Weekly Roundup - Unreviewed Releases: April 7-17, 2023

 

Calliope Music Weekly Roundup

Unreviewed Releases

April 7-17, 2023

Rated Albums

Yaeji - With A Hammer 

4.5/10

Sporadic Glitch Pop facilitates quirky anger, but often suffers from scarce and plodding mechanics.

BrokenTeeth - How to Sink Slowly

6.5/10

BrokenTeeth brings his own style of Korean Shoegaze with slower tempo and more melodic  Indie tracks. Two electric guitars create haunted droning rhythm and uplifting solos, only abased by occasionally dispirited drumming and monotone melodies.

MARO - hortelã

6/10

Absolutely graceful Portuguese acoustic chamber folk. Floating melodies and double guitar tracks utter diaphanous love songs, although some flat progressions and tedious verses lug along.

Wednesday - Rat Saw God

6/10

Noisy Alt-Country highlights teenage insecurity and road trip anxiety. Peculiar mid-west imagery and moody slacker guitar establishes formidable Indie, but mundane progressions and vocal quirks fail to demand intrigue at times. 

Daughter - Stereo Mind Game

6.5/10

Dreamy Indie Rock speaks on long distance love and creeping isolation. Oceanic imagery symbolizes optimistic pain through heavy kick drum, pop progressions and glum guitar. Even with some needless interludes and stiff developments, Daughter handles sanguine destruction well.

Other Notable Releases

Shygirl - Nymph_o

Sensual Alternative RnB takes a sharp turn with bumping UK Bass and Hip-Hop remixes of Shygirl's 2022 debut. While some remixes offer more in-depth industrial and electronic productions, others falter through simpler trap patterns. Regardless, Shygirl demands awareness for future electro-influenced RnB material.

Angel Olsen - Forever Means

Downtempo Singer-Songwriter tracks take advantage of light piano and jazz tones to delineate undeniable self-love. While the latter three songs are more standard in there acoustic composition, the opener, 'Nothing's Free' stands out as liberating blues on Olsen's 7th Studio EP.