Haiku Reviews

“WONDERLAND”

CEO

Sugary and sweet

Lasery electro–pop

Playfully Swedish

Grade: A

Download: "Whorehouse"

Sounds best when: Thinking about your favorite semester

“WARPAINT"

Warpaint

This jam band mixes

Instrumental interplay

With ghostly vocals

Grade: C+

Download: "Love Is To Die"

Sounds best when: Wallowing in sorrow while pulling an all–nighter in VP

“AER"

Aer

No longer as light,

Playful or summery, but

Somber and heavy

Grade: D

Download: "Pretty Lady (Around Me)"

Sounds best when: Pregaming a Rumor downtown

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