fantom pupil

An ongoing collection of newfound music. Sometimes direct, cold, and still. At times intense and charged. But always intentional.

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Mexican Institute of Sound & Meridian Brothers: Ritmo Babilonia (feat. Beck)

“Ritmo Babilonia” by Mexican Institute of Sound & Meridian Brothers (feat. Beck) from the album Ruido Tovar.

“A lot of my childhood was around East LA. Cumbia has been in the background my whole life.” –Beck

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Josie Edwards: good girls

“good girls” by Josie Edwards from the EP good girls.

“I've been saving up my anger.” –Josie Edwards

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Rainsford: Salt

“Salt” by Rainsford from the album Before Blue.

“Listening back now, I’m so sad for the person I was at the time, and the way I allowed myself to be treated.” –Rainsford

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Torus: Take Me Home

“Take Me Home” by Torus from the EP Take Me Home.

“‘Take Me Home’ speaks of that special safe place everybody wants to return to when things are going wrong.” –Torus

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Stitched Up Heart: Love and Death (feat. Austin John Winkler)

“Love and Death” by Stitched Up Heart (feat. Austin John Winkler) from the album MEDUSA.

“The innocence that you have before you're cheated and destroyed by all the people that hurt you and turn you into this monster.” –Mixi Demner

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Rhye: Fatal

“Fatal” by Rhye from the EP JOY.

“balancing Rhye’s signature sensuality with a renewed sense of lightness.” –Acid Stag

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Amanda Palmer: Death Thing

“Death Thing” by Amanda Palmer from the album There Will Be No Intermission.

“are there spaces where it’s better to say ‘I can handle this’ than ‘I love this’” –Amanda Palmer

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Ela Minus & Nick León: espiral

“espiral” by Ela Minus & Nick León from the EP qué les pasó a mis amigos?

“There were unspoken understandings of what we wanted to do. That’s not normal. We immediately felt this kinship.” –Ela Minus

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Initiate: Numb The Pain

“Numb The Pain” by Initiate from the EP With Love // With Rage.

“Being okay with anger and love at the same time.” –Crystal Pak

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VANITY: (T)OUCH!

“(T)OUCH!” single by VANITY.

“Rather than simply releasing songs, VANITY build elaborate theatrical worlds where music, film, fashion, and performance become inseparable.” –Daily Entertainment World

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Love Spells: Maybe I Still Love You

“Maybe I Still Love You” by Love Spells from the album LOVE IS THE LAW.

“That moment of coming to terms with the fact that you still care and want to keep caring.” –Love Spells

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Dearveni: Think of You

“Think of You” by Dearveni from the single Short n’ Sweet.

“This release is dedicated to my late oldest brother. It’s been five years since he passed... He never heard me sing, not once, because I never imagined I would be making music.” –Dearveni

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Tokyo Tea Room: All Night

“All Night” by Tokyo Tea Room from the album Feel Forever.

“I have a fascination with the impermanent nature of human emotion.” –Daniel James Elliott

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BAILEN: SWIM!!!

“SWIM!!!” single by BAILEN.

“It captures what summer used to feel like. The video was made on 16mm film and there are fireworks, smashed up jaguars, hillbilly hot tubs, and rocking out.” –BAILEN

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Las Robertas: All We Need Is Now

“All We Need Is Now” by Las Robertas from the album All We Need is Now.

“Living in the present, learning that holding grudges, resentment or revisiting the past will only harm you; if you live in the present with a constant sense of gratitude, you’ll get to focus in the most important things.” –Las Robertas

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Helen Svoboda: If

“If” by Helen Svoboda from the album Headwater.

“‘If’ explores a dream shaped by constant interruptions.” –Helen Svoboda

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Chelsea Wolfe: Death is Not the End

“Death is Not the End” single by Chelsea Wolfe.

“the song views death not as a final destination but as part of a larger cycle.” –Drowning in Melancholy