#Merge Records

Sabrina Ellis Explores Empathy, Mexican Heritage, and Queer Identity on New Sweet Spirit LP 'Trinidad'

Sweet Spirit's music sounds like something you'd see high school kids slow-dancing to in an '80s movie, but if you listen closely, their lyrics contain far more depth than any rom-com. The Austin-based sextet's latest LP, Trinidad, out last Friday via Merge Records, covers everything from rejection...

Annie White

ALBUM REVIEWDestroyer "Poison Season"

“You could follow a rose wherever it grows/You could fall in love in Times Square,” Dan Bejar, aka Destroyer sings on the track “Times Square.” His latest album, Poison Season, constantly references itself, both musically and lyrically, but matter where one track takes you, another always leads you...

Emily Daly

VIDEO REVIEWCaribou "Our Love"

It’s been a few years since we’ve last heard new music from Caribou, the Ontario-based neo-psychedelic brainchild of Dan Snaith. So the release of his new album Our Love on October 7th from Merge Records is an unexpected, but nonetheless fantastic, 41 minutes of twirling synth melodies and the...

Mary-Linh Tran

TRACK REVIEWSpider Bags "Back With You Again in the World"

This night might be filled with sorrow Your heart might still feel so blue But I’ll be back with you again in the world tomorrow I’ll be back with you again in the world It’s hard to put the music of Chapel Hill-based Spider Bags into words. At their core, they could probably be described as a...

Rebecca Kunin