Guitar Pop For Now People—Part 23

10 Recent Tracks + Music Reviewers/Publications (+ Playlist)

Dec 28, 2024

In the end, it’s all about the new music.

Here are 10 recent tracks to close out another incredible year for guitar pop.

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10 Recent Tracks and Music Reviewers/Publications

“‘Good Citizen’ sounds like the opening salvo at the best rock and roll party you have ever been to.”—Dave Franklin, Big Takeover

“‘Lift’ is a desperate-sounding track, with the guitar chords frantically bashed out; the bass does the melodic heavy lifting, which is the most ‘pop punk’ thing about it. Or maybe it’s the vocal trade-off between Margo and Vaganek that slowly takes shape over the course of the track, which only adds to the eventual catharsis.”—Rosy Overdrive

“You can feel the soul of New York in these songs, with hints of everyone from The Shangri-Las to The New York Dolls to Blondie. The songwriting is top-notch all the way through, and somehow this band combines arena-sized majesty with indie band intimacy.”—Faster & Louder

“Video Age pay tribute to working music retail on their new song ‘Record Shop.’ It’s pleasant pop surfing some great jangly guitar and fun keyboard work. The lyrics are spot on too—I think we’d all be in for those employee discounts!”—Dennis Pilon, Poprock Record

“The opening harmonies of ‘Love Is Blind,’ give you a Beatlesque gem that hits all the right buttons.”—Aaron Kupferberg, Powerpopaholic

“We have enough songs about heartbreak and loss. Morpho steers clear of wallowing, choosing to emphasize growth, renewal, and mundane pleasures. ‘Prism’ finds her distracted by flashes of memories and glimmers of refracted light, ideating the disconnect between rosy-tinted memories and shared reality.”—Gilian, Karon, The Alternative

“The guitars of dual-twin attacking Antonio and Gerardo Urchaga (FOLC Records’ head honchos themselves) crunch and drive right from the outset on recent single ‘Another Night In Eden,’ the solo, breaking and rallying, cries out like it truly deserves.”—Nathan Whittle, Louder Than War

“Tong’s cheeky hopefulness about waiting for the weekend to arrive is refreshingly no-frills pop.”—CJ Simonson, Merry Go Round

“The ‘90s encrusted, lucid, jangly indie-pop of acts such as the Lost Ships and The Shop Window is still omnipresent in ‘27 Year Itch’ and ‘Same Old Same,’ whereas ‘Gone Too Far,’ ‘Fly,’ and ‘Audacity’ continue with their quest to find the most perfect Morrissey-inflected track that the bard of Davyhulme never quite got around to writing.”—JanglePopHub

“‘Magpie’ starts with a darker, driving sound, but the chorus unexpectedly lifts in brightness before quickly returning to the minor key.”—Brandon Miller, PopMatters