“Nowhere/No One” by Bella Human: A Haunting Take on Humanity’s Unknowable Origins
Bella Human’s song “Nowhere/No One” is a deliciously unsettling exploration of inheritance, disappearance, and vision: a song about bleeding, but more about what blood is – how it got into our veins in the first place. Why that secret haunts us. It’s a tense song, resting atop repeating guitar plucks and ghostly vocals. It opens […]
“Cicadas” by Wild Manes: Nostalgia with Teeth
The first time I listen to Wild Manes’ “Cicadas,” I’m lying in my backyard, grass tickling my neck. The sky is burning hazy blue, and there’s just enough breeze for goosebumps. No sound but the lazy drone of an airplane passing overhead. Then the slow unfolding of a beat, a thrumming bass – like a […]
