOLEN KITS, and this cassette EP on the outstanding Anti Fade Records is quite the debut.
OUR MAN IN CHICAGO | PENZA PENZA Perhaps my favorite discovery of 2020 was PENZA PENZA. Released on the Funk Night label from Detroit, but hailing from Estonia – Beware of Penza Penza is one hell of a ride. This appears to be yet another project from the prolific songwriter Misha Panfilov, whose catalog is largely rooted in a more ambient, jazzy mode of composition. Penza Penza, however, is some of the funkiest psychedelic guitar music I’ve ever heard. It’s like Sly Stone and Eddie Hazel getting fucked up together and jamming while someone smashes the ‘record’ button on a four track in the corner of the room. I also feel like Zappa would have been all over Penza Penza and inked them to Straight/Bizarre immediately. It’s a real fun ride, and for anyone else whose marijuana consumption has skyrocketed during the pandemic, an ever more fun one to take after you’ve cleared the bowl & find that magical zone of conscience. Highly recommended shit.
YANIQ KƏRƏMI | RÜSTƏM QULIYEV Azerbaijani Gitara is a brilliant collection of recordings from one of the world’s best unknown guitarists, Mr. Rüstəm Quliyev. An instrumental child prodigy, Rüstəm first became acquainted with the guitar during his military service in Russia in the early 90’s. Upon returning to his home country of Azerbaijan, he became somewhat of a national hero – developing a unique style that drew from the traditional Eastern sounds of his heritage, but also incorporated an appreciation for the Bollywood scene and a flamenco-like style of notation and picking. Rüstəm Quliyev released several small run cassettes that failed to reach far beyond the borders of Azerbaijan and sadly passed away in 2005 after a short battle with lung cancer. Thankfully, the Swiss label Les Disques Bongo Joe has stepped in to release the first widely distributed release of Rüstəm’s material, Azerbaijani Gitara, which collects 9 brilliant tracks recorded between 1999 and 2004.
I CAN SEE THE COLOURS OF A BUTTERFLY | DAVE & LEE It feels like the days of an honest, working songwriting partnership are dead and gone. The thought of partners slowly testing their writing chops over the course of garage/psych/glam/punk branching off from traditional rock’n’roll during the late 60’s thru early 80’s seems like quite the fun predicament. Enter young Australian lads David Burnette and Lee Cutelle. The duo’s debut disc from 1969 was issued under the beautifully simple moniker of DAVE ‘N’ LEE on Festival Records. “I Can See the Colours of a Butterfly” is a lovely score of garage-y sunshine pop, sure to please fans of THE EASYBEATS, MASTERS APPRENTICES, or those with a keen understanding of THE BEE GEES discography. The single failed to chart, but Dave and Lee weren’t deterred and kept on writing – embracing more of the glammy rock sound that swept the mid-to-late 70’s, resulting in two 45s released as BEAUT in ’76 and ’77 on the Infinity label. By 1978, pub rock had given way to a harder proto-punk sound and the boys celebrated with another 45 on Infinity under the name BRANDED – which is a stomping Sharpie-approved Aussie rocker. By 1980, the duo had ditched any attempts at a chartbusting pop hit and had calibrated to the speed of the burgeoning punk scene – resulting in their final effort together, the killer BRITISH JETS single. Both sides are aggressive and catchy punk rock hits that sound like they’d definitely be worth a fuck, but alas weren’t released on Stiff and only appeared in small numbers as an EMI Custom pressing. Thankfully, the freshly minted reissue label Reminder Records has stepped in to compile all of Dave & Lee’s best moments on one convenient singles collection LP.
Tony Presley Tony is a musician based in Austin, Texas who records under the name Real Live Tigers. He is also a co-founder of and label manager for Keeled Scales. The label has four upcoming releases that we’re very excited to hear, including the latest from Sun June which will be released on Bandcamp Day. Check all of this out in addition to Tony’s picks below.
YOU MADE IT THIS FAR | ESTHER ROSE Esther makes timeless folk-country music with hooks that could easily sit aside Hank Williams and Patsy Cline. I can’t wait to see her play live again.
