Some Days Are Darker

TV-MA, the latest release from New York City pop-flecked alt-rock consortium Some Days Are Darker, stands as an enthralling, eminently engaging declaration of intent. A conceptual art piece in five sonic chapters, the record melds shimmering guitar, ethereal synths, and propulsive rhythm into work that is at once timeless and very much of the moment. Strip away the noir atmospherics and one finds deeply catching melodies lifting frontman / songwriter Lear Mason’s yearning, melancholic baritone.TV-MA is a concept album that unfolds like an anthology, and at its core is a deeply human meditation on love, loss, and rebirth.