New Music Roundup: “Sports Car Era” by Devours, Really Much, Ethel Cain, Chloe Stankowski, and More
Album Cover for Sports Car Era
Welcome to the first 2025 edition of our New Music Roundup, featuring songs that we eagerly added to our Sounds of Reverie playlist! This week, we've got a diverse lineup of tracks and videos that have kicked the year off in the most fierce way. From synth-pop anthems to introspective indie, let's dive into the new releases making waves.
Never one to shy away from relevant and important topics, especially with regard to navigating the music industry - Devours is embracing their "Sports Car Era" in a music video that builds on vocalist’s Jeff Cancade’s world. The Vancouver-based artist returns with a nostalgic yet futuristic track, with pulsating beats and dreamy synths transporting listeners to a neon-lit dance floor. This year is bound to mark a year of changes and there’s nothing quite like a Devours album to help you feel less alone in the complexities that life has to offer - tackling adulthood, self-empowerment, what it means to be an artist, authenticity, and more. Their album Sports Car Era is set to release independently on March 14, 2025 and is available for pre-order here.
One of our highlights of 2024 was Chloe Stankowski’s genre-expanding album Chloe, with single “Obsessed” now being available as a visual treat with a new music video today. The music video, directed with a keen eye for storytelling, captures the essence of infatuation and desire, with Chloe wandering around in isolation throughout Calgary, AB landscapes paired with jump cuts back to a small room, embracing the DIY/bedroom-pop production ethos. With its vibrant colours and compelling narrative, the video complements the song's catchy hooks and vocals. Chloe's ability to convey deep emotions through her music and visuals, directed by Kyle Wilson, makes "Obsessed" a must-watch.
It’s impossible to ignore the influence Ethel Cain is already having on 2025, surprise releasing her latest drone/ambient-drenched album Perverts. The release delves into themes of love, loss, and redemption. With a sound that oscillates between haunting ballads and raw, unfiltered rock, Ethel Cain invites listeners to an unsettling sonic experience that explores different character studies of perversion. Cain elaborates on tumblr saying, “[Perverts] was inspired by reading Knockemstiff. a sex addict, a pedophile, an arsonist, a sedative addict, etc.” The album is a testament to her growth as an artist, self-releasing the project on Daughters of Cain.
Another local release on our radar is the sounds of Really Much. "Blanket Rock", recorded and mixed by Chris Dadge at Child Stone Studios, is a track that perfectly introduces the band's indie-rock ethos. The band notes a thank you to Woolworm for borrowing the title, in which the Vaouncer group jokingly referred to their sound as “Blanket Rock”, it’s charming to see Really Much carrying the genre forward.
That's it for this week's New Music Friday! Be sure to check out these songs and more on our playlist below.