Greg Mendez makes small songs feel enormous on Beauty Land
Greg Mendez releases Beauty Land via Dead Oceans, turning quiet, economical songwriting into something that lands with surprising emotional force.
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Greg Mendez releases Beauty Land via Dead Oceans, turning quiet, economical songwriting into something that lands with surprising emotional force.
Singer-songwriter Greg Mendez returns with Beauty Land on Dead Oceans, crafting devastating, unvarnished acoustic songs about pain and memory.
Kristian Matsson shares home-recorded single Colors, combining fingerpicked folk intimacy with horns, strings, and raw physical presence.
Greg Mendez releases Beauty Land on 29 May via Dead Oceans, making him one of the strongest singer-songwriter names to watch in the 27 May release-radar section.
M.C. Taylor's I'm People marks his Chrysalis debut, leaning into warm Americana, co-produced by Josh Kaufman, celebrating communal healing.
Late cult folk singer Ed Askew will be celebrated with a posthumous album, The Final Painting, featuring Bill Callahan and Sharon Van Etten.