If It's Too Loud...

A few highly anticipated releases, a few surprises, so let's dive in. We've been doing this for a year already? The Fresh & Onlys - House of Spirits : I confess to having never heard of this band before this week, and the type of music they do is appealing, a sort of darker indie rock/pop sound. This album doesn't have any immediate highlights on first listen, but it's still a pretty good album for this week, and deserves to not get lost in the shuffle. Half-Handed Cloud - Flying Scroll Flight Control : Back when I first got into indie rock, a lot of the Elephant 6 stuff I was into was the sort of psych-folk experimental stuff that, frankly, I can't listen to anymore today. That's effectively what Half-Handed Cloud is, and I really don't have anything to say since it isn't really for me at all. Craft Spells - Nausea : Craft Spells is another band I didn't know until this week, and I really liked this album. It's the best parts of a...