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Rapid Log: 009

The next batch of the Rapid Log features 12 releases spanning alternative rock and its adjacent styles. Are any of your favorite artists featured here? Check out the list below!

1. 4:44 - Hydrangea (2023)

Genre: alternative/indie rock/dream pop

Production: 9/10

Composition: 8.5/10

Tracklist:

1. Silk 7/10

2. Tonic desire 7.5/10

3. Only one 8/10

4. Crystal clear 8/10

5. Pine 7.5/10

6. Weedhead 7.5/10

7. Upsetter 7.5/10

8. Hisoka 7.5/10

9. Cognitive dissonance 8/10

10. Wedding bells 7.5/10

OVERALL: 75/100

2. Adam Baxter - Long (Love) Story Short (2020)

Genre: Indie/folk, singer-songwriter

Production: 8.5/10

Composition: 8/10

Tracklist:

1. Old Photo 6/10

2. From Tallest Trees 7.5/10

3. Go Fast 7.5/10

4. I hate Flying 7/10

5. Misunderstood 7.5/10

6. Save some for me 7/10

7. Star dance 7.5/10

8. They met on a Friday 7/10

9. Whenever you are near 7.5/10

10. I won't 7.5/10

OVERALL: 70/100

3. Black Country, New Road - Ants from Up There (2022)

Genre: Experimental/art/post-rock 

Production: 10/10

Composition: 10/10

Tracklist:

1. Intro 7/10

2. Bread Song 7/10

3. Chaos Space Marine 7.5/10

4. Concorde 7.5/10

5. Good Will Hunting 7.5/10

6. Haldern 7.5/10

7. Mark's Theme 8/10

8. The place where he inserted the blade 8/10

9. Snow Globes 7.5/10

10. Basketball shoes 7.5/10

OVERALL: 80-/100

4. Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy (2011)

Genre: indie rock

Production: 7.5/10

Composition: 7.5/10

Tracklist:

1. My boy (twin fantasy) 7/10

2. Beach life-in-death 7/10

3. Stop smoking 7/10

4. Sober to death 7/10

5. Nervous young Inhumans 7.5/10

6. Bodys 7.5/10

7. Cute thing 6/10

8. High to death 7.5/10

9. Famous prophets (minds) 7/10

10. Twins fantasy (those boys) 6.5/10

OVERALL: 70/100

5. Husbands - Liked to Party (2021)

Genre: Indie/bedroom/dream pop

Production: 9/10

Composition: 9/10

Tracklist:

1. Liked to Party 8/10

2. Ambi's Mom 7.5/10

OVERALL: 80/100

6. Lowsunday - Elesgiem (1999/2024)

Genre: alternative rock/post-punk, britpop

Production: 9/10

Composition: 7.5/10

Tracklist:

1. Wallpaper Room 7.5/10

2. She follows rain 7.5/10

3. Zuff 7.5/10

4. Magic memory 7/10

5. Elevate Her 8/10

6. Shine... 7.5/10

7. ...to sleep 7/10

8. Alone without 7.5/10

9. Human 7/10

10. Closer closer 7/10

11. Daystar 7.5/10

12. Disassembly 7.5/10

13. Diamond rain drain (2024 remix) 7/10

14. Letter from the moonbase (2024 mix) 7.5/10

15. Disassembly (2024 remix) 6.5/10

OVERALL: 70+/100

7. Maneframe - Christmas 2025 (2025)

Genre: instrumental rock

Production: 8.5/10

Composition: 8.5/10

Tracklist: 

1. Blue snow 7/10

2. O come all ye faithful 7.5/10

3. We three kings 6/10

OVERALL: 75/100

8. Noise River - Ruminations (2026)

Genre: psychedelic/stoner rock

Production: 9/10

Composition: 8.5/10

Tracklist:

1. 6&9&7 7.5/10

2. The Sun 7/10

3. Let's Death! 8/10

4. On Hallows' Eve 7/10

5. The Hangman 4/10

6. Graveyard of Wonder 7.5/10

7. The Death Bringer 7/10

8. Akathisia 7/10

9. The magician 7.5/10

10. Dharma (Enjoy the Ride) 8/10

OVERALL: 70+/100

9. Secondhand Serenade - Awake (2005)

Genre: acoustic

Production: 8.5/10

Composition: 7.5/10

Tracklist:

1. Half alive 7.5/10

2. Broken 7/10

3. Vulnerable 7/10

4. Your call 7/10

5. Maybe 7/10

6. I hate this song 7/10

7. Awake 7/10

8. Let it roll 7/10

9. Last song ever 7/10

10. End 7.5/10

OVERALL: 70/100

10. Secondhand Serenade - A Twist in My Story (2008)

Genre: acoustic

Production: 9/10

Composition: 8.5/10

Tracklist:

1. Like a knife 8/10

2. Fall for you 7.5/10

3. Maybe 7/10

4. Stranger 7/10

5. Your call 7.5/10

6. Suppose 7.5/10

7. A twist in my story 7.5/10

8. Why 7.5/10

9. Stay close, don't go 8/10

10. Pretend 7.5/10

11. Goodbye 8/10

OVERALL: 75/100

11. We are Ghosts - [untitled] (2024)

Genre: experimental/psychedelic pop/rock, world/folk 

Production: 9/10

Composition: 8/10

Tracklist: 

1. Burning Ground 7/10

2. כל הנשמות 6.5/10

3. Heartless World 7/10

4. Polar Polaroid 7/10

5. Take me 7.5/10

6. Moon shaker 7/10

7. This is the night 7/10

8. Last flower 7/10

OVERALL: 70/100

12. We are Ghosts - Andarta (2015)

Genre: experimental/psychedelic pop/rock, world/folk

Production: 9/10

Composition: 8/10

Tracklist: 

1. Yahalom Shachor 6.5/10

2. Luna [we love you Polly] 6.5/10

3. Deserted Monuments [Shalom Aleichem] 7/10

4. Go! 6.5/10

5. Yesh Gesher [Bein Haolamot] 6.5/10

6. Andarta 7/10

OVERALL: 70-/100

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