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immer für immer by Flying Moon in Space

For fans of MGMT, Can, Kraftwerk, goth rock, and the digitized version of yourself perpetually living the best day of their life, immer für immer by Flying Moon in Space uses a synth-heavy, kraut-rock-inspired post punk sound to pick apart the separation between the lives we live and the lives we claim to want.

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Westside Trapped by Heavensouls

For fans of Los Thuthanaka, Lua Trilogy!, History Dog, Jazz fusion, and the soaring flow state of creative community, Westside Trapped by Heavensouls crafts an alternate reality with complete anti-colonial worldwide liberation.

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Only Love by PEACH

For fans of Melvins, Couch Slut, Julie Christmas, desert rock, and the catastrophic realization of past codependency, Only Love by PEACH ascribes a realistic level of intensity to those toxic aspects of love we’re meant to brush off as totally normal, an intensity raised through a unique noise rock sound equipped with an instantly unforgettable protagonist.

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Eight Ascensions by Safezonefire

For fans of The Strokes, Cistern, Bladee, bedroom pop, and the half-sleep of a summer red eye train as the sunrise peeks over the blur of countryside, Eight Ascensions by Safezonefire skates just above our day-to-day concerns through a dreamy take on the online post punk sound.

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Sound of a Sinking Ship by Gre/ay

For fans of Wiring, Liturgy, Unwound, classic screamo, and the frequencies of malaise which interfere with our collective consciousness, Sound of a Sinking Ship by Gre/ay vocalize these omnipresent bad vibes by creating a cathartic punk rallying cry.

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Sidera by Miserere Luminis

For fans of Deafheaven, Thantifaxath, Neurosis, neoclassical, expansive post rock, and the radical decision to look out at the world as is and choose to live, Sidera by Miserere Luminis takes seriously the high drama of our current moment by meeting our surroundings with an equally intense symphony of black metal.

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No Fear No Gear by Marie Krüttli

For fans of Wendy Eisenberg, Björk, Still House Plants, the recent trend towards experimental lounge jazz, and those fraught emotional moments when our internal dialogue shuts down entirely, No Fear No Gear by Marie Krüttli employs many human and instrumental storytellers and voices to guide us through a maximalist aesthetic space.

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Autumn Break Down by clust.r

For fans of Bagel Fanclub, Tirestires, Death’s Dynamic Shroud, those early, vibrant days of the hyperpop movement, and the subliminal voice which guides our thoughts through the algorithm, Autumn Break Down by clust.r filters romantic angst through the lens of online psychosis, all displayed by a completely unique form of experimental electronica.

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Goyard & The Kayfabe Reveal by Ghais Guevara

For fans of Clouddead, Lil Ugly Mane, Nas, light beach reading like Anti Oedipus and Finnegan’s Wake, and the overlooked inner drives which govern all human behavior, Goyard & The Kayfabe Reveal by Ghais Guevara addresses the deep history of systemic violence through an abstract, poetic hip hop style which burrows into our collective psyche.

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Something We All Got by Cootie Catcher

For fans of Feeble Little Horse, Pavement, Sweet Trip, folksy indie rock, and imagination as a device to realize a better world, Something We All Got by Cootie Catcher builds a cozy fantasy landscape for twee to exist alongside our deeply dangerous reality.

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So Inspired, So Done In by Dog Chocolate

For fans of McClusky, Snooper, Hüsker Dü, the new wave of bouncy, off-kilter post punk, and every interaction with your local hr department, So Inspired, So Done In by Dog Chocolate boils over with classic punk resentment towards our toxic work culture and the conditions which got us here.

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Blue Rider, Blue Faced by Fiona Fiasco

For fans of Big Thief, Nico, Prewn, slowcore-tinged singer-songwriter, and the cataclysmic blaring of your alarm to end a pleasant dream, Blue Rider, Blue Faced by Fiona Fiasco uses an accessible brand of traditional folk to immerse us in the melancholic aspirations of a restless romantic.

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You Deserve Worse Than What You Got by Kullnes

For fans of Modest Mouse, Alex G, YHWH Nailgun, the Have a Nice Life extended universe, and getting to the end of the instruction manual and realizing your product was defective from the start, You Deserve Worse Than What You Got by Kullnes reveals the depths of mental health crisis after exhausting all recommended channels of relief.

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Somersaults by Deathcrash

For fans of Champion Trees, Black Country, New Road, The Promise Ring, early spindly post rock, and that complicated feeling you get when you remember the view from your childhood bedroom window, Somersaults by Deathcrash grapples with nostalgia using a dark, calculated singer-songwriter style.

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Tigray Funk by Sideshow

For fans of MF Doom, Death’s Dynamic Shroud, J Dilla, early ambient music, and institutional suspicion, Tigray Funk by Sideshow searches for emotional and material truth through a unique abstract hip hop style.

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Hellbent Daydream by Brandon Seabrook

For fans of Dave Brubeck, Soft Machine, Eric Dolphy, chamber pop, and that delirious state between awake and asleep which you feel during a red eye flight in a middle seat, Hellbent Daydream by Brandon Seabrook experiences the harsh clash between subjectivity and objectivity through a unique take on free jazz.

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