Adrianne Lenker – cradle
German Error Message – Hopelessness
Jo Schornikow – Incomplete
Grizzly Coast – Half-Light Boy
Taylor Hamilton – Might Say
Porridge Radio – Give / Take
Patio – Scum
Ruthie – Spirit Now Moves
Esther Rose – Don’t Blame It On the Moon
Blood Cultures – Flowers For All Occasions
Puddle-Cuddle – Compost
Mess – Dead Space
Cry Babe – Soft Honk
The Painters – Pieces of Life
Two Meters – Ground
Erin Durant – Take a Load Off
Michelle Blades – Ring
Eric & Magill – Thanks to Sciences
Foundlings – Caught Up on You
Craig Finn – Something To Hope For
JW Ridley – Homesick (Out The Blue)
Pieket – Eternal Recurrence
The Curfews – Rose
Emily Fairlight – Body Below
Raggedy – Brainwash
Barrie – Saturated
Blush – Forever Is a Long Time
Shane Leonard – Empire Builder
Con Davison – Sofa Bed
Gold Light + Snakemusk – The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
The Chats – Pub Feed
Shutups – Yellowjacket
Izzy Heltai – Stuck In Stone
Adam Ostrar – Take It Back
The Death Of Pop – Last
Toledo – Some Samurai
Yot Club – Japan
Evan Thomas Way & The Phasers – Long Distance
K. Campbell – Heads Up
The Duke of Norfolk – As the Heralds Revere You
Leaky Engine-John Birch Society Blues
naps – treading
Vieo Abiungo – What the Rain Restores
Old Earth – The Friends ∴ The Gods
Good Good Blood & Astral Social Club – Heathen Astronaut

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After a decade, the work is finally coming to fruition with Longer Days, a full-length record from Evan Thomas Way and his band, The Phasers. With Raymond Richards (electric guitar and pedal steel, and the album’s co-producer), Adam Beam (drums) and Alex Chapman (bass), plus Michael Blake (keys), Eric Earley (organ) and Ben Latimer (saxophone) providing extra instrumentation, the album maintains the lush layering of Parson Red Heads yet possesses a gloomier countershading. The record “walk[s] the line between dogged hope and the weariness of daily life,” explains the press release. “They are the stories of those who are torn between giving up and pressing on.”

By way of introduction, the title track is a great place to start. Centred on a move back to Oregon from Los Angeles, the song is one of existential introspection, and the difficulty of finding and/or maintaining a sense of identity when having to move on from the places and structures that played such a big part in its formation.

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