Everything from delicate to gnarly, these LITM Rock Picks come from Mark Moule, For You Brother, Jeremy Schiettekatte, and more!
1. Mark Moule – No Control
Mark Moule has established a sound characterised by delicate acoustics and soulful, authentic vocals, and No Control follows suit. It brings its own flavour and subtleties that make it unique from any other song grounded in these principles, knowing that sometimes, just a presence can hold your attention better than a song that fights for it. You can tell that this is a song that wasn’t overthought and sat with till it became something else entirely: Moule explores the increasingly universal feeling of having lost control with simplicity and honesty, delivering lines like “By the look in his eyes, he’s lost control / By the look in his smile he’s found, he’s found his soul,” with a directness that hits exactly where it needs to. Listen here!
2. For You Brother – AWAY
From their latest album, Make It Rain on Them, For You Brother’s AWAY is energetic from the get-go, with driving instrumentals that suck you into the track’s experience. It creates a quintessential rock experience, with relentless drums and guitars forming the foundation for strong, clear, expressive vocals, creating a tension between spontaneous dynamism and polished craftsmanship that keeps you hooked. With a runtime of just over five minutes, AWAY takes you on a journey of different sounds with rising and falling power controlled effortlessly. It acknowledges that, overall, nobody’s perfect in every way and that all of us need some kind of connection. Check it out here!
3. Jeremy Schiettekatte – Afraid to be afraid
Jeremy Schiettekatte’s Afraid to be afraid is a beautifully tender track about reckoning with the inevitability of your own death. It builds atmosphere with patience, like a delicate web that’ll bend and break with just a breath too heavy, a sound too loud; dreamy textures envelop you, guiding you through the complex emotions that the song establishes. From the fear of knowing that one day, you’ll be gone, to the acceptance of this fact allowing you to live your best life, Jeremy Schiettekatte takes you on a journey offering no easy answers, instead encouraging you to sit with the question for yourself, discovering what it truly means for you.
4. Sargassi – Un giorno qualunque
Sargassi’s Un giorno qualanque opens with stunning, shimmering guitars that lay the bed for what’s to come: a track that stays soft and grounded even as the vocals and instrumentals reach soaring peaks. Accompanied by what seems to have become Sargassi’s signature stop-motion art, the whole piece gives off a gentle indie-rock feel that’s rooted in real life. On Un giorno qualanque, Sargassi brings out the feeling of living the same day, the same way, over and over, underlaid with the determination to start afresh every day, regardless. This is a song that feels both deeply personal and universal – listen here!
5. Take Back The Sun – Modern Treason
Take Back The Sun’s Modern Treason is fierce rock at its finest – opening with an electric guitar that seems ready to explode and drums that set the relentless pace from the very beginning, it’s moody and energetic throughout. A biting political piece, Take Back The Sun plays its cards right: as an artist, creating a piece born from anger doesn’t always translate to anger in the audience, and they clearly understand that what’s sometimes more effective is allowing us to feel the same deep unease that their anger is rooted in. Juxtaposing gnarly instruments with crystal-clear vocals, this song forces you to sit and examine the increasingly ridiculous decisions being taken in our world – listen here!
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