On their spellbinding sophomore album, "Whispers in the Speech Machine," the young Ohio siblings from The Laughing Chimes fully embrace their Southern Gothic influences, exhibiting how their approach to songwriting and sonic aesthetics continues to evolve. The eight assured songs on "Whispers in the Speech Machine" cannily balance the light of their infectious pop with the mood and atmosphere of their Appalachian environs and point the way forward for this captivating young band.

Lunchbox's lost "Evolver" album is lost no more! Out for the first time on vinyl, and remastered with bonus session tracks, this twentieth anniversary edition fills a crucial hole in the band's discography. "Evolver" fuses jangle and jungle, ambient and dub into a striking psychedelic pop statement. Marrying refined songcraft to the serendipitous magic hidden in half-broken reel-to-reel tape decks and vintage synthesizers, the LP plants its pop flag on the terrain of magic and mystery.

Central to the the late 00s Brooklyn indie scene, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart paid tribute to everything from C86 to early Slumberland, Sarah and Creation. Their 2009 debut is a classic; "Perfect Right Now" rounds out the story of The Pains' early years, compiling the much-loved b-sides from the 7"s that accompanied that first album, a follow-up EP, scarce tunes from split singles, and finally "Say No To Love," a spectacular tune that points the way forward to the band's next chapter.

Since its release in 2009 The Pains of Being Pure At Heart's self-titled debut has attained the status of a modern indiepop classic, and even more crucially a record that continues to have an impact well beyond the indiepop scene. As one of the key bands in Brooklyn's late 00s guitar music revival, the Pains' debut album exploded immediately, going places that indiepop records and bands rarely do and leading to several years of constant touring and the further release of two more well-received albums.

With buckets of melancholic charm and a cardigan collection that would make even Stephen Pastel blush, Autocamper are the perfect pop tonic to Manchester's predictable post-punk machismo. "Summertime"/"Ken Hom" is their new single and it effortlessly retrofits the jangle pop sounds of the '80s without the C86 revisionism. Fueled by an unflaggingly melodic organ and spare, scratchy guitar jangle, both songs are perfectly emblematic of Autocamper's thrillingly fresh UK-meets-NZ pop sound.

Bathed in the introspective glow of May 2024, San Francisco's own Tony Jay unveils his latest aural tapestry, "Knife Is But A Dream." This collection delves deeper into the realms of ambient noise and collage, territories previously hinted at in his earlier works. The songs, themselves, retain a skeletal elegance, a stark contrast to the swirling chaos that surrounds them. The final product evokes the image of a charcoal sketch, a fleeting moment of beauty captured for all time.