In 2016, after the discharge of their seventh album, Dwelling on Native Land, the tape stopped rolling on the Hidden Cameras. A reissue of their debut album as a full band got here in 2023, and, now, the Toronto indie-pop darlings are again with extra of songwriter Joel Gibb’s self-described “homosexual people church music.” Bronto enlists the likes of Pet Store Boys and Erasure’s Vince Clarke for a pivot into celebratory synth-pop pivot, with preparations by authentic violinist Owen Pallett.
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Liquid Mike: Hell Is an Airport [self-released]
Vocalist and guitarist Mike Maple started Liquid Mike in 2020, and he’s already onto his sixth album. He’s additionally obtained much more bandmates, because the Marquette, Michigan, quintet contains synthesizer participant and vocalist Monica Nelson, drummer Cody Maracek, bassist Zack Alworden, and guitarist David Daignault. The group’s new album, Hell Is an Airport, is traditional pop-punk, and Maple’s voice isn’t a far cry from Mark Hoppus’. The 14-song launch consists of “Groucho Marx,” “Promoting Swords,” “AT&T,” and “Claws.”
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Verses GT: Verses GT [LuckyMe]
Verses GT is the duo of Jacques Greene and Nosaj Thing, two producers synonymous with the elegiac 2010s dance music that now informs varied strands of pop, in addition to descendants like Overmono. Again with their debut collaborative LP, Greene and Jason Chung strip their trademark sounds right down to the basics, with strobing synths and ambient atmospheres often jolted by UK storage and 2-step beats. George Riley options on the one “Your Mild,” with Kučka and Tyson making appearances elsewhere.
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