Obscure Sound

Listen: Weird Magazines - "Ugly Jazz (Out of Faith)" A warming, hypnotic unveiling of jangly guitars and mellow vocals delight on “Ugly Jazz (Out of Faith),” a new track from NYC-based quintet Weird Magazines and their new EP, Out of Faith. Their own or...

A warming, hypnotic unveiling of jangly guitars and mellow vocals delight on “Ugly Jazz (Out of Faith),” a new track from NYC-based quintet Weird Magazines and their new EP, 'Out of Faith.' www.obscuresound.com/2025/10/weir...

Listen: SILENCE REMOVAL MACHINE - "See this Out" Channeling a nostalgic, stylish pop spirit with an array of buzzing synths and soaring guitar lines, “See this Out” is the newly released single from SILENCE REMOVAL MACHINE. Representing the first si...

Channeling a nostalgic, stylish pop spirit with an array of buzzing synths and soaring guitar lines, “See this Out” is the newly released single from SILENCE REMOVAL MACHINE. www.obscuresound.com/2025/10/sile...

Listen: Horse Radish - "Outer Space" + "Time Passes By" Horse Radish’s new album Stimulus Response takes the group beyond their kitchen-jams beginnings into a fuller sonic palette, embracing realms of rock and folk while holding tight to emotional clarity ...

Horse Radish’s new album 'Stimulus Response' takes the group beyond their kitchen-jams beginnings into a fuller sonic palette, embracing realms of rock and folk while holding tight to emotional clarity and warm lyricism. www.obscuresound.com/2025/10/hors...

Listen: Echo Kid - "Sunshine" + "Automatic Love" -- Obscure Sound A couple of standout singles from Philadelphia-based act Echo Kid play as timeless-feeling, melodic charmers. The glowing, adoring “Sunshine” rides on brisk acoustic strums as smitten “you are my suns...

A couple of standout singles from Philadelphia-based act Echo Kid play as timeless-feeling, melodic charmers. www.obscuresound.com/2025/10/echo...

Listen: GroovyDrewV - "Highway Signs" -- Obscure Sound Succeeding in both its hazy contemplations and melodic rock twangs, “Highway Signs” is a memorable new track from GroovyDrewV, the project of Massachusetts-based singer-songwriter Drew Valera. “It’s a...

Succeeding in both its hazy contemplations and melodic rock twangs, “Highway Signs” is a memorable new track from GroovyDrewV, the project of Massachusetts-based singer-songwriter Drew Valera. www.obscuresound.com/2025/10/groo...

Listen: Aaron Bogin - "Playing Pretend" -- Obscure Sound “Playing Pretend” is an alluring new single from Aaron Bogin, weaving introspective lyrics with glistening guitars and soaring vocal layers. Written during a songwriting course with Adrianne Lenker of...

“Playing Pretend” is an alluring new single from Aaron Bogin, weaving introspective lyrics with glistening guitars and soaring vocal layers. www.obscuresound.com/2025/10/aaro...

Listen: William Covert - "Brotherhood of Sleep" -- Obscure Sound Expanding from trickling subduedness into a hypnotic slowcore-forward array of layered guitars, “Brotherhood of Sleep” is a resonating new single from William Covert, a Chicago-based artist long immer...

Expanding from trickling subduedness into a hypnotic slowcore-forward array of layered guitars, “Brotherhood of Sleep” is a resonating new single from William Covert, a Chicago-based artist long immersed in the city’s experimental underground. www.obscuresound.com/2025/10/will...

Listen: BÜNNI - "Ice Cream" -- Obscure Sound “Ice Cream” is a standout track from Danish/Turkish artist BÜNNI, the project of Bünyamin Eroglu, who crafts music that feels at once playful and deeply emotive. Here, shimmering soundscapes and twang...

“Ice Cream” is a standout track from Danish/Turkish artist BÜNNI, the project of Bünyamin Eroglu, who crafts music that feels at once playful and deeply emotive. www.obscuresound.com/2025/10/bunn...

New Album: Aatocaster - 'superstition (studio works ‘23 - ‘25)' Los Angeles–based artist Aatocaster immerses on the newly released superstition (studio works ‘23 – ‘25), a compelling collection of tracks where inventive electronics, textured synths, and layered vo...

Los Angeles–based artist Aatocaster immerses on the newly released 'superstition (studio works ‘23 – ‘25),' a compelling collection of tracks where inventive electronics, textured synths, and layered vocals coalesce into melodic, hypnotic worlds of sound. www.obscuresound.com/2025/10/aato...

