Mike LeSuer

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Lionmilk Shares a Comforting Tune for the Brokenhearted with “only one”

1 week ago | floodmagazine.com | Mike LeSuer

It may get lost in the reverberated layers of warm, hypnagogic sound and pitched bubblegum-pop vocals, but the central message of Lionmilk’s new single “only one” is one of overcoming heartbreak. It’s a subtle optimism that’s long lined the LA-based songwriter’s work as he addresses tough subject matter—loss, pandemic-spawned isolation—with the latest single from his forthcoming debut for Stones Throw, When the Flowers Bloom, considering both the pain and healing of moving on from romantic ruin.
Tan Cologne Channel the Disaster and Beauty of Life on New Single “Cloud of Mirrors”

1 week ago | floodmagazine.com | Mike LeSuer

The Taos–based duo’s new collection of droning dream-pop Unknown Beyond will land later this year via Labrador Records. While they’ve yet to announce a release date for it, Taos-based dream-pop duo Tan Cologneare revealing today that their third LP Unknown Beyond will be even less grounded than the psychedelic haze of their environmentally focused prior material, with the album’s thematic and musical direction maintaining a skyward glance.
Revival Season Return with Heavy-Duty Hip-Hop/Primal Rock Hybrid “8’3″”

1 week ago | floodmagazine.com | Mike LeSuer

The alt-rap duo announce that the track will appear on a new mixtape titled Formless, set to arrive May 16 via Heavenly Recordings. Revival Season is the raucous collaboration of rapper Bez Evans and musician Jonah Swilley, whose garage-rock chops include a stint with the bluesy Atlanta outfit Mattiel and production credits for the deep-trip psych band Night Beats.
Lana Del Rey Shares First Taste of Country LP with “Henry, come on”

1 week ago | floodmagazine.com | Mike LeSuer |Kenn Box

The track will appear on the songwriter’s long-teased album The Right Person Will Stay, out May 21 via Interscope. Over the course of last year, Lana Del Reyteased a new country album that originally was announced under the title “Lasso,” but was later officially revealed to be named The Right Person Will Stay.
Daughter of Swords’ “Alex” Influences Playlist

2 weeks ago | floodmagazine.com | Mike LeSuer

If it feels like a lifetime since we last heard from Alex Sauser-Monnig’s indie-folk project Daughter of Swords, I think we mostly have a global pandemic to blame for that.
Colatura Share a Love Letter to Their Past Selves with “I Wanna Get Better”

2 weeks ago | floodmagazine.com | Mike LeSuer

In 2022, Brooklyn’s Colatura delivered a debut album which paid homage to aughts-era radio pop-rock as much as it drafted off the 2020s dream-pop revival. Following their And Then I’ll Be Happy LP later this year will be an EP titled If I’m Being Honest which serves as a continuation of those split aesthetic allegiances as Jennica Best narrates the proceedings with wistful vocals chronicling bouts of self-reflection.
Zach Templar’s “In Waves” Influences Playlist

2 weeks ago | floodmagazine.com | Mike LeSuer

Zach Templar began releasing singles in 2020 while still in his early teens, with his forthcoming debut EP In Waves serving as a statement largely chronicling his life as it’s evolved over the past five years. These five tracks look forward nearly as much as they look back, with the British-Colombian songwriter’s hazy pop soundscapes feeling equally torn between the sounds of his favorite artists growing up and something entirely new.
Maz Breaks Down Each of the Very-Playable Tracks on Her Debut EP “NPC”

2 weeks ago | floodmagazine.com | Mike LeSuer

The Utah-based artist shares how Blondie, Ratatat, Grimes, and more helped shape this collection, out now via Winspear. In addition to catching new ears while opening for Wallice back in February, Utah-based songwriter Maz has accumulated a substantial following over the past two years with the release of a slew of singles which pay homage to the Tumblr-sphere circa the early 2010s.
5 Non-Musical Influences on Linying’s Aquatic New Album “Swim, Swim”

2 weeks ago | floodmagazine.com | Mike LeSuer

Linyinghas released two EPs over the past two years—one under the nominal moniker she’s been using for nearly a decade to explore the heights of dream-pop as a solo songwriter, the other under the name Doris Club, which took a significant turn toward folk-pop. Yet both releases were unified in their themes of heartbreak and nomadism and how these two concepts intertwined for her in recent years as she uprooted her life in Singapore after the dissolution of a relationship to start again in LA.
Moonrisers Bust Out the Vintage Instrumentation for New Single “All Your Hiding”

3 weeks ago | floodmagazine.com | Mike LeSuer

The instrumental folk duo’s Dan Auerbach–produced debut album Harsh & Exciting will arrive on May 30 via Easy Eye Sound. The Detroit-based duo of guitarist Libby DeCamp and percussionist Adam Schreiber feel like a natural fit for Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound label: as Moonrisers, the pair make roots-y rock music that takes its vintage sound seriously.