Rhymies - I Dream Watching

The sound of a northern English bedsit in 1981 with a cheap keyboard. Actually, no. The sound of San Francisco, 2025. Lauren Matsui of Seablite turns on the electronics and twists between glorious fatalism and fist-pumping tunes.

Yeah, there are nods to a couple of songs you likely know, but this is a first record so it leans on its influences and wears them very well. If you like, say, The Wake’s Factory output, Strawberry Switchblade and, I dunno, damn good songs then this fine, fine debut is for you.