The album arrived at the height of s boy-band mania selling 2. A run of eight self-released albums plus a compilation of rerecorded favorites cemented bandleader Will Toledo as a DIY hero, while Teens of Denial certified his status as a generational indie-rock talent. Described by Toledo as a bildungsroman, the album tracks the romantic, depressive, drug-and-alcohol-addled tribulations of young adulthood.
Bright, cool, and triumphant, Saba played counterpart to his cold-hearted drill contemporaries, heartening his city, which in saw about homicides.
On their debut, the made pure, chaotic dysfunction seem like the epitome of romance. The record flourishes with storytelling that makes room in the back seat for a listener about to bear witness to a long night of sex, drugs, and guitar-fueled pop debauchery.
Pierce the Veil struck an exemplary balance between pop and punk on their third album. A newfound grasp on melody is paired with a sense of urgency that frontman Vic Fuentes uses to communicate an embrace of chaos through theatrical storytelling.
North Carolina singer-songwriter MJ Lenderman delivered a perfect union of woodsy heartache and craggy indie-rock-guitar beauty on his fourth solo album. Mascis to Gary Stewart. Kurt Vile had been getting a reputation as a low-fi Philly shredder to watch for a few years by the time he polished up his sound for this breakthrough album. By the time Ashlee Simpson started working on her debut album, her pop star older sister, Jessica, had become one of the most famous women in the world.
