Sweet Harm Certain Sun LP
This SWEET HARM record, with its melodic indie riffs and Dominic Armao’s talked lyrics, falls somewhere between the FALL and ’90s Gern Blandsten Records bands the VAN PELT and the LAPSE. The songs are catchy and budding with dream-journal-styled poems and fever dream notes. Conversely to the first three songs, track four delivers a fresh approach with Kate Larson taking over on main vocals. Kate’s songs are lyrically more succinct and filled with dreamy regret. Both vocal stylings, while having their own songwriting approaches, come together to aurally complement each other and create an entirely different spirit. It is no surprise that Certain Sun is on Salinas Records, given that the label is known for an elevated style of modern pop punk, indie, and emo. With the research I’ve done (typed a couple words into an Internet browser), I believe that this is the first physical release by SWEET HARM, and for someone who is a fan of this particular style, I should prolly cross my fingers for a few more.