LEAVEES

An excellent double-sided debut from Mark Carrasco. "Horserace" is a thunderously pounding bundle of a song. The guitars bite hard with such a special grit. "The Statesman" could go as one of my favorites to release this year. It's a song that feels like a celebration of life in sound. A wind of "letting go". It makes you see visuals of gorgeous sprawling hillsides.

A gentle wind in an open field. “Loose Fur” is an artistic accomplishment from all musicians involved. Sound collages of percussion that feel like tapping sticks on a rock, meditating acoustic guitars to elevate a dream-like state, and strange experimentation — these elements all embody this record.

It is an album so in touch with nature and the beauty of the world around it, barely needing to express it clearly. The beautiful melodies embodying “Elegant ... read more

A very pleasant album. It’s comforting in its simplicity, and is certainly of its time; not for its name, rather the sound, and I love it. It has a specific nostalgic charm that you could only gouge from then. It doesn’t try to be anything big, its specialties succeed in its honest taste of fun.

Love, death, and pain from most honest and heartfelt representation of rural America.

"Pressure Machine" is a time capsule of the beautiful collection of stories you'd only hear from relatives sitting by the fire. They come in sparks, they fly away, and they leave this world, hoping that someone along the way will paint a picture in honor of it. Brandon Flowers understood the importance of these memories he grew up with.

Time is inevitable, and progress will continue often for ... read more