These recordings feel like single takes, moments captured that can never quite be recreated with the same level of uncertainty and longing. Make It Make Sense is a particularly striking example, but the project in full consistently draws you back to this quality, and as such, it’s addictively understanding, comforting, and heart-breaking, to lose yourself here with Sam.
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This sophomore album is everything fans will have hoped for from the rising indie legends, and with tens of thousands of monthly listeners keenly tuned in, 2026 presents a huge moment for The Chelsea Curve.
Ultimately feeling like a huge power-pop ballad at its peak, the essence of Selfish is again that twist of angst and unexpectedness that runs throughout Kyle Jaymes’ songwriting. The music is beautiful, but the sentiments are loaded with pain and self-preservation; an outcry against someone whose Selfish choices have been unignorably suffered for far too long.
Great production and songwriting creatively unites hip hop and alternative pop, as the neo-classical strings and modern beat of Trigger My Aria let Maria Rosa La Kakiee deliver a modest but striking ode to self-preservation.
Producer LIQUID NFUZION embarked upon a deliberate creative experiment, intent on recording a brand new project from scratch, in a single day, whilst tripping on 4 tabs of acid.
All at once we get the hypnotic chaos of a full production, and the raw vulnerability of a songwriter attempting to understand and connect with all that has come to pass. That balance is rare, and a huge part of what gives The Soldier such a unique sound right now.
Long-time favourite and easily one of indie’s most engaging songwriters from recent years, Kyle Jaymes leans into the anthemic uplift of Folk Rock, with the brilliantly captivating new single Haunting.
Kyle Jaymes is unmistakable as an artist, and refreshingly authentic and humble at the very same time. His songwriting and musicianship consistently promise versatility from one track to the next, but always that central voice, in lyric, structure and tone, remains distinctive.
Getting into the groove with an organic rock stomp but also uniting this unexpectedly with a poetically evocative set of lyrics – Michael Novak soothes the soul, with the blues rock beauty and storytelling of Used To Be.
Scornful but satisfying, tuneful and unexpectedly joyful – Buck Dharma’s Eyes juxtaposes the darkness of its theme with the outright energy and uplift of this pure rock performance and pace.
“I believe it is a crucial step for every musician, to pass the passion and knowledge on to future generations.”
A fine collection of timeless songs, a real pleasure to turn up loud and let play – Refrigerate After Opening celebrates the power of music and expression in their most pure yet professional states