For fans of Daniel Johnston, Still House Plants, Abigail Snail, windmill-adjacent singer-songwriter, and those quiet mornings we sometimes forget to cherish, Safe as Houses by Pij invites us into the songwriters’ personal space with open arms, creating a daringly intimate environment through musical improvisation and minimal composition.

For fans of Mclusky, My Wife’s an Angel, Truck Violence, first wave emo, and the unashamed rejection of being nonchalant, Towards Cleaner Bodies by Imaginary Husband points into the sources of our misery and unflinchingly gives us permission to fire away.

For fans of Willy Rodriguez, Arcade Fire, Gingerbee, classic baroque pop, and the eternal tragedy of Ancient Greek myths, Metamorphoses by Laika grapples with personal responsibility in romantic collapse through an epic narrative of the online noise rock variety.

For fans of Unwound, Jawbreaker, Rites of Spring, the recent wave of archival records and re-releases from the 90s post hardcore scene, and that alienating feeling of noticing the ongoing apocalypse a couple decades before everyone else, Warped Speed by Cars Get Crushed transports us back to a scene from thirty years ago whose relevance only continues to grow in today’s experimental rock scene.

For fans of Wet Leg, Chemtrails, Artificial Go, zolo, and the paralyzing responsibility of individualism, Queen Deyonna by Shishi invites us into the court of a fictional queen as she unwinds from a long day of royal duties to perform some strange progressive post punk.

For fans of Caroline, Current 93, The Microphones, slowcore, and the hidden mental violence of sitting alone in your thoughts, I Think We’ve Met Before by Amy Rose Mills presents a subtle rendition of the folk singer-songwriter style made complete with some fascinating influences from experimental and noise-adjacent traditions.

For fans of Jane Remover, Jockstrap, Duster, hyperpop, and the anxiety of digital overstimulation, Erring by $quib addresses our fragmentary identities and misdirected desire through a maximalist indietronica sound.

For fans of Current 93, the Reverend Kristen Michael Hayter, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and classical mythology, The Isle of Skye by The Infinity Ring is a gothic neofolk journey into a labyrinthine garden of eden.

For fans of Chat Pile, My Wife’s an Angel, Prostitute, and Americana-influenced post hardcore, The Weathervane Is My Body by Truck Violence claws away at the anxious rage of postmodern life to reveal a critically damaged core.

For fans of Geese, Champion Trees, Fargo, vocal jazz, and the stunned silence of a late night walk right after the end of something beautiful, Swans Today by Paulie Swan snapshots the denial and anger stages of grief through an elegant singer-songwriter style.

For fans of LA Timpa, The Olivia Tremor Control, Los Thuthanaka, sound collage, and the awkward gaps in life between meaningful moments which we will ultimately go on to forget, “Goodfellas” by Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn uses psych pop sounds and radio surfing aesthetics to find new forms of liminality.

For fans of Can, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Zaliva-D, Zeul, and the dark humor innate within an existential crisis, Janus by Le Grand Sbam uses a maximalist, theatrical aesthetic to find the spiritual power hidden within our supposedly fallen bodies.

For fans of Skrillex, 100 Gecs, Crystal Castles, nu metal, and old-school emoticons, \ (^_^) / (Hands Up) by Cold Court presents guitar music for the brostep generation, fusing the harshest edges of rock and electronica to generate pure aesthetic intensity.

For fans of Tony Conrad, Ben Vida, Carlos Niño, no wave, and gothic cathedrals, Road to Rosslyn by Christopher Chaplin guides us on a medieval pilgrimage through the United Kingdom, capturing the divine entity which animates the gothic style by dedicating each track to a specific iconic church.

For fans of Kathryn Mohr, Mope Grooves, The Caretaker, modern classical music, and the golden age of professional boxing, Double on Time by Picastro haunts us by combining uncomfortably intimate vocals and lyrics with the subtle use of melancholic samples.

For fans of Coil, Lightning Bolt, Mamaleek, the frantic, semi-electronic fringes of the noise rock scene, and a magnetic obsession with seemingly random religious artifacts, Magazine by YHWH Nailgun blasts through ten distinct searches for meaning in eleven minutes, each one unapologetically abandoning us in the throes of unfulfilled tension.

For fans of Divide and Dissolve, Sunn O))), Boris, experimental rock with a touch of neofolk influence, and the appreciation for life which only comes with intense mourning, In Grief or in Hope by BIG|BRAVE uses drone metal to come to terms with human fragility, folding the human voice into environments gargantuan, overpowering, and mysterious.

For fans of MF Doom, DJ Shadow, RXKNephew, sound collage, and that one friend you have with the craziest ways of telling every story, KennyV by Serengeti gives us a tense slice of life using an abstract hip hop style with instantly unforgettable production.

For fans of The Olivia Tremor Control, The Microphones, Silver Jews, psych rock, and the sort of simple, elegant epiphany which changes your life forever, Made to Live Here by All Blue puts a clear, unified voice through the filter of heavy psychedelia, combining the accessibility of contemporary indie rock and the genuine strangeness of something far beyond.

For fans of Caroline, Duster, the later work of Lou Reed, krautrock, and that one friend you only see once every couple years but you still think of as one of the most important people in your life, Making Friends by Or Sobre Blau tackles the complicated beauty of adult long-distance friendship using an electronically-augmented, Iberian-influenced version of the London post rock style.