New & Notable: Indie & Alternative Releases For Friday November 29th, 2024

Every Friday we listen to as many drops in the indie and alternative scenes as we can and share our favorites for readers like you. While these aren’t full reviews, they’re meant to capture notable releases in brief for you.

Meaningful Stone – Angel Interview

Seoul’s Meaningful Stone gifted our ears with some ethereal dream pop that dropped via EMA Recordings. Angel Interview ebbs and flows with eclectic song structure and entrancing vocal performance from beginning to end. Hauntingly dreamy at times while retaining a mellow and warm charm.

Stream it on your service of choice here.

Crippled Black Phoenix – Horrific Honorifics Number Two (2)

Bristol’s art rock band Crippled Black Phoenix dropped Horrific Honorifics Number Two to streaming platforms and social media this Friday. The band lays bare its own take on Laura Branigan’s Self Control and Fugazi’s Blueprint while offering listeners a raw sonic landscape throughout eight full covers. The new release sees itself out via Season of Mist records.

Stream it on your service of choice here.

The Innocence Mission – Midwinter Swimmers

The Innocence Mission released their indie folk full length Midwinter Swimmers this Friday. The album leans substantially on classic folk with a warm and inviting vocal performance throughout. Midwinter Swimmers as an album is defined by a lush yet wistful atmosphere.

Stream it on your service of choice here.

Tuff Luv – Out Of Love EP

London’s Tuff Luv dropped a short but ravaging punk rock extended play on Secret Friends Music Group this Friday. The new material brings together many notable features including Wade Macneil of Alexisonfire on the track It Is What It Is and No Relief on XL LUV. All of these tracks remain unique enough on their own while the work maintains a surprising cohesion for such a short punk rock EP with so many features. The closer is a very fun cover of The Kinks classic Waterloo Sunset.

Stream it on your service of choice here.

Sang Froid – Silence The Night (Single) / The EP Compilation

Nantes, France’s Sang Froid pulls heavily on classic goth rock with the new single Silence The Night. The single is a synth heavy piece that hearkens back to the early cold wave and post punk. Accompanied with the new single is a new extended play running eight tracks in length- only available for streaming or purchase on bandcamp.

Stream the new single on your service of choice here.