Sockeye

From States Away is an alt/punk/emo band from NYC. Our new full length record Sun In My Eyes is now streaming everywhere.Guy Blue is a music project by Brooklyn-based songwriter and producer Jack Ladd. Ladd creates strangely danceable music by leaning into the fictive worlds we create for ourselves, drawing particular inspiration from the sonic and visual landscapes of 90s video games like Zelda and Pokmon that Ladd played during childhood. But rather than the melodic, 8-bit chiptune that you might expect, Ladd channels anxieties rooted in his relationship with video games, which has ranged from escapist enjoyment to something like addiction. If the original games suggested pleasant dreams, Guy Blues tracks are more like the nightmarish science fiction of Philip K. Dick and William Gibson, brought to life with the melodic yearning of Porches, King Krule, Alex G, and OTTO. In his first single No Vision, Ladd creates a character tormented by self-destructive urges, somewhere between Stephen Malkmus and Tony Soprano.Sockeye is a project spawned from the seemingly aimless yet intimidating era of a post-COVID world and for those unsure of their place moving forward in the 2020s. The New York-based band combines influences of pensive storytelling with alt-pop-inspired melodies to ponder heartbreak, regrettable decisions, and coming to terms with adulthood. Their first single Entre was released in May of 2023, a humorously dark song comparing an unhealthy relationship to cannibalism. The track introduced listeners to their patient narrative style, a throughline that would continue on the more somber Still Listening EP. Sockeye was founded by Hayden Carr-Loize in a very small bedroom in Midtown Manhattan. Simple Son Vulnerable lyrical storytelling over earthy strings defined Simple Sons first release, Birthday Card and will continue to weave a thread through future releases that intend to blur the lines between indie folk and rock. Inhabiting a space at the intersection of the personal and the universal, Simple Son aims to give a melodic voice to the mundane, ubiquitous struggles of life as an average aimless 20-something.