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

Mellow, Beatles’ psych-tinged popper.

girl ultra: “bruce willisss”
girl ultra: “bruce willisss”

Bruce Willis is in a strange space.

Time and Place: “Liar and a Cheat”
Time and Place: “Liar and a Cheat”

The folk punkers are back at it with a new single.

JPEGMAFIA: “Exmilitary”
JPEGMAFIA: “Exmilitary”

Hip hop drama don drops a medium tempo banger.

Sulaiman: “What Other Options”
Sulaiman: “What Other Options”

A medium tempo hip hop ambler.

Blue Heron: “Qui n’aroit autre deport”
Blue Heron: “Qui n’aroit autre deport”

A medieval banger from everyone’s favorite early music group.

Perfect Saturday: “Christmas In My Hometown”
Perfect Saturday: “Christmas In My Hometown”

An acoustic punk Xmas strummer.

Cinchel: “Dance Butterfly Rosebush”
Cinchel: “Dance Butterfly Rosebush”

Noise, experiments, experimental noise.

James Brandon Lewis: “Send Seraphic Beings”
James Brandon Lewis: “Send Seraphic Beings”

Tenor saxophone in the new Old School fashion.

SUSS: “Flight”
SUSS: “Flight”

Cosmic Americana?

Daniel Knox: “Don’t Forget To Cry”
Daniel Knox: “Don’t Forget To Cry”

Where in the world is Daniel Knox?

Claire Rousay: “iii”
Claire Rousay: “iii”

Film scores are not everyone’s cup of tea.

Pearl Sugar: “FKA Unicorn”
Pearl Sugar: “FKA Unicorn”

Kind of a rangy, dissonant mid-90s Sonic Youth-style intro.

p1nkf1re: “red 155”
p1nkf1re: “red 155”

Don’t lean on Aphex Twin comparisons in your writing.

Jessica Pratt: “Better Hate”
Jessica Pratt: “Better Hate”

What you been up to lately, Mexican Summer?

felicia: “waitsfield river”
felicia: “waitsfield river”

A sweet lofi folk strummer.

Kerrin Connolly: “Talk Therapy”
Kerrin Connolly: “Talk Therapy”

An uptempo pop rocker straight out of the gates.

Don’t Grow Old: “Committed”
Don’t Grow Old: “Committed”

Local post hardcore hootenanny takes on an Unsane cover.

Laney Jones: “Waiting On You”
Laney Jones: “Waiting On You”

Psych, stoner rock out of Nashville.

Ekko Astral: “Baethoven”
Ekko Astral: “Baethoven”

No points deducted for misspelling Beythoveen.

Exit 18: “Glitter On”
Exit 18: “Glitter On”

Hard rawk…with a little glam?

Donato Dozzy: “Franca”
Donato Dozzy: “Franca”

A 7-minute minimalist techno banger.

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