For fans of Oneohtrix Point Never, Morgan Garrett, Massive Attack, early post rock, and the menacing hum of fluorescent lighting over an empty office, Mothcomma by Dead Voices on Air resurrects our liminal spaces using a fittingly post industrial sound, creating something equal parts eerie and vibrant in the process.

For fans of Black Country, New Road, Or Sobre Blau, The Mars Volta, the Chilean experimental rock scene, and the understanding of all mass cultural crisis as inherently spiritual, Morir Saltando by Hesse Kassel assesses meta modern struggles using a brand of prog rock with ample crossover into today’s popular sounds of delicate post rock.

For fans of Cime, Mamaleek, Shearling, contemporary skramz, and the horrifying struggles of the cutest stray cats, [XOLO] [ALMA] by Sodaseas explores our fragile animal nature through cathartic lo-fi crescendos.

For fans of Animal Collective, YHWH Nailgun, LA Timpa, glitch pop, and packing up and moving again before you even got done unpacking, 13 YC by 13 Year Cicada strives for stability in a world that demands constant, disruptive change, struggling to establish an interior peace which resists all the chaos in the exterior environment.

For fans of Wilco, Shallowater, Sunny Day Real Estate, dream pop, and the smoky summer nights of the apocalypse, Shield of Faith by My Guitar Is Trying to Kill Me brings an Americana twang to today’s popular blend of dreamy post-rock-adjacent styles, building grand emotional swells while retaining an approachable folksiness.

For fans of Pink Floyd, Talk Talk, Neptunian Maximalism, slowcore, and the nagging feeling that there’s a higher level of consciousness just out of our reach, Drain by Vorhex Angel journeys through the mind as the physical world slowly deteriorates outside, our half-finished attempts at enlightenment increasingly worrying as reality nips at our heels.

For fans of Tyler, The Creator, Billy Woods, Confucius MC, horrrorcore, and that sort of misanthropic rage that comes out like a mumbling rant instead of any kind of cathartic burst, People Are Not Your Friends by Another Planet & Steel Tipped Dove uses unlikely samples and maximalist flows to submerge us in the brooding darkness of wits end.

For fans of Yowie, Black Midi, Deafkids, free jazz, and the sinking feeling you get when catharsis doesn’t lead to a lasting inner peace, Miniaturas by Torso Corso combines influences from progressive rock and experimental jazz to craft an explosive work of discordant energy, a sound which builds suffocating tension only to be relieved through raw power alone.

For fans of Frail Body, Loma Prieta, Truck Violence, the heavier edges of the indie emo revival, and the perverse hope of the end of days, All the Cages Holding Us Will One Day Turn to Dust by Snag rallies us to hold our heads high in this impossible moment using a warm yet aggressive emo tone.

For fans of Daniel Johnston, Still House Plants, Abigail Snail, windmill-adjacent singer-songwriter, and those quiet mornings we sometimes forget to cherish, Safe as Houses by Pij invites us into the songwriters’ personal space with open arms, creating a daringly intimate environment through musical improvisation and minimal composition.

For fans of Mclusky, My Wife’s an Angel, Truck Violence, first wave emo, and the unashamed rejection of being nonchalant, Towards Cleaner Bodies by Imaginary Husband points into the sources of our misery and unflinchingly gives us permission to fire away.

For fans of Willy Rodriguez, Arcade Fire, Gingerbee, classic baroque pop, and the eternal tragedy of Ancient Greek myths, Metamorphoses by Laika grapples with personal responsibility in romantic collapse through an epic narrative of the online noise rock variety.

For fans of Unwound, Jawbreaker, Rites of Spring, the recent wave of archival records and re-releases from the 90s post hardcore scene, and that alienating feeling of noticing the ongoing apocalypse a couple decades before everyone else, Warped Speed by Cars Get Crushed transports us back to a scene from thirty years ago whose relevance only continues to grow in today’s experimental rock scene.

For fans of Wet Leg, Chemtrails, Artificial Go, zolo, and the paralyzing responsibility of individualism, Queen Deyonna by Shishi invites us into the court of a fictional queen as she unwinds from a long day of royal duties to perform some strange progressive post punk.

For fans of Caroline, Current 93, The Microphones, slowcore, and the hidden mental violence of sitting alone in your thoughts, I Think We’ve Met Before by Amy Rose Mills presents a subtle rendition of the folk singer-songwriter style made complete with some fascinating influences from experimental and noise-adjacent traditions.

For fans of Jane Remover, Jockstrap, Duster, hyperpop, and the anxiety of digital overstimulation, Erring by $quib addresses our fragmentary identities and misdirected desire through a maximalist indietronica sound.

For fans of Current 93, the Reverend Kristen Michael Hayter, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and classical mythology, The Isle of Skye by The Infinity Ring is a gothic neofolk journey into a labyrinthine garden of eden.

For fans of Chat Pile, My Wife’s an Angel, Prostitute, and Americana-influenced post hardcore, The Weathervane Is My Body by Truck Violence claws away at the anxious rage of postmodern life to reveal a critically damaged core.

For fans of Geese, Champion Trees, Fargo, vocal jazz, and the stunned silence of a late night walk right after the end of something beautiful, Swans Today by Paulie Swan snapshots the denial and anger stages of grief through an elegant singer-songwriter style.

For fans of LA Timpa, The Olivia Tremor Control, Los Thuthanaka, sound collage, and the awkward gaps in life between meaningful moments which we will ultimately go on to forget, “Goodfellas” by Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn uses psych pop sounds and radio surfing aesthetics to find new forms of liminality.