Smirk Return With ‘Speculative Fiction’
Nick Vicario's Smirk shares Speculative Fiction, turning adult disappointment into sharp, hook-filled punk-pop.
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Nick Vicario's Smirk shares Speculative Fiction, turning adult disappointment into sharp, hook-filled punk-pop.
Smirk release Speculative Fiction via Smoking Room, a 13-track album moving from punk velocity toward garage indie pop and power-pop tension.
Sugar release Keep Looping, another new song from their reunion era, with Bob Mould turning AI anxiety and social hum into charged power-pop snarl.
Star Sign release Small Town and Waiting For Nothing ahead of a short East Coast run, offering jangly, hangdog power-pop with a beautifully worn-in emotional tilt.
Wishy announce Nature’s Pill and share Lovesick, continuing their rise as one of the most hook-forward names in modern indie rock and shoegaze-pop.
Jessica Lea Mayfield and Dolour revisit The Good Life from Pinkerton, bringing indie, power pop and Nashville melancholy into one sharp little frame.