EP Review

Sun to Rise Is Like the Emotional Equivalent of Mist Forming on a Window

Sun to Rise is a four-track EP by Stephen Foster, and it features songs wherein this isn’t even the kind of music that kicks the door down or even knocks politely. It’s more like the emotional equivalent of mist forming on a window. You’re not sure when it started, you’re not even entirely sure what

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Daydreaming by Michael Lazar isn’t trying to impress you; it’s trying to reach you

Let’s say you’ve had a long day. Not the catastrophic kind, just the standard existential dread with a side of self-doubt. You want something to listen to that won’t lie to you about how everything’s fine, but also won’t actively make you feel worse. Congratulations. You’re exactly the kind of person Michael Lazar made Daydreaming

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Two Sides: Gemini by Marquis Nash is a sonic treat if you want your music intimate and soulful

Love is complex, and sometimes, melodies are the only way to dissect its peaks and valleys, whether it’s for a partner, a past, or within ourselves. Two Sides: Gemini from Marquis Nash is a curation of six tracks that unearths this theme in a soulful R&B way. Take Our Time opens the EP warm and

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Start Your Day With Drawing Mazes’ “Sunday Morning Pancakes”

Sometimes, we need moments where we take things slow and truly cater to what our well-being needs. It can be through savoring the day by doing activities we enjoy, or attending to details that we’ve neglected due to high stress situations. Point is, we’ve got a soundtrack for those certain moments: introducing “Sunday Morning Pancakes”,

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“We Are All Bots” by Andrea Pizzo And The Purple Mice Is Out Of This World

There’s nothing more intriguing than a record that excels in musical immersivity and depth of what it’s actually all about. “We Are All Bots” tackles the field of technology, particularly artificial intelligence. It clearly offers a sense of awareness of the growing societal issue of people relying far too much on these resources, all the

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Darling I Dreamt’s ‘Wake Up’ Understands What It Means to Be Too Tired to Fall Apart

There’s a very specific kind of insomnia that doesn’t feel like panic; it feels like paperwork. That’s where Wake Up lives. The debut EP from Darling I Dreamt isn’t so much an emotional breakdown as it is a carefully-filed stack of late-night thoughts, catalogued during the long, grey hours where your brain refuses to shut

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