These LITM Rock Picks all feature distinct sounds, ready to listen to no matter how you’re feeling; featuring Letters from a Dead Man, The Capsules, and Max Norton!
1. Letters from a Dead Man – Two Minutes to Departure
The opener from their album, My Only Fear Remains Unseen, Letters from a Dead Man’s Two Minutes to Departure is hauntingly beautiful. Conjuring up images of foggy moors – sinister, yet peaceful – the track combines prosaic delivery with an air of mystery, giving it an overall feel of fragility. With reverberating vocal delivery, the duo of Hugo Piquer Branco and Ricardo Filipe Bóia give us lyrics like “This fire was too much and it turned against me, out of control / My only fear remains unseen, but you will never know,” set against the backdrop of a minimalist arrangement, allowing the words to take the spotlight.
2. The Capsules – Machines
Machines is The Capsules’ ode to… well, their machines. Delightfully analogue – from its sound and theme (“Press the switch / The silence breaks / The circuits pulse / Reverberate”) to the track’s fuzzy music video, filled with white noise and static – it has a distinct sound, featuring overtones of shoegaze, post-rock, and dreamwave. It celebrates the connection of an artist with their tools, and of their tools with their art – it’s all about losing yourself in doing what makes you happy. Machines proves that doing things the analogue way can still be relevant in the ever-changing landscape that is musical experimentation, and it does so with style.
3. Max Norton – The Breakers
Max Norton’s The Breakers opens with a wistful, nostalgic arrangement of intertwined guitars and drums, one that sounds like it could open an episode of your favourite childhood TV show. It’s gentle, slowly building the song’s energy up without ever becoming overwhelming. Norton’s voice is in perfect harmony with the driving instrumentals, while also effortlessly carving out a distinct space for itself – this is the sound of a musician who’s found themselves and their voice, and isn’t clamouring to be heard. As music goes, this is a track that’s endlessly sincere, intimate, and stays with you long after you’ve pressed pause – give it a listen here!
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