LEAVE THE LADDER DOWN | REMAMBRAN Remambran is the project of Mallory Watje. This album is one of my all-time favorites and I’d love to see it in print on vinyl someday. Melodic songwriting and brilliant turns of phrase are slightly obscured by the lo-fi recording in the grand tradition of hidden gems.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS | THE COCKER SPANIELS I knew of Sean Padilla from afar for years. He seemed to be at every weeknight indie-rock show I went to at the old Emo’s and he was always in the front row dancing and taking notes in a notebook. I found out later he made music of his own and that “The Only Black Guy at the Indie-Rock Show” was something of a viral Livejournal hit. This album is a representation of Sean’s enthusiasm and love for music:
EGYPTR | EGYPTR One of the best bands to ever come out of Arkansas and one of the best post-punk/art-punk bands period. This is good music to rock out to while cleaning the kitchen or mowing the lawn. For fans of Unwound, Dead Rider, and U.S. Maple:
MOON PIANO | LARAAJI I’d been familiar with Laraaji’s work through the Flying Moonlight folks in New York and through my friend Chaz in Columbia, Missouri who plays as Lake Mary, but hadn’t heard this album until Jess from Tenci recommended it to me. It’s been a steady companion since then. Calming, hopeful, and life-affirming. I love writing and working to this album:
GOOD MORNING BLUES | ASSATEAGUE This is one of my all-time favorite albums. There was a year of my life where I listened to this almost every day. For fans of solid songwriting, Neil Young, and early Iron & Wine:
KICKING EVERY DAY | ALL DOGS Probably my favorite project of Maryn Jones. Heavy-hitting grungy pop-rock songs. Just incredible anthemic songwriting. I’d give up a lot for an All Dogs live show right now.
COLORS | EL LAGO A super-cool shoegazey indie rock band from Galveston, Texas. These folks are part of a tight community that make zines, set up arts shows, and host shows 45 minutes south of Houston.
MADISON TAPES | YAYA BEY This album has a loose, dreamy quality. Her vocals are incredible and intoxicating! Lo-fi R&B bursting with talent.
THERE’S ALWAYS GLIMMER | GIA MARGARET An album I’ve spent a ton of time with over the past two years and I keep discovering new things I love. Gia has a way of sharing these heartbreakingly intimate vignettes accompanied by these melodic shifts. A masterclass in songwriting & arrangement.
Emmet Martin Emmet is a musician based in Portland, Oregon. In addition to their musical project World Record Winner (which will be releasing a compilation CD, All These Tapes, on Bandcamp Day) they run the label Bud Tapes. The label has released everything from offbeat country to lo-fi rock gems; it’s output reminds me a bit of another all time great Pacific Northwest label, K Records. Check out all this in addition to Emmet’s picks below.
WEAVING A BASKET | SEA OLEENA Charlotte Oleena revives her Sea Oleena project with Weaving a Basket, her first release under the moniker in 6 years. Its quite easy to draw parallels to grouper, fellow worshiper of all things ethereal and murky, but there’s so much more to dive into beyond that comparison. If you are already lying awake at night, looking back at the tapestry of your life, this is the perfect soundtrack.
WE WALK THE YOUNG EARTH | THE BLITHE SONS Recent obsessions with drone, folk, and field recordings have brought me at the feet of the Jewelled Antler collective. Glenn Donaldson and Loren Chasse founded Jewelled antler in 1999 and when performing together they use the name The Blithe Sons. The duo use various acoustic instruments and battery powered synthesizers and amps, usually recording outdoors with Donaldson occasionally lending his vocals to a track. Though they draw heavily from our natural world, their final works come off like field recordings or folk studies of an alien planet. It’s easy to get lost, and feel miles away in the droning environments these two create.
LOVELY | BOREEN Lovely is a criminally overlooked gem from Portland, OR home recording project Boreen. Songwriter and producer Morgan O’Sullivan combines the sample heavy post-folk of bands like The Books with the hooks and pop maximalism of greats like Björk. The final product is a highly innovative and unique album that will leave your bones buzzing. There are rumblings of a new album on the horizon so pick up a slab of Lovely wax and keep an eye out.
RICE FIELDS SILENTLY RIPING IN THE NIGHT | REIKO KUDO I believe I found out about this record through a recommendation from Ana Woulfe. I had heard Maher Shalal Hash Baz before (of which Reiko Kudo is a regular collaborator) but it’s this solo endeavor that was the first record I heard from that scene of musicians to fully enrapture me. In their usual form, performances on each instrument and voice are quite naive and out of tune and the production is haphazard but these elements come together masterfully to create the most innovative and magical music I’ve ever heard.
