The Rocket Summer – ‘Shadowkasters’
Texas native Bryce Avary has been in the game far longer than you think. With his debut record turning twenty this past February, Avary is no stranger to switching up styles as the years go on. Born from alt-rock punk and slowly embracing more alt-pop elements, it’s made for a collection of albums that feel both strangely contemporary, and a product of their era. Now, with seven full-length releases under his belt, the eighth record from solo project The Rocket Summer looks to change up things once more, embracing dancehall electronica and a deluge of 90s stylistic references into his arsenal of soundscapes in one of his most inventive, experimental records yet. Those 90s influences are immediately clear through the grunge elements in the ethereal first track ‘M4U’, with thick, folk-soundi...