Soft Science - Lines

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https://fortherabbits.net/2023/08/25/five-things-we-liked-this-week-25-08-23/

Five Things We Liked This Week - 25/08/2023

so low

Kerosene

Lines

Sadness

Deceiver

Grip

Oakland CA's Blue Ocean have been working around the fringes of the Bay Area indie scene since 2019, honing their very particular noise-soaked racket into a unique and instantly identifiable sound. They blend elements of shoegaze, pop, noise rock and electronics into a dense, sometimes disorienting soundworld that embodies a spectral mystery that recalls forebearers like Disco Inferno, Bark Psychosis and Flying Saucer Attack. "Fertile State" is their debut album, following on the heels of 3 tape EPs and a LP drawn from those tapes that sold out instantly on release in 2021. Songs like "Ode," "Fertile State" and "Syncnine" show how much Blue Ocean has grown in the last few years. They've easily shrugged off many of the markers of their punk/indie roots, allowing their experimental urges free rein and and the noise to find it's own level. It's a bracing, invigorating album that truly rewards deep listening and points the way forward to an intriguing future.

Fertile State

Blue Ocean - Fertile State

Dune Altar (DA-048)

Honeycrush is the solo music project from New York singer-songwriter-poet Alexandra Antonopoulos.  Using evocative storytelling and raw, emotive vocal performances, Honeycrush seamlessly ignores the trappings of genre, while drawing on the disparate influences of ‘90s permawave artists like Fiona Apple, Nirvana, PJ Harvey and Jeff Buckley to create sonic landscapes that are heavy with mood and ripe with emotion.

Despite having been a singer since childhood, classically trained to respect the traditions of pitch-perfection and musicality, Antonopoulos only first picked up a guitar in December 2020.  Inspiration surged in her as she learned to play, resulting in the writing, production and subsequent release of “Tilt Your Head,” her first single, in early 2022.  Three more singles followed in quick succession, with her fourth, “I Want It To Be Light So They Can See We Disappeared” released on eclectic LA label Dune Altar, a partnership that continues with the release of her upcoming debut EP MILK TEETH.

With MILK TEETH, Antonopoulos attempts to reconcile the relationship between pain and growth, taking a microscope to her own flaws and worst days.  Obsessive longing, embittered grief, impotent rage, and the relentless pursuit of self-improvement are inescapable realities that Antonopoulos refuses to condemn in her journey of self-examination on Milk Teeth.  Instead, they are amplified by every meticulously chosen guitar tone and sting in the inflection of each word.

Milk Teeth

HONEYCRUSH - Stars

The Rain

do you remember the rain?

Make Me Smile

Pockets

From the start - Laufey- sped up(tik tok version)

Made of Love / Be Here Now

Made of Love

Tired of wanting to add this to playlists and it not being on soundcloud so im ending my suffering

Buds

Surf Curse-Freaks

Swing Lynn

Soft Science is a dream pop / indie band from Sacramento, CA

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