PICKLED DAWN | OMEED & THE NATURAL SCENE A brand new collection of tunes from a Vermont master of weirdo folk and harmony, Omeed Goodarzi. This time he’s backed up by The Natural Scene, a band featuring like-minded Vermont geniuses Ruth Garbus and Chris Weisman. Perhaps his most magnificent and accessible work to date, the songs here vibrate and expand into magically woven textiles of folk.
TIRED AND TRUE | FLOATING ROOM Legendary project from Portland, OR DIY Veteran Maya Stoner returns! With this latest 7” Maya and co give their “gray pop” take on art rock and pop. The results are catchy and breathtaking. I find myself singing the hooks to myself for days following each listen.
PARACLETE TONGUE | MATT LAJOIE Pieces of deeply personal, healing, and comfortable guitar improvisations performed by Matt LaJoie of Herbcraft and Ash & Herb fame.
WHILE SUPPLIES LAST | ROD The best kept secret of Portland DIY, rod, are back with a new track. The lead singer and songwriter, Tommy Celt, and I went to college together and I remember him telling me about the joy that this band brought him when it was first starting out and I sincerely feel that everytime I listen to rod. This newest track seems to be a return to their rocking days of yore after their previous two releases: the orchestral folky “The Freewheelin’ T. George with the Chess House Quartet” and the noisy lofi blast “rod is dead” before that. Here’s to hoping there’s more on the horizon.
FTPIM | KMRU KMRU is one of my favorite ambient musicians making music today. He has a really refreshing take on the natural meets synthetic, combining field recordings from his native Kenya with sweeping synths. As each longform piece unfolds the nooks and crannies of each individual element echo forth. This form of intricate music begs for repeated listens.
SEQUENT TOIL | CHRIS WEISMAN Chris Weisman is back with his first full length of 2021. Coming off 2020 in which he released NINE full length albums of new material on his Bandcamp, not to mention the three 30 track albums from 2019 and the countless back catalogue releases he’s begun uploading as well. It’s quite a lot to take in but listening to Chris’s music is always highly rewarding. On this latest collection Chris returns to his lyrical songwriting after a suite of instrumental albums featuring the venova (a brand new affordable wind instrument made by Yamaha) at the end of last year. The familiar elements are here: guitar, fucked up chords, highly personal and quotidian lyrics, a few mistakes and goof offs left in. Prominent synths seem to take an important part in each piece and it’s welcome. The textures add great depth to Chris’s already magnificent, minimalist 4-track production style. But honestly Chris could string up a chair and play it and blow my mind all the same. Anything he touches is gold.
Mais Um Discos Founded by Lewis Robinson in 2010 as an international platform for new sounds from Brazil, Mais Um Discos has since built up a roster of artists from all corners of the globe. With over 30+ releases, Mais Um has launched the careers of trail-blazing musicians/artists such as Lucas Santtana, Dona Onete, Meta Meta and Rodrigo Amarante, as well as put out scene defining compilations. Last year Mais Um put out stellar releases from Kiko Dinucci and Minyo Crusaders, and 2021 is shaping up to be the busiest year yet with a whole host of debut artist releases on the label scheduled this Spring and beyond. Mais Um’s man about Bandcamp Fab has selected 8 releases for you to dive into this Bandcamp Friday.
THE LIVING DEAD ASHÉ BOGBO EGUN | ÌFÉ IFÉ aka Otura Mun the king is a fixture of the Mais Um office Sonos listening. His EP Ashé Bogbo Egun is only 15 minutes but takes you on a spiritual journey. Here Mun interprets 3 traditional ceremonial Lucumi prayer songs in his signature Year 3000 style. Those tuned drums hit me deep !!
RAP UNDERGROUND FÉMININ VOL 2 | VARIOUS ARTISTS French rap goes from strength to strength but representation is lacking! On Rap Underground Feminin Volume 2, nos amis at La Souterraine compile 12 tracks by 12 fire MCs, mostly discovered through instagram and battle rap vids. Vibes for all occasions. First volume is crazy good too
KAMIL MANQUS | MUQATA’A Lewis started playing Muqata’a on his radio show from a couple years back and since then, everything I’ve heard from him is solid. This one’s his new one out on Friday on Hundebiss and I can tell its gonna melt some serious metal, plus the artwork was done by Ruanne Abou-Rahme and our friend Basel Abbas, who has helped point Mais Um in the direction of some crazy shit from SWANA (south west Asian/North African) region.
