Rebecca Peake

I first came across the band Rebecca Peake three years ago with their fantastic "Avec 1" album.  They've been pretty quiet since then, especially considering how prolific they were from 2011 to 2016, releasing 15 albums in that stretch as part of a 366 song cycle where they claimed to have written and recorded a song everyday for a year.  The logistics of that seem improbable to me, but at the very least, they released some really great music, spanning from shoegaze to synth pop to space rock and more.  Back in April, they released "Memoirs Vol. 1," a best-of collection of sorts that pulls from those first 5 years.  It's a great place to start, as sifting through 15 albums is a little daunting.  Check out "Nebula Crisis" below and download the album here via Ghost Diamond.

Rebecca Peake

I can't find a whole lot of information about Rebecca Peake, though the artist does seem to be fairly prolific.  Anyway, new album "Avec 1" is out now via Ghost Diamond, and it's an icy and catchy mix of synth wave and dreampop with some shoegaze and post punk notes spattered throughout.  Listen to "A waste of Time" below and get the cassette here.

Dinosaur on Fire

After a six year hiatus, Florida synthwave artist Dinosaur on Fire is back with his sophomore album, "Populous Romantique."  His musical instincts are still intact, crafting songs that feel like the soundtrack to flying over some futuristic vista at night, neon buildings and technological squalor everywhere, but there's a more expansive and epic, and at time almost vaudevillian, vibe this time around.  It's like visiting a new world.  Listen to "Romance V" below and get the cassette here via Ghost Diamond.