Written By: Big C Photo Credit: Nicole Miller Inspiration has a funny way of crawling across the living room floor. Spaer, the solo project of Psymon Spine co-founder Peter Spears, closes the chapter on Lessons and Nonsense by releasing These Bugs. Sparked by an ant infestation inside Spears' apartment, the final preview of the EP transforms an everyday nuisance into an imaginative rock opera filled with dreamy harmonies, fuzzy guitars, and guest vocals from Katie Mertucci. E

Written By: Big C Photo Credit: Nicole Miller Some songs slowly change the color of the room around you. Spaer, the solo project of Psymon Spine co-founder Peter Spears, captures that subtle transformation on Vaguely Pleasant. The latest single is a gentle meditation wrapped in dreamy guitars, featherlight percussion, and softly layered vocals. Rather than chasing dramatic highs, the track explores the feeling of rediscovering warmth after a period of emotional distance. Ther

Written By: Big C Photo Credit: Natalie Jane There is a point where distortion stops sounding aggressive and starts sounding therapeutic. Halfway Up A Jagged Hill hit that threshold on Liar, a bruising single that weaponizes blast beats, jagged guitar work, and relentless momentum to explore the quiet lies people tell themselves just to survive another day. Every shift in tempo feels purposeful, mirroring the mental tug-of-war between endurance and collapse. The band's writin

Written By: Big C Photo Credit: Georgie Duddy Hope rarely arrives without first surviving resistance. Coco Smith builds into that contrast on Multiform, a beautifully restrained single that lets fragile melodies carry the weight of emotions left unsaid. Airy vocals drift across plucked guitars and subtle string arrangements while a quiet current of frustration steadily pushes beneath the surface. Inspired by anger that couldn't find another outlet, "Multiform" transforms inte