Best Witches - Margot's Song

Marietta - God Bless Eric Taylor (Acoustic)

Merchant Ships - Things Left In Last Year

The Obsessives - What Makes a Friend

Becoming your true self is a game often played in inches. Pockets of discovery and growth can appear behind the obscurity of frustration, leading to stretches of brilliance. It’s a visual Evan Brock ties to his latest project. Speaking about the records in its canon (debut Slowly Spiraling Towards the Light and the forthcoming I can feel an ending), “moments of Laika Songs are supposed to sound like when you look up through the trees and can see a little sky peeking through, and the light hits the leaves just right.”

The intersection of the natural and the artificial is where Laika Songs gains most of its inertia. Fragmented synth lines intermingle with everything from lumbering acoustic guitars to luxurious saxophones, bridging the gap between environmental zen and digital confusion. I can feel an ending expands the search for meaning first dispatched on the first LP by collaborating with a wide variety of musicians and friends to divine some clearer answers.

Emboldened by post-pandemic connectivity and the power of letting control fall to chance, Evan reached out to potential players with nothing but demos and deep knowledge of their musical histories. Stems would serve as signposts, but finished products diverged from original designs. The result accidentally mirrors Evan’s...  more
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released December 5, 2025

Laika Songs is…
— Evan Brock - songs, vocals, guitars, piano, synths, mellotron, harmonica, sampler, percussion

Additional musicians…
— Dominic Angelella - bass (1-11)
— Dan Bailey - drums, percussion (1-11)
— Meg Duffy - guitars (1-6, 8, 10, 11)
— Abby Gundersen - violin, viola (4, 5)
— Kris Hayes - guitars (7, 9)
— Chanele McGuinness - vocals (1, 3, 6, 10)
— Heaven Schmitt - vocals (2, 5)
— Joseph Shabason - saxophone (6, 10), flute (10)

Produced by Evan Brock

Engineered by Dominic Angelella, Evan Brock, Dan Bailey, Meg Duffy, Abby Gundersen, Kris Hayes, Chanele McGuinness, Sean McVerry, Heaven Schmitt, Joseph Shabason,

Mixed by Philip Weinrobe

Mastered by Josh Bonati

Cover painting by Pat Perry
Design, layout, and self-portrait by Evan

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Arpeggiator

A Lot of Bad Things Have Happened, But We're Still Here

A Dime is a Titan

Marietta - You've Got The Map Backwards, Matt

the exploration - i guess i'm leaving

I Want to Forget About Everything Bad That Ever Happened, Ever (2009) 

Merchant Ships - Coffee, Hot Showers, and Hangover Jams

"Irrevocable, Motherfucker" is off Glocca Morra's album, Just Married, out July 10 via Kind of Like Records.

Glocca Morra, "Irrevocable, Motherfucker"

Our Sunday Affairs - A Texas Sized Solution

Currently:
Pacemaker
Honest Archie

Past work:
Their / They're / There
Lifted Bells
You Blew It!
Joie de Vivre
Into It. Over It.
Dowsing
Recreational Drugs
Best Witches
California Furniture
Other Masquerades
Half Milk
Winter Classic
Space Blood
Stifle
Evasive Backflip
Forfeit
Stutterbot
Richardson "Richardson"
Brownie Mountain
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Best Witches - Margot's Song

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