tsmunjak This album is alive...IT'S ALIVE!!! Favorite track: Pink Slime.

Cameron Toll You could easily put all 4 La Luz albums on repeat for an entire summer.

spencer_huggies Crikey! Great pop from NYC, with a refreshingly international approach. Smooth but not too glossy, much more engaging than a microphone being scraped across a bathtub.

ks6bb This is a gorgeous album. Totally now, while reminiscent of the best pop from decades past. Beautiful echoes of St Etienne, Broadcast, Cocteau, Dubstar. Within a pop realm it holds a timeless quality, with its dreamy lo-fi pallet of sounds, infectious bass and drums, and compelling vocals. Each piece creates a world to inhabit. For me these worlds are tinged with a sort of nostalgia for a time that never really was, though they are not limited to this. I return to this album again and again. Favorite track: The Cross of Lorraine.

The Bentley Emerald Learning Resource Lake Ruth have crafted an absolutely radiant follow up to their brilliant debut album. Each track is like a perfectly cut gemstone, and the ten songs make up an album that is a joy to listen to from start to finish ! Get hold of the vinyl if you can, its a rare thing to find an album this perfect 💎 Favorite track: Radiant City.

Sharon Post Love the fresh take on psych-rock on this record and if you've seen them live you know Lake Ruth is I-T it. Good shit! Favorite track: Helium.

Esther Too many to pick, from an album bookended by great songs... Favorite track: The Only One Who Knows.

Ghuughra I love this but don't have the musical vocabulary to explain why. Reverby sad girl echo music. Tickles my funny bone. Favorite track: From Erika.

good_._sunset Hard to believe I’ve had the pleasure of watching Hewson Chen make music (and occasionally of collaborating with him) for three full decades now. Through many monikers and bands, he’s been a constant inspiration, crafting intimate psychedelic chamber pop wonders. All his projects have been more than the sum of their parts, but to hear how perfectly realized this Lake Ruth album is…it’s a joy. Here’s to 30 more.