Grace Ann Natanawan

May 30, 2024 | pastemagazine.com | Grace Ann Natanawan

For most of her life, music did not appeal to Anastasia Coope in any significant way. “I very unseriously did chorus when I was in grade school and maybe middle school. I was never musical,” says the 21-year-old Brooklyn artist. She furthers the sentiment again later in our conversation, stating that she was “interested in the stuff that my parents would play for me but from [ages] 10 to 15-16, I had a real lull in it.

May 1, 2024 | pastemagazine.com | Grace Ann Natanawan

Charly Bliss have announced Forever, the band’s first new album in five years. The upcoming LP is set to release on August 16 via Lucky Number Music. Forever features the band’s most vibrant music to date, centering itself around a sparkling and deeply emotive power pop sound inspired by the thrills of human connection and young love. Hippo Campus frontman Jake Luppen and producer Caleb Wright worked with Charly Bliss’s own Sam Hendricks to produce the album.

Apr 29, 2024 | pastemagazine.com | Grace Ann Natanawan

Before they even started putting together their latest sprawling, 19-track double-album, Hovvdy knew they wanted to change. It has been a decade since Texans Charlie Martin and Will Taylor met in 2014 at a baseball game. Both musicians were in their early 20s with similar passions for music and writing. Musically, they were drawn to each other while each wanted to pursue a similar style of lo-fi DIY project.

Apr 18, 2024 | pastemagazine.com | Grace Ann Natanawan

On their first album in five years, Drahla awaken with questions of our existence. Through the thick, sinewy instrumentation of angeltape’s opening track “Under the Glass,” vocalist Luciel Brown asks us “What was it worth, what was it ever worth?” a question that is grappled with throughout the tracklist. After their half-decade away, the Leeds-based band has remained consistent in their efforts to limitlessly experiment and grow their increasingly complex avant-garde sound.

Apr 15, 2024 | pastemagazine.com | Grace Ann Natanawan

For Blushing, perfection was never the focus of their newest album. With recording sessions fitted in between work and the bustling nature of life, Sugarcoat was largely guided by the magnetic passion of the forces behind the band. Members Christina and Noe Carmona and Michelle and Jacob Soto drew inspiration from a rich, abundant environment of creativity amongst the group and the vibrant backdrop of Austin.