Iris Blue is ready to offer Outside Perspective. We love how this indie rock breakthrough blends the aura of 80s alternative and early 2000’s Indies rock. It’s as if The Killers and The Smiths teamed up on a track featuring the singer from the Replacements.
Those are big shoes to fill and Iris Blue honors the sentiment. Their singer effectively controls his smoky bellow, fighting through the rasp with melodic brilliance. The guitars feature a light chorus treatment to give the presentation a subtle retro feel, while the drums hit hard and inject energy with fiery fills.
Overall the arrangement is fun and full of surprise, as syncopated moments and progressive drops accentuate the singles collective drama. In a world of cookie cutter bedroom pop Iris Blue offers a proper arrangement presented just as tight as the computer can offer. These Chicago roommates are doing something special. We can dig it.
Hear Outside Perspective now on our Best New Rock Playlist.
New Brooklyn rockers Mooncult caught our attention with their new single Leave Me Here. This stylish jam blends the auras of garage rock, post punk, and psychedelic. In that way it recalls cult heroes Brian Jonestown Massacre and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. The Mooncult singer updates that vibe with her own rare vocal delivery full of attitude and apathetic swagger. That subtle punk flavor finds its roots in fellow New York icons The Velvet Underground. The association makes sense, as an existence beneath megalithic corporate demigod temples tends to wear on your existential spirit.
Singer Raven Mystere masterfully dresses her melody within the daft riffage brought by guitarist Rajeev Ananda and bassist Grover Doyle. Drummer Tia Cestaro pilots the nostalgia with a retro rhythm design pulled from a 50s palette and updated to fit this new indie rock fury. Presented with some lofi tape deck haze Mooncult is a sure thing for the underground house show movement, and with their magnetic front person, it’s just a matter of time before they graduate to a venue near you. Join the cult.
Say you heard them first, dig into Leave Me Here now on our Best New Rock Playlist.
Orefice Roth breaks through with their new single Ominous Trucks Pulling Up. These southern rockers channel the legacies of Led Zeppelin, Blind Melon, and Neil Young on this stand out release. They bring a big rock sound and intriguing melodic instincts. We don’t get to throw out Zeppelin comparisons enough and for sure Orefice Roth adds some new indie intellect but the verse melody on Ominous Trucks Pulling Up just keeps delivering memories of the CODA kings. Make no mistake, this has nothing in common with Greta Van Fleet. This is proper influence lending itself to a new stylistic cope.
For cross checkout another Orefice Roth single, Tennessee Change. It’s absolutely more alt country meets Kevin Morby but it makes sense within their stylistic canon. This self proclaimed high lonesome foursome hails from various towns in Northeast Ohio. Their Laurel Canyon folk rock roots have evolved into something furious, meant to be played loud.
Orefice Roth is featured on our Best New Rock Playlist.
Golem Dance Cult are back and they’re bringing it full circle with the release of their full length album Legend of the Bleeding Heart. Featuring several previously dropped singles, many of which we’ve featured, as well as a bunch of new tracks, Golem Dance Cult reiterate their dark dominance.
Flashes of darkwave, goth rock, and punk all have their moments within their diverse catalog. Whether you’re a fan of The Cult or Bauhaus you’re going to find something within this mix that floors you. They can even drift darker and channel the aura of Rob Zombie. It’s heard in their effective use of slide guitars and subtle rhythmic doses of industrial.
One of the projects most interesting features is how they adapt their voice between tracks, sometimes employing a feature singer and other times just conjuring some derived character from their demented rose colored unconscious. From a dooming grotesque snarl to a smooth baritone, Golem Dance Cult always seems to find the one blooming rose within the shadows. In the spirit of darkwave their music embraces a dark beauty in contrast to mainstreams shimmery sparkle. After all, it’s in the eye of the beholder, and their eyes see through blood tinted shades.
Golem Dance Cult is featured on our Best New Rock Playlist.
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