These LITM Rock Picks go across the spectrum of what rock music can be – featuring Highroad No. 28, I Forget Myself, Adam Wedd, and more!
1. Highroad No. 28 – C.Esp
Highroad No. 28’s C.Esp lives in the shadows between melodic energy and emotional weight. It opens with haunting strains of guitar over a conversation that’s long faded into the wind. With a sound that’s equal parts dark clarity and bold alternative rock, Highroad No. 28’s identity here is gritty and resonant. As it takes you through its journey, it throws hints of melancholia, turmoil, and conflict at you. It doesn’t hand any ready meaning to you on a silver platter – rather, it makes you work for it, and the result is that much sweeter. C.Esp is a song that’ll have you revisiting it for sure – listen here!
2. I Forget Myself – The Climb
There’s no question that The Climb, from I Forget Myself’s EP An Exception, leans into psychedelic rock without any hesitation. Combining beautifully distorted, chill vocals with a buzzing electric guitar over a bed of relaxed yet energetic drumming, the song is fuzzy, nuanced, and through it all, oddly calming. With lyrics like “The midday sun / it highlights your face with grace / Across a time and place / we could recollect a place that′s barely abject,” the song flows smoothly from line to line, allowing you to go into a trance-like state while listening. I Forget Myself’s musical abilities truly shine on this track – check it out here!
3. Adam Wedd – FIGURE IT OUT
FIGURE IT OUT is everything from pop to alternative rock – the kind of song that’d serve as the perfect soundtrack to the shenanigans of a school summer holiday in a teen movie. It bursts at you from its first seconds, rambunctious, disorderly, exuberant, and most of all, exhilarating. It’s charged with spontaneity, with punchy drums keeping the momentum going effortlessly. It isn’t relentless positivity and optimism – it also explores difficult situations and the need to face them head-on – and that’s part of what makes the song such a special listen that’ll keep you coming back for more! Give it a listen here.
4. Social Gravy – Rapture and Rupture
Social Gravy has never shied away from facing controversy and discomfort, and Rapture and Rupture is no different. From its opening moments, it establishes a push-and-pull dynamic, where feelings contradict, falling over each other. Towards the last minute or so, just as you think the song is over, it explodes in a burst of energy, like the light of hope after a long period of dark, isolating thoughts. This vanishes as suddenly as it came, and the song once again settles down into a peaceful ending that pulls attention away from itself. It showcases Social Gravy’s aptitude at controlling tension through music and paves a clear way ahead for their work!
5. Bruno Santos – t2 { Persistent } Loop
From Bruno Santos’ album Reversed <|> Symmetry comes t2 { Persistent } Loop, a song that’s as intricate as it is simple, as rich as it is easy on the ears. Santos’ vocal delivery is immediately the highlight of the track – it’s heavy, strained, and stirs something within you with how deep the emotional impact hits. Charged electric guitars and relentless drums hit you after the atmospheric introduction, creating the perfect environment for Santos’ vocals, ebbing and flowing with an ease that never feels overpolished. Appearing early on the album, t2 { Persistent } Loop is the perfect taste of what the rest of the album will feature.
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