East Coast-based alternative rock trio Raised On Candy releases their self-titled debut album, recorded and engineered by the legendary Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago. The band features Joe Penna (vocals, guitar), Scotty Imp (drums, percussion), and Kevin Harris (bass, vocals), blending indie rock, post-punk, and shoegaze into a unique sound with introspective lyrics, exploring leitmotifs of love and loss with visceral authenticity. Of the dozen tracks on Raised On Candy, highlights include “Nishuane Park,” which opens on intensely colored guitars that flow into a grinding shoegaze melody topped by potent, melodic vocal harmonies. “Lonely Bill” opens on delicate, jangly guitars and then takes on heavy textures of shoegaze as falsetto vocals imbue the lyrics with evocative tone...