Category: Music
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Yearning Amidst a Fleeting Future: On Katie Pruitt’s Fools for the Fleeting
Katie Pruitt | Fools for the Fleeting | Rounder Records | September 2026 In her newest album, Fools for the Fleeting, Katie Pruitt starts off the soft smoulder of “Matching Tattoos” with the line, “Burnt our future to the ground.” While it refers to Pruitt’s reflection on a relationship close to being torn apart, it…
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Autopsy of a Clown: On Dim Wit’s Dim Sh!t
Dim Wit | Dim Sh!t | Self-released | November 2019 It’s an easy trap to fall into: taking the fool at face value. Not taking someone seriously because they don’t, at a glance, seem to take themselves seriously. Dim Wit’s Jeff Tuyay is a clown and this is not an insult, merely fact. When performing, Tuyay dons white makeup…
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Song Spotlight: My New Band Believe’s “Love Story”
“Love Story” – the first single from My New Band Believe’s self-title debut album – is a clear signifier of the split between Cameron Picton and fellow black midi alum Geordie Greep. Following black midi’s sudden disbandment in 2023, Greep would follow Hellfire with The New Sound the following year, and while it certainly differentiated…