The folks over at New Noise Magazine premiered the latest video from Western Medication for the song “Taste” – the titular track off their new album, Taste.

The video itself does a great job of capturing the upbeat spirit of the song as it shifts from bonkers party video, to performance video, to smooshy face singing, to illustrated explosions and back. Seriously, it does all those things over and over again; which is delightfully satisfying.

Much like the “Devils Sing” video, there’s a decidedly “90’s” tone to it but only in that it feels like it was made with the distinct purpose of showcasing a good time.

For the sake of transparency, the following album will be released on yk Records which is the label that I operate, so my bias here is strong.

You Drive is a collaborative project between electronic artist Makeup and Vanity Set and sometimes-Birdcloud, sometimes-solo-songstress Jasmin Kaset. They’ve worked together in the past on various single tracks for Makeup and Vanity Set albums (see “Hand in Hand“) but this new undertaking is presented as an entirely new, unified, project.

The first track from the album, “New”, debuted on Vehlinggo, a synthwave blog known for showcasing albums that exist within the Outrun genre. The track couples the dark, often cold, electronics of Makeup and Vanity Set with the melancholy, often detached, vocals of Kaset. On the surface it would seem this would create a depressive vibe but there’s a hopeful melancholy to it. At least to my biased ears.

Judging a demo is a tricky art as you’re really listening for the potential of a song, rather than a final polished project. Sometimes they end up being better than the final product and sometimes they’re fascinating sketches of some masterpiece that follows.

Listening to the two track demo from Sunroom can yield neither of those results since we have no idea where these songs will go. What we can do is listen to them and hear a band with quite a bit of spunk and a uniquely enjoyable vocal delivery. If they can just manage to maintain that, they’ll be in a good place.

The impetus behind the four volumes of free music from Divora is both compelling and completely charming:

I am just a dude in Nashville who loves creating music. Most of the music on here was composed for the campaigns that I DM for my friends.

If you didn’t catch it, DM in this case means “Dungeon Master” – the all-seeing omnipotent narrator that directs the storyline during a game of Dungeons and Dragons. So, not only is this guy responsible for world building, character development and narrative arcs, he’s also providing a soundtrack for it.

Take your pick between storylines – Special Boy, Maternal Instincts, Born from Blood or just some General Battle Music. All of it has a nice fusion of modern electronic undertones mixed with the expected sweeping themes you’d associate with Knights, Orcs, Dragons and other medieval & fantasy elements.

It should also be noted that the music works quite well when just sitting at your desk traversing the tubes of the Internet, in search of the ever elusive Work Distraction.