Duster's unique blend of fuzzy guitars, bargain synths, muffled percussion, and hushed vocals anticipated chillwave, mumblecore, and corecore, elegantly illustrating the holy trinity of slacker vices: cigarettes, coffee, and the weed supreme.
Orbweaving combines the best parts of Midwife's "heaven metal" and Vyva Melinkolya's sentimental, classic shoegaze in a way that distinctively elevates both artists.
At it's core, It's Closeness, It's Easy is about stepping into middle age and taking stock. It confronts the reality of living with the hand that's been dealt and searching for meaning in what remains. Loud 'amplifier worship' doomgaze for cat people.
Seamlessly blending shoegaze, post punk, new wave, industrial and noise with unparalleled depth and weight, the album was originally released by Enemies List Home Recordings founded by HANL members Dan Barrett and Tim Macuga.
"Music for dark spaces and closed eyelids, deeply psychedelic but without sprawl, ambient music with a serrated edge of punk."-The Ringer
"Warm, fuzzed-out sounds that hit home like a tight, melancholic embrace from your favorite person."-Vice
Both incredibly loud and intimate, Planning for Burial plays with an unrivaled passion and funereal grace that is equally at home in basements and large venues.
Vinyl LP pressing. Mono edition. Four Tops' self-titled debut album was released in 1965 establishing Levi Stubbs as one of Motown's greatest lead voices of all time.
Following last year's "triumphant live album" (Pitchfork), and 2022's surprise breakthrough Boat Songs, Manning Fireworks is an instant classic of an LP. MJ let's us in on his observations on the intersection of wit and sadness.
Frog in Boiling Water, the band's fourth full-length LP is a collection of snapshots that explores the brutal realities of end-stage capitalism and overwhelming technological advance.