Listen: +tope - "Hi5 (I am alive)" -- Obscure Sound The debut single from +tope, “Hi5 (I am alive)” compels with its dynamic swell — shifting between fuzzy guitar haziness, playful rhythmic bounciness, and back again into a scorching rock-forward invig...

The debut single from +tope, “Hi5 (I am alive)” compels with its dynamic swell — shifting between fuzzy guitar haziness, playful rhythmic bounciness, and back again into a scorching rock-forward invigoration. www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/tope...

Listen: Silicon Forest - "Across the Night Sky" -- Obscure Sound Propelled by a moody interplay of guitars and synths, “Across the Night Sky” is the riveting new single from Silicon Forest. Shades of Depeche Mode and New Order show in the striking production; the l...

Propelled by a moody interplay of guitars and synths, “Across the Night Sky” is the riveting new single from Silicon Forest. www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/sili...

Feature: RIMENY - 'World as Myth' EP -- Obscure Sound Delivering a replay-inducing alt-pop allure, World as Myth is the consuming debut EP from RIMENY, the project of Zak Engel. In addition to previously featured standout tracks like “Matt” and “Sweet Te...

Delivering a replay-inducing alt-pop allure, 'World as Myth' is the consuming debut EP from RIMENY, the project of Zak Engel. www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/rime...

Listen: In The Pines - "Time Shakes" + "Hide The Sky" Cincinnati-based band In The Pines captivate across their new album, Sunbeam Dream — moving across psychedelic, prog-rock, shoegaze, and beyond with a knack for melodic, absorbing structural reveals. ...

Cincinnati-based band In The Pines captivate across their new album, 'Sunbeam Dream' — moving across psychedelic, prog-rock, shoegaze, and beyond with a knack for melodic, absorbing structural reveals. www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/in-t...

Listen: Cartography - "california sun" -- Obscure Sound A lushly absorbing sound consumes on “california sun,” a recent track from Cartography, the solo project of Trevor Misplay. A soothing soundscape glows right away, as hazy atmospherics meld with a ste...

A lushly absorbing sound consumes on “california sun,” a recent track from Cartography, the solo project of Trevor Misplay. www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/cart...

Listen: Camper - "Buzzcut" -- Obscure Sound Nashville-based act Camper delight with a range of lushly inviting and powerfully textured pop on new single “Buzzcut.” Gentle acoustic trickles complement an ethereal vocal immersion — “…listening to...

Nashville-based act Camper delight with a range of lushly inviting and powerfully textured pop on new single “Buzzcut.” www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/camp...

Listen: Aspen Forest - "Someone Else" -- Obscure Sound “Someone Else” is a stylish synth-pop stirrer from Aspen Forest, melding a hooky vocal build-up with memorable synth work — strutting a bass-y pulse and steadily hypnotic charm with post-punk and ital...

“Someone Else” is a stylish synth-pop stirrer from Aspen Forest, melding a hooky vocal build-up with memorable synth work — strutting a bass-y pulse and steadily hypnotic charm with post-punk and italo-disco appeal. www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/aspe...

Listen: Vesna Kat - "Still Alive (Song for Grischa)" -- Obscure Sound Showcasing a dynamic art-pop and folk expanse, “Still Alive (Song for Grischa)” is a fantastic track from Vesna Kat, a Cologne-based singer, composer, and producer. Representing the second single from...

Showcasing a dynamic art-pop and folk expanse, “Still Alive (Song for Grischa)” is a fantastic track from Vesna Kat, a Cologne-based singer, composer, and producer. www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/vesn...

Listen: Living Set - "Last Wave" -- Obscure Sound Austin-based band Living Set unveil a ghostly, dreamy noise-pop appeal on new single “Last Wave” — maneuvering seamlessly from a lush array of synths and percussive pit-pattering into a textural, nois...

Austin-based band Living Set unveil a ghostly, dreamy noise-pop appeal on new single “Last Wave” — maneuvering seamlessly from a lush array of synths and percussive pit-pattering into a textural, noisy invigoration. www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/livi...

Listen: Go-Machine - "Black Sunday" -- Obscure Sound Austin-based act Go-Machine emit a charismatic sound melding funk and prog-rock allure on new track “Black Sunday.” Breezy guitar tones quickly ascend into a rhythmically inclined passion, shifting se...

Austin-based act Go-Machine emit a charismatic sound melding funk and prog-rock allure on new track “Black Sunday.” www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/go-m...

Listen: Minus World - "Prettier Things (Pretend I'm a Man)" Prettier Things by Minus World Exploring personal identity and society’s push to mold and suppress true individuality, “Prettier Things (Pretend I’m a Man)” is a standout track from Minus World. The N...

