Parasouls dial down the bombast and up the heart on their maiden EP: a smattering of melodic indie of different positions and varying dispositions. I’ve had the pleasure, at different points during the year, of critiquing the advance singles that would eventually make up Parasouls’ debut EP, Drifters, Dream Makers (out today). My guess then [...]
Tag: power pop
Bryan Estepa’s New EP is an Enthused Reframing of Guitar Pop
Bryan Estepa’s new six-song EP is a paean to hope and recovery: a sprightly affair that wouldn’t be out of place in the company of records by Matthew Sweet, mid-career Elvis Costello, and The Wondermints. The singer-songwriter landscape has always donned a dull gray. All of the genre’s landmark releases—from After the Gold Rush to [...]