Megan's Staff Picks

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: FLOOR CRY's 'Slasher Flick' Slices Through the Horrors of Anxiety

  PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2023

  Winnipeg's Felicia Sekundiak lives up to her coveted @synthpop Instagram handle on her debut LP as FLOOR CRY. Half new material, half compi...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks:​ Mise en Scene Look for a Little Softness on 'Reality Bites'

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2023

  "So what, I'm a girl interrupted?" Mise en Scene's Stefanie Blondal-Johnson snarls in a soft, lived-in way — reminiscent of a well-worn thr...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Ouri and Antoniya Are Twin Telepathics on 'i had this dream that you were my sister'

  PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2023

  "Cunty" is the first word Montreal's Antoniya uses to describe i had this dream that you were my sister — her collaborative EP with fellow...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Half Moon Run Are Having More Fun Than Ever on 'Salt'

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2023

  I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to attend an early listening session for Half Moon Run's Salt back in April, which quickly b...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: La Sécurité's Wiggling "Serpent" Is Reborn with Every Listen

  PUBLISHED May 10, 2023

  La Sécurité scratch a particular itch for disparate elements brought together in a Boiler Room Set-level moment of transcendence. Something...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: zensei ゼンセー Builds a Starry-Eyed Lo-Fi Dreamscape on 'destination heartbreak'

  PUBLISHED May 2, 2023

  Don't let the title fool you: ominous foreshadowing is actually used pretty sparingly on destination heartbreak, the debut full-length rele...