TU RABO PAR’ABANICO | MARION COUSIN & KAUMWALD Can’t remember how I came across this one but a great find. Reimagined Spanish folk songs meet wei*d french machine ppl and i’m here for it.
CERA PERDIDA | FRENTE CUMBIERO Psychy, dubby cumbia goodness from our friends in Bogotá, who come up with the goods once again on their new album Cera Perdida for Biche. Shout out to Alejandra, Mario & crew. If you haven’t checked their EP with Minyo Crusaders, you seriously need to go do that :)
HOSPEDEIRO | NALAESCA MANTEGA A top release by our friends Desmonta out in Sao Paolo. Nalesca Manega are duo Marco Nalesso and Luciano Valério (founder of Desmonta). Bass weight electronics meet ambient improv. S/o to our g, MNTH !
FREE BORGA – HEAVEN’S GATE NO BRIBE | PYTHON SYNDICATE I’ve re-visited this one recently and just can’t knock it. Put together by the same ppl behind the wicked Taxi Sampler comp from a couple years back, who I think are based in London, but salute all things now and African. Tip!
VOL 01: REFUGE | SCRAPBOOK MIXTAPE A lot of comps and here’s another. This one is the 1st volume of a series of collaborations by our friends in London who go by the name, Scrapboox Mixtape. Made up of illustrators, photographers, dancers, film ppl, some of them have not done music before but you would never know that from listening. The zine is a vibe too and i’m told Vol.2 is coming later this year.
David Wilikofsky Don’t have much to say about myself, but as always feel free to head over to my Bandcamp profile for more recommendations
DISCO SE AAGAY | NERMIN NIAZI AND FEISAL MOSLEH Discostan, the creation of Arshia Haq, is a project started in 2011 that has been everything from club nights to a radio show to (now) a record label. Their inaugural release, a reissue of 1984’s Disco Se Aagay, is a strong first statement. Recorded by two teenagers from the United Kingdom, they mixed the British New Wave happening around them with Arabic pop sounds and Urdu lyrics. The whole thing sounds like a long lost classic; I can’t wait to see what Discostan does next.
ON AND ON | THE FRAGILES Landing next week is the sophomore release from Big Heet frontman David Settle’s latest project The Fragiles. Settle started the project to explore his love of slowcore and 90’s lo-fi, which is an excellent description of what you’re getting here; there are fuzzed out anthems (“Kaleidoscope”), K Records-esque twinkling twee (“Garden of Cleaners”), and sludgy slowcore (“Success Is…”). It’s the rare album that manages to sound both nostalgic and contemporary. Also worth noting for those missing live music: Settle’s podcast of live recordings Under The First Floor is essential listening.
GUARDIAN SINGLES | GUARDIAN SINGLES After the digital iteration of Gonerfest last year, all I saw online was that a New Zealand band called Guardian Singles played an absolutely killer set. Listening to their album, you can hear why. They remind me of everything from Flying Nun style jangle pop to the heartfelt punk of Australian groups like Royal Headache. Word on the street is that they’ve signed with Trouble In Mind, which feels like a perfect home for them.
POSITIVELY PHRANC | PHRANC A self described “All-American Jewish Lesbian Folksinger”, Phranc was a performer ahead of her time. She were singing openly about queer life and desire in the mid eighties, and became a major influence on the 90s queercore movement. While there are some fun throwaway tracks on this album (“Gertrude Stein” is a rocker about how easily Stein could pick up women) “Tipton” alone is worth the price of admission. An ode to Billy Tipton, a female jazz performer who assumed a male identity, it’s a heartbreaking and empathetic exploration of what it can cost to live as your authentic self.
DRAGGED THROUGH THE GARDEN | PREENING Think if Lora Logic had a no wave band, and you start to approximate the sound of Preening. The Bay Area trio have released a steady stream of new music over the past few years, and their latest for the always great Ever/Never shouldn’t surprise longtime listeners. The band’s sax laden grooves always hover on the precipice of ruin, at times holding together and at others descending into chaos. A short but sweet release. Also very much worth checking out is Ever/Never’s other 2021 release to date, Monokultur’s drifting experimental pop opus Ormens Väg
AETHERNET | FAX GANG Apparently this is a genre called surge; to me it just sounds like the internet. Cloud rap, chiptunes, screamo and more buried under waves and waves distortion. This one is worth at least 1000 gecs.