If It's Too Loud: First Listen for 6 and 13 March 2026
Artist : Hater Album : Mosquito Quick Thoughts : In a March where there have been a number of good, but not great, albums, there are three standouts likely to at least make my 2026 longlist, Hater's Mosquito being one of them. We've liked what we've heard up to this point, but Mosquito feels like a polished leveling up for the band. "This Guy?" has an indie sensibility with an accessible entrypoint, and "Landslide" has all the markings of a breakthrough song. A favorite for sure, so check it out. Songs of Note : "This Guy?" "Landslide," "Brighter," "Guts," "Still Thinking of You," "Last Summer I'll Spill" Artist : 2:00AM Wake Up Call Album : Dead City Quick Thoughts : This album very much came out of nowhere for me and feels like that sort of super-underground indie record that you tripped up over in the mid-2000s and were convinced it was kept secret from you for no reason...