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The Marshlanders make a haunting entrance with “My Lord Jesus”
The cold you hear in slow-moving guitar slides, baritone growls, and ghostly harmonies. That’s the storm The Marshlanders conjure on “My Lord Jesus,” the closing track on the Marsheaux EP “Fit for Crows.” It is a brooding sonic landscape that descends upon you like low fog on a swampy midnight road.
The Marshlanders describe themselves as blues-goth-grunge; for once, the tag sticks like a battered leather jacket. “My Lord Jesus” inhabits this array of influences with spooky grace. And that she has done: It’s a song that doesn’t merely play and endlessly haunts. Grounded by a smoldering guitar groove, the track coheres around a low-slung baritone vocal that’s equal parts grit and soul, met with soaring soprano harmonies that slice through like an anguished wail in the night.
Slide guitar licks writhe in a subcutaneous background, suggesting something primal and restive. Throw in some weeping strings and the soft moan of a laid-back Hammond organ, and you’ve got a soundscape that is equal parts swamp ritual and sacred hymn. It’s music, sure, but it’s a séance with your darker self to be approached with a cold ale and an open mind.
Even though “My Lord Jesus” is the last song, it seems less like an endpoint and more like a portal. It peels back the curtain on a grander vision, one in which Southern Gothic storytelling makes love to a holy desolation. You don’t simply listen, and you go inside.
The Marshlanders‘ debut album, “Fit for Crows,” establishes Them as something beyond just a band; here , they are mood conjurers. There’s courage in their brooding, resisting a catchy hook for something weightier, something that stays.
“My Lord Jesus” may not be radio-safe, but that’s the idea. It’s for the shadows, backroom bars, and fractured churches of the mind. It’s the sound of salvation with dirt under its nails. So turn on the lantern if you’re ready to draft something darker. The Marshlanders have lit the lantern for you. Just don’t expect to leave it intact.
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Lana Crow turns challenges into a celebration with “Laugh With You”
“Laugh With You,” the latest single from Lana Crow, is a sincere rallying cry to embrace life in all its messy, beautiful mess. In the song, indie pop and alt-pop combine to deliver an emotional blow that feels both personal and universal.
“Laugh With You” feels like an instant connection, and Crow is telling you stories of hard times with a cozy, knowing smile. This song is as much about struggle as it is about how strong you are. It serves as a reminder that these struggles are simply what give us the strength to keep going, even when life is tough.
Crow encourages people to welcome them, create happiness in the cracks, and laugh even as the world gets heavy. The result is a song that delicately nudges you to love and embrace yourself. It is an anthem for anyone experiencing tough times who refuses to give up hope. Lana Crow continues to demonstrate her songwriting skills, both musically pleasing and emotionally rich, with “Laugh With You.”
It’s a reminder that it’s how we respond to tough times, rather than how they affect us, that’s key. With this song, not only does Crow provide us with music, but she also lets us know that sometimes a laugh is what we need to remember that there is always something to smile about and that, even when it feels like life has waged war against you, laughter can still be found.
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Lisa Boostani creates a mesmerizing tidal realm in “Ocean”
Lisa Boostani’s “Ocean” takes you deep into a sensory world where body, spirit, and myth come together, beyond the surface of genre. Boostani makes a soundscape that is both ethereal and deeply human by combining the broad essence of psychedelic pop with the strong appeal of alternative rock.
Her voice rises as if it is coming from deep within her, shaped by emotion rather than action. She intentionally channels the intangible, turning weakness into strength rather than a source of pain, and “Ocean” tells people to get involved in this inner world, not just watch it. This release is an integral part of her first EP, “One,” which will come out in March 2026 and is based on love, sensuality, and unity.
If “Ocean” is any indication, the EP will show sensuality not as something pretty, but as a kind of spiritual intelligence, a way to know yourself by connecting with others. The song’s textures and structure have an aquatic quality, moving between clarity and delirium, rhythm and freedom. Its emotional focus is on immersion instead of resolution.
The striking quality of “Ocean” is the blend of the mystical worlds. Boostani understands that strength often shows up as gentleness and that deep feelings are better expressed through frequencies than words. She wants people to see consciousness as immediacy, sensation as truth, and openness as an undeniable strength.
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