Tear in the Radio #2 - The Stolen Volume 2 | Page 21

COLOR | HAVENFIELD
It’s been a hot minute since emo was last an exciting genre,
but there seems to be a renaissance happening with bands
like The Hotelier and now, Havenfield. This Purchase, NY
fivesome segues from dreamy and reverberating to blistering and crunchy, and back again, with enviable grace. Their
guitar parts are excellently written from top to bottom.
And although Tony Pitkin is the kind of vocalist who sings
the word “me” and makes it rhyme with the word “pain,”
he also makes the more intense lyrical moments sound like
they’re just tearing their way out of him. His fierce and anguished performance puts it over the top: “Color” is one
of the best underground releases I’ve heard this year.
PAW EP | SWIMMING WITH BEARS
Like fellow bear-named rockers Grizzly Bear, these Austinites
know how to do a mix that’s atmospheric and yet feels raw
and organic. Unlike Grizzly Bear, they draw less from folkrock than from soul and pop. The result sounds something
like Adam Levine fronting My Morning Jac