Deep Sea Diver - Billboard HeartSt. Vincent, TV on the Radio, and Flock of Dimes, bands that have found newly ornate and magnetic ways to make indie rock by discarding notions of how it must sound or what it must say. Its their fourth album and first for Sub Pop, and it is a coup, a triumph over self doubt, transforming failure into an opportunity to find new freedom, belief, and strength. In the middle of July 2023 in a Los Angeles studio, Deep Sea Diver mastermind Jessica Dobson

Big Star formed in 1971

he was not a drummer but a piano player

which so often commingles bliss and doom

the album also features special guests Robert Randolph

with mandolin and harp imbibing an Alice Coltrane Dorothy Ashby aesthetic

over-dubbed guitar parts and multi-tracked vocal harmonies entwine to sweetly immersive effect

has remained busy since Otherness

Big Thief’s now-remastered debut album

but previously unreleased

Design and packaging are by Matt Robertson/Peter Saville Studio

and past lives

It feels good" - Stu