#ratboys

#ratboys

Julia Steiner uses songwriting and an empty-chair therapeutic exercise to process estrangement and clarify feelings toward an absent loved one.

Ratboys craft long, shifting, journey-like songs that evoke dreamlike subconscious encounters and unresolved domestic trauma across Singin' to an Empty Chair.

Progress Bakery by Eliza Niemi stands out as the top 2025 album, among a chronological selection of 14 favorite releases across indie, psych, and folk.