Exploring personal identity and society’s push to mold and suppress true individuality, “Prettier Things (Pretend I’m a Man)” is a standout track from Minus World. www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/minu...

Listen: olive green - "Five O'Clock" -- Obscure Sound Lush alt-pop and shoegaze-friendly textures converge beautifully on “Five O’Clock,” the debut single from San Francisco-based duo olive green. The new project comprises Matthew Farrell (of previously ...

Lush alt-pop and shoegaze-friendly textures converge beautifully on “Five O’Clock,” the debut single from San Francisco-based duo olive green. The new project comprises Matthew Farrell (of previously featured band Night Hikes) and Amaris Griggs. www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/oliv...

Listen: Zoos - "Letting Go" -- Obscure Sound The first single from Brooklyn-based band Zoos following a four-year hiatus, “Letting Go” achieves a balance of moody rock intrigue and anthemic vocal outpourings. A spacious, nocturnal soundscape ema...

The first single from Brooklyn-based band Zoos following a four-year hiatus, “Letting Go” achieves a balance of moody rock intrigue and anthemic vocal outpourings. www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/zoos...

Listen: Roses and Roses - "Touching the Sun" -- Obscure Sound Los Angeles-based project Roses and Roses craft a moving, dreamy rock entrancement on "Touching the Sun," balancing the pain of grief and the light apparent within moving forward.

Los Angeles-based project Roses and Roses craft a moving, dreamy rock entrancement on “Touching the Sun,” balancing the pain of grief and the light apparent within moving forward. www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/rose...

Listen: Greta Ruth - "The Back Room" -- Obscure Sound Heartrending strings and dreamy guitar trickles consume alongside vulnerable lyrical power on "The Back Room," a standout new track from Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter Greta Ruth.

Heartrending strings and dreamy guitar trickles consume alongside vulnerable lyrical power on “The Back Room,” a standout new track from Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter Greta Ruth. www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/gret...

Listen: Bleak Streak - "Dork Shadows" -- Obscure Sound Dork Shadows by Bleak Streak Stockholm-based trio Bleak Streak unveil an ominous, poignantly scathing rock invigoration on new single “Dork Shadows.” A quaint assortment of piano, brass, and simmering...

Stockholm-based trio Bleak Streak unveil an ominous, poignantly scathing rock invigoration on new single “Dork Shadows.” www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/blea...

Listen: Gemïny - "My Lady" -- Obscure Sound A glistening, soulful R&B appeal shines on “My Lady,” a new track from Gemïny that showcases the North Carolina native’s knack for memorably lush soundscapes and hooky, emotive vocal introspection. Th...

A glistening, soulful R&B appeal shines on “My Lady,” a new track from Gemïny that showcases the North Carolina native’s knack for memorably lush soundscapes and hooky, emotive vocal introspection. www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/gemi...

Listen: The Second Summer - "Try" -- Obscure Sound Chicago-based band The Second Summer meld a peppy, spirited rock allure with shoegaze-y textures on recent single “Try.” Jangling guitars complement an initial vocal introspection — letting out “heard...

Chicago-based band The Second Summer meld a peppy, spirited rock allure with shoegaze-y textures on recent single “Try.” www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/the-...

Listen: Sunchoke - "Enclave on a Current" -- Obscure Sound “Enclave on a Current” is a gorgeous, dreamy new track from Sunchoke, the project of Philadelphia-based musician Donald McGrath. Twangy guitar layers and steady percussion craft a warming soundscape, ...

“Enclave on a Current” is a gorgeous, dreamy new track from Sunchoke, the project of Philadelphia-based musician Donald McGrath. www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/sunc...

Listen: Wheeler Newman - "Can It" -- Obscure Sound Orlando-based artist Wheeler Newman envelops with a soulful, moody rock charm on new track "Can It," one of many highlights on his new album ShaShe.

Orlando-based artist Wheeler Newman envelops with a soulful, moody rock charm on new track “Can It,” one of many highlights on his new album ShaShe. Katie Burkess’ lead vocals are riveting throughout the single, exuding a smoothly intoxicating flair. www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/whee...

Listen: Slark Moan - "Emphatic Love" -- Obscure Sound An enthralling, colorful psych-rock sound emanates on “Emphatic Love,” a newly released track from Slark Moan, the project of New York-based multi-instrumentalist Annie Taylor Sloan. Also featuring an...

An enthralling, colorful psych-rock sound emanates on “Emphatic Love,” a newly released track from Slark Moan, the project of New York-based multi-instrumentalist Annie Taylor Sloan. www.obscuresound.com/2025/09/slar...