Obscure Sound kicks off featuring the best albums of 2019.
New Tracks
Robi Mitch’s debut EP Our Year is an excellent listen, integrating ’70s psych-pop and rock influence alongside a singer/songwriter intimacy, while also touching on “the breezy indie pop of Taiwan, where Robi
The first single from The Hazy Seas’ debut album, due in January, “Heavy Heads” rides on hazy vocals and gauzy, dreamy guitar tones. The vocals and rhythmic presence intensify just past 01:20,
Los Angeles-based act Still impressed this past summer with the tracks “Divinity” and “Control,” both showing a melodic vein of post-punk and dream-pop with an aesthetic reminiscence to Wild Nothing, The Smiths,
Exuding funk-tinged vibes reminiscent of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, “Apro” is a new track from Terra Cessna. Growing up on a steady dose of Led Zeppelin, Prince, and Michael Jackson records, the UK-based
Gorgeously awash in guitar-based textures amidst hypnotic rhythms and serene vocals, “Sorry, Darling” is a stunning track from Great Wave, a band from Scranton, PA. The “don’t be sorry,” hook features gorgeous,
Originally from Rochester, New York, Maybird craft a gripping sound steeped in both psych-rock and more traditional, rootsy sectors. Such is evident on the excellent track “In Technicolor (For The First Time),”
“Strength to Let You Go” is a consuming piece of songwriting from Richard Jones, an unsigned Welsh singer/songwriter based in Bordeaux, France. Jones’ vocal tone, at its dramatic peaks, resembles Thom Yorke’s
New Albums
Following a career as an industrial rock vocalist, Tokyo-based Yuichi Nishikawa pivoted to composition after a vocal disorder, eventually scoring over 50
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Founded by Ed Silva in 2007, the project Cries of Redemption serves up two decades of unreleased material on the LP Patterns.
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County Durham quintet The Casbahs channel decades of British guitar-rock heritage into their excellent sophomore album, Peasants of the Show. Recorded at
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San Francisco-based collective Wreckless Strangers continues their “Ameri-Cali Soul” stylishness with Dirty Souls, a six-song EP produced by four-time Grammy winner Dave
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