Late To The Party by Kotic Couture
Nurtured in the underground art movement and club scene of Baltimore, Kotic Couture is introspective and buoyant when they approach their new album, Late To The Party which draws from vogue and pop influences. The 11-track project features a beautiful blend of sounds with special guests DJ AngelBaby, 3SIDEGOOF, Chrissy J, :3ION, Wuhryn Dumas, and Amorous Ebony. If you are curious as to what the real Baltimore-city sounds like, look no further than Kotic Couture. To stream the album visit, Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, or purchase on Bandcamp.
Source: Babe City Records
Unborn by Lollise
Botswanian musician, visual artist, and fashion designer Lollise uses sound, color and movement to tells stories of real and imagined worlds, and their latest project Unborn shows just that. The multidimensional and nuanced, historical and futuristic project showcase Lollise’s pure creativity. To stream the album visit, Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, or purchase on Bandcamp.
Source: Kalanga Soundsystem
Legacies by Deau Eyes
Deau Eyes’ sophomore album Legacies is a sprawling, majestic exploration of what it means to “leave things behind that have integrity and meaning” — began when one of her exes called her up, asking if she wanted to go to Moscow with him in a couple of years and hop on a train to Beijing. Part of her loved the idea, but an older, wiser part knew that wasn’t her anymore. Legacies is an undeniably cinematic record, informed by her love of artists from Brandi Carlile to Emily King to Fiona Apple. “There’s this whole thing with investing in yourself and moving forward with yourself and what you’ve built that you can’t just pick up in two years out of the blue when this guy calls and says, ‘Hey, I’m going to Moscow,’ ” Deau explains. To stream the album visit, Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, or purchase on Bandcamp.
Source: Tone Tree Music/Subflora
Household Name by Momma
Rock band Momma (Allegra Weingarten and Etta Friedman), release their anticipated new album, Household Name. The project reveals an exciting new chapter marked by both personal and artistic growth. Across the album’s 12 songs, Weingarten and Friedman, who met and formed Momma in high school, cull lyrical inspiration from their own lives for the first time –a contrast with the conceptual fiction of Two of Me. Bygone heroes also helped inspire a lyrical theme throughout Household Name: the rise and fall of the rock star, and the tropes and tribulations that come with that arc. The theme allowed the group to celebrate (and, in some cases, directly reference) icons like Nirvana, Pavement, Smashing Pumpkins, Veruca Salt, and the Breeders’ Kim Deal, while weaving in their own perspective and experiences. Household Name perfects a balance of heavy riffs, deep emotions, inviting sonic production, and a light-hearted, wry sense of humour, creating a singular lane for Momma in today's world of alt-rock. To stream the album visit, Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, or purchase on Bandcamp.
Source: Polyvinyl Record Co.
Escape From Lizard City by Megamall
What weirdness lurks in the shadows of your brain? In its cluttered gutters and self-sabotaging alleyways? What sewer-dwelling reptilian is zapping its revenge across your synapses? Through fuzzed-out riffs, impish vocals, and relentless pop earworms, Megamall examines these very questions on their debut EP, Escape from Lizard City. Clocking in at just over 17 minutes, these six songs’ brevity belies their sagacity in an eclectic collection of alternative pop bops that careen between bombastic fits and jocular refrains. Inspired by American novelist Tom Robbins’ concept of the reptilian brain, Escape from Lizard City is a deceptively sickly album full of unreliable narrators who embody many of those “bad” emotions that we “good” people try and keep our distance from jealousy, resentment, possessiveness, and good ol’ fashioned egomania. Songwriter and lyricist, Alie Lynch, does a deep dive through her darkened thoughts, picking out some of the most maladaptive reactions and inflating them into life-sized caricatures ripe for examination. To stream the album visit, Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, or purchase on Bandcamp.
Source: Fanta Records
Double Knot by Naomi Alligator
Naomi Alligator is fed up. She's sick of trying to make relationships work that has already run their course, and tired of sitting in a wintry apartment waiting for her life to kick into gear. On her new album Double Knot, the modern folk singer/songwriter from Virginia attempts to unwind her life from all that is holding her back. In a way, it's a coming-of-age record about shedding what no longer serves you and finding deliverance. Naomi Alligator generally houses her narratives in beds of minimal, home-tracked instrumentation. For Double Knot, Naomi wanted a fuller, more dynamic sound. Here she continues to hone the winning combination of guitar and banjo, while peppering in computer-generated synths. If anything, Double Knot is a reminder that you can always pack up your bags, try something new, and change your life. As for Naomi Alligator herself? She moved to California. To stream the album visit, Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, or purchase on Bandcamp.
Source: Carpark Records
