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American Pancake shares their thoughts on “The sparkling, nimble intricacies of ‘Continent’ by Oakland’s queer fronted, twee, indie rockers Super Cassette… as gorgeous as it is emotionally impactful.”

[Super Cassette’s new album Continue? (out Dec. 1) poses the question, “is life worth living?,” through the lens of electro indie-rock at its most danceable and celebratory. Primary songwriter Max Gerlock (they/them) employs the tried-and-true tactic of juxtaposing joyous pop arrangements against dark lyrics, tackling difficult subjects.

Continue? opens with its title track, a guitar driven anthem with arcade-game synthesizers, asking whether modern life as an artist is even worth living. Its grandiose chorus contrasts with lyrics about triumphing over anxiety disorders and suicidal ideations. It’s ultimately a song about not just surviving, but making the conscious decision to thrive.

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American Pancake compares Lauren Scott-Phillips’ vocals to Judy Collins and Gillian Welch on new single “Handsome Woman”

Listening to the rustic, acoustic beauty of ‘Handsome Woman’ by Los Angeles singer-songwriter Lauren Scott-Phillips I am struck by the sheer stripped down beauty of it all. Lauren embodies the track with a seemingly natural ability to structure melodies that make you hear things that aren’t there. Yeah, really. I have listened to this song dozen’s of times and when the chorus sweeps in I hear added layers of orchestrations wrap around Lauren’s voice. Lauren’s down to earth elegant folk vocal aesthetic, like a cross generational amalgam of artists like Judy Collins and Gillian Welch, slips easily around you no matter what kind of music you are into. 

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American Pancake reviews the title track from Boris Pelekh’s debut EP, “I See It Now,” calling it “at once beautifully somber but graced with a stark whimsy.”

Boris Pelekh new single Too Much from his EP I See It Now Gogol Bordello

A vast departure from Gogol Bordello’s gypsy punk drunken revelry that Boris Pelekh swims in, as their guitarist, the title track “I See It Now” from his debut solo EP that dropped today (June 24th) feels exquisitely tender. Boris possesses a vocal aesthetic that is at once beautifully somber but graced with a stark whimsy. Held up only by somber pretty chord shapes, the duo of guitar and voice is gracefully perfect, both quietly powerful and endearing. 

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American Pancake Praises Radiator King’s New Song “Haunts Me Now”

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Haunts Me Now by Radiator King, the musical project of New York based (by way of Boston) folk indie / Americana / blues punk Adam Silvestri, feels like a sinewy road worn, beat up tale, maybe originally slower and played in the corner of some dark bar that smells of alcohol and mildewed green carpet. In that imaginary bar, I can see Silvestri playing solo on a worn acoustic or even vintage resonator bleeding on stage with his cut glass throaty voice making three drunks in the audience cry. Maybe this really happened.