Taken Back

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Written By Michael Gutierrez

Rich Ruth’s I Survived, It’s Over self-describes as psychedelic. And it’s psychedelic in the best sense of being too zonked to parse genre distinctions finely.

The hectic saxophone connects the album to an experimental jazz lineage, following in the footsteps of Meditations-era John Coltrane. The electronic washes of “Angel Slide” sidle up alongside of New Age ambient and industrial krautrock. And the noodling guitar of our highlighted track “Taken Back” point to prog-rock experimentation.

Take all of that and roll it up between a Kaiser roll, slathered with mayonnaise, and take a bite of Nashville’s Rich Ruth.

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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.

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.

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