Nothing Deep To Say S2E2 - Raybody Breaks Down Her Lush Chamber Pop Single “Puddle”

Katy Rea breaks down her new song "Puddle", her debut under the stage name Raybody

Something Deep To Say: Gordi Breaks Down Her Cover of "Apple" by Charli XCX

We break down Gordi's cover of Charli XCX's hit "Apple"

A Verbose, Messy Defense of Halsey’s Verbose, Messy New Album

A review of The Great Impersonator, Halsey's latest concept record.

Updates + Hannah EP + Hannah show!!

TL;DR I have a show to celebrate my new music and would love if NYC folks could come <3 HELLO! I've taken an unofficial hiatus from this newsletter (Silent Majority Report is coming!) and that's because I've been doing a million things,

Hannah Rambles About TRAP

I can’t stop thinking about this movie so here’s a bunch of words about it. Will try to get Silent Majority Pop out this week or early next week – I have a lot of very exciting things in the pipeline so it might be delayed! Plenty of spoilers

The Depths #2: Bess Atwell On Working With Aaron Dessner and Writing Autistic Anthems

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The Depths #1 part 2- Celeste Taucher of Talker Talks Being Twentysomething, Not Being Easygoing, Making Music Videos, and More

Let’s talk about Twentysomething, because I’m also 26… help me! I'm going to be singing that forever, but I just turned 29. How long have you been holding onto that song? [Long pause] It took too fucking long to figure out what I was doing. I

The Depths #1 - Celeste Taucher (Talker) Talks About Her New Album, Her Love of Collaboration, and Intense Friendships

The Depths #1 - Celeste Taucher of Talker Talks About Her New Album, Her Love of Collaboration, and Intense Friendships (EXCERPT)

Celeste Taucher talks about queer identity, music, and intense friendships in part one of this wide-ranging interview

Beyond the Page #2:  Breaking Down Billboard With Mark Grondin of Spectrum Pulse

Being a music critic is weird. You miss a lot, and it’s easy to turn up your nose at genres of music that quickly take over the world. And even when you find success, you remember that the written word is increasingly outdated; maybe I’d get more readers

Nothing Deep To Say #9: Fanclubwallet (Hannah Judge) and Producer Michael Watson Search For Identity on "Band Like That"

If you’re just joining us post-Billie Eilish review, FINNEAS diss, and NPR appearance, welcome to Nothing Deep To Say, the flagship series of Hannah Jocelyn's Transient Peak newsletter. So many queer artists are pressured to focus on their identity in interviews, and I want to give self-producing

Nothing Deep To Say #8: Francis of Delirium (Jana Bahrich) And Producer Chris Hewett Make Shimmering Pop Songs On Debut Album Lighthouse

I was looking for Catherine Marks productions, the same way I did for Mike Spencer and “Off-World”, and “Real Love” swept me off my feet with its anthemic choruses and gorgeous production. What amazed me even more is that the remainder of Lighthouse is just as polished, produced by the

Nothing Deep To Say #6: Acloudyskye Reinvents 2010s Alt-Rock On There Must Be Something Here

If you’re just joining us, welcome to Nothing Deep To Say, the flagship series of the Transient Peak newsletter. So many queer artists are pressured to focus on their identity in interviews, and I want to give self-producing musicians the freedom to nerd out about their own music – informed

Favorite Songs of 2024 So Far

SOTYs so far, not counting people I’ve already featured in this newsletter or profiled elsewhere. That means no Ophelias (read the profile!) or Early Eyes (read the Nothing Deep To Say breakdown!), if only because I included another paragraph about either it would just be overkill. They should totally