New Music

Like all of Geographic North’s experimentally gifted recordings, Behold Killers proceeds with nearly all art modalities in mind. Ahmed’s visions, reprises, and sound architecting eclipse and return to the neutralizing trio of color and geometric forms adorning this bewitching release.

On Both of Those Things, Martin has crafted an indelible Side A. Each of the five songs could stand alone, yet hearing them collectively, pivoting or enveloping the previous, garners the best bounty. Martin’s inclusion of talented players on this nearly missed EP soars above previous climbed heights. Here’s hoping his follow up isn’t six years in the making.   

The notes Hood plays and maybe equally, those he doesn’t, invite continual warmth to Neighborhoods. There’s a princely sense of space and awareness for the future woven in Hood’s past. Not so much a wish of yesterday but a bow to what memory continues to give.

Oh, Rose is as sonically flexible as any indie-spawned youth brigade. Just like the cover photo, where all eyes seem connected on the same point, Oh, Rose seem transfixed from opening track to last chord, brandishing their flag steadily, before thrusting it into the ground. 

Anchored by the singer-songwriter, father/daughter tandem of Steve Erickson and Lindsey Erickson Willis, the Seattle band Third Train Running released their debut album Dancing in July in September 2019.

Let’s hope That Hot Spring Water #1 is just a beginning of a great new sound coming out of the hard-working towns of the Kitsap region. 

Skeleton Flower is a testament of brevity quilted from dazzling creativity and personal authority. Its best parts are confident strides toward the fringe and shadows. The long-standing duo of Nishimura and Kohl reflect brightest as they dare to continue to explore. 

It’s as if he’s performing in your hallway or on a lonely street corner, embedding deeper into his own ethos of understanding as the album ends. And just like on previous work touched by Way’s understated skills as singer, guitarist, and songwriter, Long Distance has the miles to give for years to come.