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I'm enjoying this, a very nice sound! A mix of some sort of shoegaze/indie rock sounds with a bit of that 80s synth rock sound mixed with the guitars and rhythm but thankfully that 80s part doesn't seem overdone. Some strong female vocals to keep everything moving well.

I'm enjoying this. Sounds like what I might call "folk pop rock" or something like that. An interesting and eclectic mix of sounds that blends together pretty well with some really cool rhythmic and instrumental arrangements (mainly different stringed instruments) blending from more poppy sounds to more ambient sounds. Thanks for sharing it!

Interesting stuff... I like how the take on this pop music is quite a bit different than what we usually hear coming from the US. Not sure it's really my style though.

Thanks for this! I wasn't aware of this film/documentary, but it seems like it could be interesting with the way it tries to tell a bit about the political/social history of South Africa before the fall of Apartheid. A couple of the jazz songs on here seem pretty good and low-key, but most of the music sounds more like ambient stuff layered over historical sound clips. Not sure how much I enjoy the non-jazz stuff, but I'm definitely going to check it out a bit more.

I've really been looking forward to this - can't wait to hear the whole thing!

Nice! I always enjoyed Slick Shoes' music and song arrangements, but was never a huge fan of their vocals (particularly the first few albums). These vocals seem a little deeper than before, or somehow slightly different, and I seem to prefer it. Looking forward to giving this a full listen!

This seems really great! A nice broad mix of styles all blended together in very complimentary ways here. I'd say the basic sound in most songs is shoegaze, but with a continuous energy and nice soft airy vocals that help keep the songs moving forward, with a general song structure that reminds me a lot of post-rock songs. And this is just sort of the "basic" description of most songs' sound on this album, but with a lot more thrown in beside, some nice clean (and strongly varied) instrumentation on top of a lot of the fuzzy-shoegaze guitar sounds also. Really a great mix and something that's very enjoyable to listen to longer and longer!

Pretty nice! A strong pop punk foundational sound, but with arrangements and influence a bit more like indie rock / emo.

A nice emo-indie rock sound, very DIY (i.e. not the best recording quality, but not too bad either).

This is a really great single! Lots of raw energy but melodic enough to be really catchy - nice strong punk/emo sound. Looking forward to a full album!

Mansions just released another album (on Sept 11th), seems a bit like a b-sides EP with some different mixes of some of these songs. It's called "Big Bad At Home" https://mansions.bandcamp.com/album/big-bad-at-home The new versions are also SUPER good! @Summers - I don't know where you guys get leaks nor even how to make a request. But is that something you'd be able to help provide or be interested in sharing on here? I know I'd love to get that album in 320 MP3. Thanks for this one above though for sure, I've been enjoying it for quite a while now!

I thought it was "Heart to Gold", haha! That's a really awesome emo/punk band that's been leaked here before and which I've really loved listening to. So I was excited to see they might have some new stuff. But this is definitely NOT them, haha!

Pretty straightforward punk with very gruff vocals... some strong elements of hardcore punk for sure. Not enough variation in rhythm, melody, or song structures for me though.

I don't know how I missed this one! I loved their first album, especially after may repeated listens, it keeps growing on you more and more. So I'm very excited to get this one too!

Great share! Dikembe is an AWESOME band! This one seems slightly more mellow and less energetic overall than some of their previous releases.... certainly a bit more downer and less funny/upbeat, but they say the subject matter is a focus on the death of one of the band member's mother. And there's definitely some good driving parts and the characteristic Dikembe sound throughout. I need to give it more listens, but I've already enjoyed it several times! Also, for anyone interested, you can get a lot of their previous releases for "pay what you want" on their bandcamp, and as I said, most their previous releases are also really awesome! https://dikembe.bandcamp.com/

A few songs of instrumental twinkly emo type sounds, no vocals. Seems like it could be good, but there's not a lot to it so far (since it's such a short EP and without any vocals to make it stand out).

Can't wait for the full album release!

I'm new to this band, but these singles are good. And what you describe sounds like a great mix and progression of sounds, so I'm going to look at the older albums shared here on KL and grab them too!

Thanks for this single! I checked out their bandcamp where they have more singles off this new album coming: https://kiddad.bandcamp.com/releases Makes me really excited to get the full album... hoping you release it here when it's out! It's got some great hard-hitting grunge sounds, some modern emo and post-hardcore sounds mixed with late 90s alternative rock... a really cool blend of genres and pretty broad mix of sounds that seems to all be really well done!

I'm really enjoying this! Has a lot of classic punk enthusiasm and sloppy vocals, but some poppy rhythms and stuff. A nice blend of sounds, really enjoying it! (The last three songs are totally different though, mostly acoustic slow stuff... not really into it.)

A great emo punk band! Also, the recording of this is pretty good, nothing like in the video preview on the original post... you can check out the general quality on their bandcamp here: https://gulfer.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-japan They're a really great band and this recording seems pretty good but not overly polished... I'm looking forward to giving this more listen.

Good straightforward skate punk... rhythms a bit slower than usual, but also incorporated more ska sounds... looking forward to hearing more of it!

@Blink-182 I agree, some great vibes on the sounds, but hardly any vocals at all (most songs have none)! Shame... they really should do more vocals to bring it all together more. @Chief Thanks for sharing the bandcamp link, I really appreciate that! I can't seem to get the download link to work at all for me though. Can you post it on the "passtheleaks" hosting service?

This really does sound nice! Much more of a midwest emo mix of sounds, I'd say, don't notice much of any real math rock influence in most of it. Thanks for sharing the bandcamp preview, I really appreciate that!

Excited about this! I really like this band's past music! This is an interesting change from the norm in that all the songs are stripped down and recorded mainly outdoors and live. Definitely a lot "softer" than usual (as the title suggest)... but still seems like some really clean and warm recordings... very nice!