These LITM Rock Picks range from folk-inspired and acoustic to experimental and strong, featuring Nick Cody & The Heartache, Post Script Philosophy, Dame Haff, and more!
1. Nick Cody & The Heartache – Pancho & Lefty
On their latest EP, Sweet Songs & Bitter Truth, Nick Cody & The Heartache bring a soft indie-rock sound that takes you on a journey through your own mind. Melancholic strings in the background serve as a foundation for vocals delivered with conversational ease, backing harmonies that accentuate the storytelling in the lyrics, and a relaxed acoustic guitar that grounds the track’s rhythm. With its minimalism and ease, this is the kind of song you can imagine being sung around a camping bonfire; this is the song’s strength, as it allows space for every element to swell and reach its true impact. Listen here!
2. Post Script Philosophy – Butterflies
Opening with a muffled drum that soon explodes into a burst of electric guitar and driving percussion, Post Script Philosophy’s Butterflies explores the complexity that comes with trying to navigate multiple emotions while not letting any one consume you. The track’s sound mirrors this, too, with contrast everywhere: jangly guitars that coalesce into one distorted unit and fierce drums are juxtaposed with a melodic vocal delivery, the delicate image of a butterfly is subverted with lines like “There’s nothing pretty about these butterflies / They drive me crazy…”, to create a listening experience that keeps you on your toes. Give Butterflies a listen here!
3. Dame Haff – Brazil
It’s a long-running, universal understanding – and joke – that people who travel come back home changed and disillusioned, convinced they’ve found the meaning of life. Dame Haff’s Brazil captures this nuance: it’s confident enough to be a touch sardonic, while beautifully expressing the sadness of finding home, joy, and comfort in a place that you know may never truly be yours. With a dreamy texture enveloping the whole track, it blends the DIY feeling of bedroom pop with light, indie rock elements – a winning combination that allows the track to soar high and far as it wins you over with its charming character and relatability. Listen to Brazil here!
4. Brian Noyes – Tarot
Brian Noyes’ Tarot is delicate and subtly experimental in its folksy, acoustic sound. It’s the kind of song that’d play at the end of a heartfelt indie film, in the background as the characters lie on grassy meadows, looking up into a bright sky, reflecting on their lives and learnings, while encouraging you to do the same. Built around bright and warming textures, the track leans into building mood through imagery and atmosphere rather than with conventional structures and grand, dramatic flourishes. It invites you to experience it with open arms, and hopefully take away something of your own from it, too. Give Tarot a listen here!
5. The Flavor That Kills – Evaporate
Evaporate is the second track on The Flavor That Kills’ latest album, Thunderbird Lodge, with a funky, chaotic, experimental sound that keeps you guessing. Gravelly, gnarly vocals cut through a sonic landscape full of instruments that make you feel like you should be overwhelmed, but walk that line to end up being just enough instead. Listening to Evaporate is like taking baby steps towards the edge of a diving board – what begins as a slow build up in your stomach, and ends with who knows what. If psychedelia met hard rock, this would be the track produced from that encounter; check it out here!
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