Skeleton Closet

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Written By Michael Gutierrez

Boston’s Gretchen Shae and The Middle Eight kick out the kind of medium tempo alt rock that invites you to soak in the sludgy waters of 90s, world-negating downer vibes. If that’s your thing.

Dusty guitar progressions chug along to bouncy bass lines and goth-spun lyrics that promise to lift the veil from the eyes and reveal a hitherto unknown truth. What sort of truth? Hard to say exactly. Layers of symbolism obscure the inner meaning, but the emotional content is plain as day.

Watch for the guitar-fueled chorus that builds into a Level 5 hurricane at the close of our highlighted track “Skeleton Closet.” It will rock your dark, bummer world.

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Kristina Warren: “Rectangles”
Kristina Warren: “Rectangles”

Not enough rectangles in the music video for “Rectangles.”

Ganavya: “Om Supreme”
Ganavya: “Om Supreme”

Piano-forward spiritual jazz on that Alice Coltrane grind.

Quarterly: “Illuminati”
Quarterly: “Illuminati”

At turns folk, at turns classical.

Skylar Gudasz: “No Body”
Skylar Gudasz: “No Body”

Mellotron!

The Honey Dewdrops: “Goodbye”
The Honey Dewdrops: “Goodbye”

Straight Americana out of Baltimore.

Nicole Mitchell and Ballaké Sissoko: “Doname”
Nicole Mitchell and Ballaké Sissoko: “Doname”

A soulful call and response between the flute and the kora.

Jonathan Suazo: “Héroes”
Jonathan Suazo: “Héroes”

Afro-caribbean jazz with percussion aplenty.

ME N U: “Sorcery”
ME N U: “Sorcery”

This band gives you a RIYL list.

GONE.: “Tidal”
GONE.: “Tidal”

A medium tempo entry into bummer rock.

Daniel Noah Miller: “People Get Ready”
Daniel Noah Miller: “People Get Ready”

A live solo ditty from an artist you know from Lewis Del Mar.

Cortez: “No Heroes”
Cortez: “No Heroes”

No liner notes on the Bandcamp page?

The Daylilies: “Pétillant”
The Daylilies: “Pétillant”

Bubbly, sparkling like a wine.

Rosier: “other forms”
Rosier: “other forms”

Alt pop fibrillations from north of the border.

Miracle Blood: “Hello Hell”
Miracle Blood: “Hello Hell”

A gnarly punk metal ripper.

Lia Kohl: “Plane”
Lia Kohl: “Plane”

Kind of like the sound of sawing Superman’s crystal Fortress of Solitude in half.

Constant Smiles: “Connection”
Constant Smiles: “Connection”

A medium tempo pop picker with moody, sodden vocal stylings.

Illuminati Hotties: “What’s The Fuzz”
Illuminati Hotties: “What’s The Fuzz”

Tender punk! Cooler than Tinder punk.

Flake: “Yellow”
Flake: “Yellow”

“Moses” is kind of cool.

Lo Moon: “Water”
Lo Moon: “Water”

Pretty good, eh?

Beeef: “Narragansett Bay”
Beeef: “Narragansett Bay”

Beeef. It’s what’s for diinner.

Nyesui Loe and Loman: “50,000 YEN”
Nyesui Loe and Loman: “50,000 YEN”

A glitzy downtempo soul-inflected hip hop promenade.

Public Faces: “All The Luck”
Public Faces: “All The Luck”

Mellow, Beatles’ psych-tinged popper.

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