Tag: topshelf records
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Recommended Album: Knifeplay – ‘Animal Drowning’
On their debut album, the Philly experimental rockers bound light and darkness into their own singular prism of alternative in a way that breathes a new life into it, and ponders it all deeply.
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Knifeplay – “Ryan Song”
The latest preview from the Philly rock band’s debut LP, ‘Animal Drowning’, could easily drift into the realm of dream-pop, slowcore, or Americana folk, yet creates its own air.
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Recommended EP: They Are Gutting a Body of Water & A Country Western – ‘An Insult to the Sport’
A promising split between two rising artists who’ve been quietly prolific in the background of the indie DIY scene, but maybe not for long…
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Knifeplay – “Promise”
The Philadelphia experimental rock quintet gaze into the existential oblivion with the first single from their sophomore effort, ‘Animal Drowning’.
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Thanya Iyer – “slow burn”
Self-care meditative properties have always played an important part in the spiritual sound growing from the Montreal-based artist’s music, but here it feels even more so necessary.
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Thanya Iyer – “leave the room and face the waves”
The first single from the Montreal-based songwriter’s new EP, ‘rest’, connects her inner most spirit and the natural world through dancing alt-pop healing waters and cosmic jazz.
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Gulfer – “Greetings” b/w “Barely”
A whirlwind of thoughts in the latest coupling of singles from the Montreal indie-emo rockers.
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Recommended Album: Sweet Pill – ‘Where the Heart Is’
The Philly emotive indie-punk quintet’s debut LP shows off both a muscularity gained from its members reps in the hardcore scene, but also a pop fluency.