Rachel Brown is arguably one of the most idiosyncratic artists within the current independent music landscape as one half of the avant-pop duo Water From Your Eyes alongside Nate Amos. Respectively, the Brooklyn band is having their own breakout year with the release of their Matador debut, Everyone’s Crushed, though Brown has always maintained their creative wheels prolifically spinning beyond where the band’s shapes evolve over the years through their solo vehicle, thanks for coming. It’s an altogether different ride.

Late last year, Brown collected many of its scattered, scrappy pieces of lo-fi indie-pop for those just coming into their fold in one place with the solid compilation release, You Haven’t Missed Much, and with What is My Capacity to Love, the project’s latest EP, they’re properly establishing their singular writ which approaches defined lines boldly and applies structure to life’s internal monologues.

It’s a brain scramble of self-reflective emotion that audibly sounds like the words of a crossword puzzle beginning to assemble themselves before your ears as Brown tactfully transmits their mind vibrations through straight-forward bedroom-pop frames where constrictively-amped guitars and drum loops sort them out, and any remnants swept away by soft brushes of keys. Brown may not have it all figured out by the spin’s end, but they thoroughly do their mental housekeeping in order to make room for the answers.

Highlights: “Unlimited Love”, “Loop”, “Postcard”

thanks for coming’s What is My Capacity to Love? is available now on Danger Collective Records.

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