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From Word to Flesh by Mamuthones

Hope increasingly feels less natural, more contrived, and sometimes downright impossible. Italian experimentalists Mamuthones overcome this hope deficiency on From Word to Flesh by ritualizing our optimism, creating an automatic mechanism for future creation that ensures we always have something to look forward to.

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Southern Progress by Flummox

As the title suggests, Flummox returns to familiar themes of political adversity that arises from growing up queer in Tennessee, using their intense, theatrical style to place us in the pews next to them as the millionaire megachurch pastor damns us to hell.

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Lågliv by Neutral

Typically, punk uses this simple, streamlined design to funnel its entire spirit into cathartic energy, but Swedish experimentalists Neutral strip punk of its richeous anger and energetic exorcisms, leaving behind nothing but the pure essence of austerity.

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The Heart Is in the Body by Lost Crowns

Standing at the evolutionary precipice of progressive rock, the final form of a style characterized by the union of highly technical hard rock and melodically intense British folk, the wild, whimsical virtuosity of The Heart Is in the Body by Lost Crowns screams out its unbridled joy at every turn.

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Perfect Hit! by Buffet Lunch

The absurdist experimental twee of Perfect Hit! by Buffet Lunch celebrates these odd memories we collect in life, as objects like the floors and chairs of a maternity ward permanently live alongside the crippling anxiety of childbirth in our minds.

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IOX by LA Timpa

On the new experimental release IOX by LA Timpa, demons visciously haunt every attempt at straightforward indie pop, with the record’s unique mixing style placing the singer in the far background as ominous, atmospheric noise dominates the center.

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Los Thuthanaka by Los Thuthanaka

Psychedelic yet energetic, noisy yet pointed, anxiety-inducing yet endlessly fun, the experimental Latin grooves on the self-titled LP by Los Thuthanaka convert sounds in our everyday lives into a horrifying yet fascinating sonic funhouse.

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Only Dust Remains by Backxwash

The new experimental hip hop record Only Dust Remains by Backxwash begins at this confluence of internal and environmental negativity, examining this self-perpetuating cycle and beginning the excruciating climb out of this emotional pit.

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