The Test Drive (Early Album Previews)

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    Shower Curtain - Something Instead

    The Test Drive: Shower Curtain – Something Instead

    Shower Curtain has today released the new EP titled 'Something Instead'. Part lo-fi and part dream pop, with melody and hooks throughout, Shower Curtain, a.k.a. Victoria Winter, gives that signature sound a bit of the feels with her quiet way and contemplative introversion endearing itself into our record collection.
    Grant Pavol

    The Test Drive: Grant Pavol – Reflections

    Grant Pavol has today just released his new album titled 'Reflections'. An almost cosmic concept level journey set to audio, 'Reflections' lives up to it's title from an artist with a vision and sense of self and his surroundings.
    Wyse - Anomalies

    The Test Drive: Wyse – Anomalies

    Wyse has released her new EP titled 'Anomalies'. Music with emotion and lyrics filled with motion, Wyse delivers a set of songs genre-neutral with the sass of a rock star blissfully unaware of the rules of the music industry. 'Anomalies' is fun.
    Foamboy - My Sober Daydream

    The Test Drive: Foamboy – My Sober Daydream

    Foamboy have just released their new album titled 'My Sober Daydream'. Electric fuzz in the buzz that is the electric bliss of this sonic daydream fashion the goal of soul with a set of songs meant for the masses.
    Vanic - Here & Now

    The Test Drive: Vanic – Here & Now

    Vanic has released his new album titled 'Here & Now'. Immersed in a world all it's own, 'Here & Now' delves into the mind of creative exploration and originality via a lucid set of tracks that span the gambit of emotion through motion with distinctive sounds in every track and explosive hooks in every corner.
    Jiexi Zhao - Ìnkè

    The Test Drive: Jiexi Zhao – Ìnkè

    Jiexi Zhao has released his new EP titled 'Ìnkè'. I have to start this off by saying Jiexi has a magnificent voice! A lucid combination of accomplished showman with a wide range and a...
    Goodbye Honolulu

    The Test Drive: Goodbye Honolulu – Goodbye Honolulu

    Goodbye Honolulu have today released their awaited album titled, well, 'Goodbye Honolulu'! That quirkiness and relevant personality that is the GH is alive and well on this eponymous album while that retro to the...
    Derosnec

    The Test Drive: Derosnec – Three Lives

    DEROSNEC is set to drop her new album titled 'Three Lives' tomorrow. Ahead of this, we have a glimpse of what is to come with this Test Drive feature.
    Down Again

    The Test Drive: Down Again – Bury the Bones

    Down Again have released their five-song EP titled 'Bury The Bones'. Part hardcore and slightly nu-core, 'Bury the Bones' delves into the heart of heavy with melodic tracks and angelic screams with a tightness...
    Oliver Rodley - Sweet Green Tea

    The Test Drive: Oliver Rodley – Sweet Green Tea

    Oliver Rodley has today released his new album titled 'Sweet Green Tea'. Lo-Fi meets top-shelf with this collection of tracks steeped with the evolution of said genre with added touches of originality and out-of-the-box song-ginuity on a level usually reserved for musical masterminds.
    Wide Room - Hadron

    The Test Drive: Wide Room – Hadron

    Wide Room has released their new album titled 'Hadron'. Coming off as a concept on that initial listen, I find that there is more here. This is a virtuosic symphony of music that is...
    Tom Moran - Roommate of a Friend of Mine

    The Test Drive: Tom Moran – Roommate of a Friend of Mine

    Tom Moran has today released his new album titled 'Roommate of a Friend of Mine'. That subtle feeling of Americana is alive and well with a new breath of fresh air courtesy of Tom.
    Infamous Stiffs

    The Test Drive: Infamous Stiffs – Kill For The Sound

    Infamous Stiffs have released their new album titled 'Kill For The Sound'. Recorded to sound like a giant middle finger to the establishment (choose one, it will fit), KFTS takes the balls-out approach to songwriting with themes of rebellion and sounds of anarchy that haven't been heard in years.
    The Super Moons

    The Test Drive: The Super Moons – Real Life Heroes

    The Super Moons have released their new album titled 'Real Life Heroes'. A solid set of tracks with a hint of mid '90s alternative with that brilliant meld of instruments and the sonic space...
    Zach James Douglas

    The Test Drive: Zach James Douglas – 6X3

    Zach James Douglas has today released his new EP titled '6X3'. Music made for the stage and electro-fused with fusion n' feels, '6X3' has that certain feeling running throughout of unabashed creativity and sonic originality.
    Wildflower

    The Test Drive: Wildflower – The Ocean Rose

    Wildflower has today released their new album titled 'The Ocean Rose'. Starting off like a welcomed hello from an old friend, 'The Ocean Rose' is one of those heartwarming albums filled with familiar sounding songs on that first listen and a diverse set of Americana roots
    Space Summit

    The Test Drive: Space Summit – Life This Way

    Space Summit officially releases their new album 'Life This Way' today (September 10th). Long overdue, in my opinion, because I have literally waited months for this to come out for multiple reasons. Marty Willson-Piper is one of my guitar heroes, for one.
    KINGZMN - Where Do We Go From Here?

    The Test Drive: KINGZMN – Where Do We Go From Here?

    KINGZMN have released their new album titled 'Where Do We Go From Here?'. R&B by design and original by default, 'Where Do We Go From Here' mixes elements of the creative hook and electro-pop style into a mashup of sounds and sonic landscapes
    The Ampersands

    The Test Drive: The Ampersands – Happy To Be Here

    The Ampersands have released their new album titled 'Happy To Be Here'. This album starts off with that distinctive personality that drives the base of your neck to do that one thing when you hear good music and keeps doing that until you realize you look like an asshole for doing it in a crowd full of people.
    Crystal Drake,Sirens,The Test Drive

    The Test Drive: Crystal Drake – Sirens

    Crystal Drake has released her new album titled 'Sirens'. Pop as a standard has come and go as the years progress and can quickly become stale if not done right.
    Queen's Pleasure

    The Test Drive: Queen’s Pleasure – Words To Live By, Suits To Die In.

    Queen's Pleasure are set to release their new album titled 'Words To Live By, Suits To Die In.' on September 10th on Bloomer Records. That classic garage band sound for the modern era with...
    Brigitte Bardini,Stellar Lights,The Test Drive

    The Test Drive: Brigitte Bardini – Stellar Lights

    Brigitte Bardini has released her new and debut album titled 'Stellar Lights'. For a first outting into the void that is music, this is solid, to say the least. Already on her way to...
    Dana Plato

    The Test Drive: Dana Plato – Wrong Quotes

    Dana Plato is set to drop their new album ‘Wrong Quotes’ in physical form on September 16th. An audio experiment set to album.
    Ivy Mor

    The Test Drive: Ivy Mor – Milestones

    Ivy Mor has released her new album titled 'Milestones'. A bit of Americana with a bookended autobiographical tinge throughout, Ivy captures moments of her life with sonic precision and lyrical clarity and a lush...
    Dakota Jones - Black Light

    The Test Drive: Dakota Jones – Black Light

    Dakota Jones has today released their new album titled 'Black Light'. As if created during the highlight of the music era, right down to using a tube mixing board, Dakota Jones captures a feeling...