Lindsey Baker, who fronts the band, is a Philadelphia-raised artist living in New Orleans by way of Brooklyn who understands the nuanced stupidity of the human brain about as well as one could. Her forthcoming album, Trench Foot, is all about it.

There are a slew of descriptions that typically get attached to songwriters who sing quiet songs with sad subject matter—like “stirring folk noir” or “delicate acoustic emo”—but Clint Asay, the New York musician who performs as Clint Michigan, cuts right to the chase. He calls his genre “trauma folk.”

I hope that you’ll trust me when I say there is little else out there quite like the razor-direct intensity of Baker’s lyricism in Guts Club.

Folk-pop that feels both winsome and weighty at the same time. Feather light but connected to the earth and the struggles that so many of us face in our lives.

The song itself, which hinges on the fear of baring one’s physical body to another person, is a personal one for Asay, who, in press materials for ‘Centuries,’ reveals that the album grapples with his real-life struggles, including “[his] body, living with HIV, [his] childhood.”

The music she makes is almost invariably slow, loud, and sad, but it’s multidimensional too; she once made the distinction that a song wasn’t about pain, but, borrowing a turn of phrase from a French dominatrix, said it was “about how to suffer beautifully, like Saint Sebastian.”

Set in a hot pink room and filmed through a grainy VHS filter, Teenage Cavegirl play through their single as the camera bops around the room getting every possible angle of the band. Clocking in at 1 minute and 54 seconds, the vibrant energy coupled with the relatable subject matter will have you replaying this track many times.

The theme song “Barry & Joe: Bromance (Gonna Save The World)” came out today. It was written and performed by Miss Eaves, produced by KEISHH, with additional vocals by Lea Anderson. You probably know the Brooklyn rapper from her viral hit “Thunder Thighs.” Her music takes names and kicks ass. The theme song is no exception.

The tracks on ‘New Ruins’ sway back and forth with just the perfect amount of psychedelic flavor.

This new track still brings the intimacy that you’ll find in the earlier releases; it always feels like your sitting right next to Baker as she pours her thoughts out.