Soft city light filtering through a smudged window, a melody that feels like it was written specifically for your Tuesday afternoon mood slump. This week’s indie pop pick is all about that lush vibe.
Jared Fullerman – Between Bricks
Jared Fullerman turns small moments into something overwhelmingly beautiful in ‘Between Bricks’
Lush piano and warm guitar wrap around you from the first few seconds, and then Jared Fullerman’s voice comes in, accompanied by a scratchy guitar. ‘Between Bricks’ is the fantastic second single from his upcoming album Ins, and it earns that centrepiece status without ever really raising its voice to demand it. There’s a lovely patient prettiness to this, and it sits in the intellectual indie space alongside stuff like Grizzly Bear and maybe a touch of Animal Collective. Most of all though, it sounds great, is produced like a dream and ambles along beautifully in an unexpected way.
Jared Fullerman put himself on the map with Albatross in 2023, a debut that earned genuine critical love across the indie blogosphere, not the manufactured kind. Before that, he was operating under the alias jrdfllrmn, building his craft quietly before stepping into the full light of his own name. With Ins due May 1, he’s making the case that Albatross wasn’t a fluke but a foundation. On the strength of Between Bricks, we’ve got something very exciting to look forward to. It’s fantastic.