A curated selection highlights standout new tracks and offers playlists for Top Songs and New Sounds. After's "Outbound" channels early-2000s Hilary Duff-era indie pop with dreamy pop-rock textures, music-video-era transitions, and wistful, sweet main-character energy that reassures listeners. crushed's "oneshot" blends signature trip-hop percussion with digital elements, organic guitar, and crystalline vocals, balancing dreamy sedation and immediate emotion with reverb-laced anthemic moments. Die Spitz's "Punishers" delivers heavy, hook-driven catharsis through massive guitar tones, wailing lines, and yelped expressions of frustration. Geese contribute "100 Horses" as another noted new offering.
If Hilary Duff's 2003 album Metamorphosis was a sacred text, indie pop duo After have been on quite the mission trip. It's impossible not to feel transported to the early aughts listening to their dreamy pop-rock cuts, and even their music videos double down with of-the-era transitions and slo-mo close-ups. "Outbound" is more wistful than their usual fare, but it brings an irresistible sweetness and a main character energy.
We're back in the lush crushed universe with their new song "oneshot," and each song off their upcoming album no scope, out September 26th, has been a standout offering. "oneshot" reprises the duo's signature trip-hop percussion but blends the touch of digital with a good helping of organic guitar and crystal-clear vocals. They perfectly capture the distance between dreamy sedation and the immediacy of strong emotions, letting their most anthemic modes trail off with a touch of reverb and a familiar haze.
"Punishers," the latest taste of Die Spitz' upcoming album Something to Consume, does exactly that - punishes. Heavy, hooky, and riddled with feelings of frustration, the track finds much-needed catharsis via massive guitar tones, wailing lines, and a couple of yelps - you know, for good measure. It's a banger, and one with something to say.
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