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Unfortunately, due to covid-19 complications, I have not been able to write many new articles in past weeks:( So these ones will be a bit shorter than usual… then I will take a break for about a month and I will come back at the end of September!:)

CONFLICT AT SERENITY POOLS – TIDAL WAVE / OTHER LOVE

🧡 CASP is one of my biggest 2022 discoveries and I’m really glad they keep on releasing music! This year it’s been already 3 records and now a new EP Type C. Tidal Wave is almost a punk/hc anthem, I would really love to see this live, the energy is amazing. Other Love starts like a bedroom pop love song, but soon turns into this experimental, kind of strange journey… love this.

💚 If you haven’t yet, check their previous releases, Corn Cobs is among my Top 20 songs from this year. And that says a lot!

💙 I love that break in the middle in Tidal Wave ( 1:10 ), the second half of this song sounds like from good old gbv.) dirty yet melodic. And Other Love – yeah, I must admit I love CASP’s songs the most when there are both male and female vocals together, they fit together soo well!

CRYALOT – TOUCH THE SUN

🧡 when I first listened to Touch the Sun, I kinda thought it would be a typical pop song, nice but generic and boring… I’m glad I was so wrong! This is fresh and interesting!

💚 The production reminds me of current hyperpop/glitch artists and I absolutely love the combination of weird digital sounds and melodic, pretty vocals… sort of like my fav songs by 100 gecs.

💙 the video is minimalist, but has such a pleasant vibe and it really makes you feel good. For some reason it reminded me of John Frusciante’s promo shots for his album The Empyrean lol.

CREDIT ELECTRIC – OUT OF LOVE IN THE FACE OF A SHADOW

🧡 the beginning of the song sounded like something from a Quentin Tarantino movie, but then the vocal comes in and the whole atmosphere changes pretty quickly, nice move.

💚 I love the combination of sort of western instrumentation and smooth, indie vocal melodies.

💙 the song doesn’t evolve very much, but that doesn’t really matter, it feels more like a flowing river… this could be 10 minutes long and would still be entertaining.