Nothing else sounds like Drag Talk. On debut album Drink The Ocean (MNRK Heavy), the L.A. band finds gauzy beauty in the fathomless chaos that surrounds us, their exquisite shoegaze guitars and Britpop melodicism skewed with Jutty Taylor’s genre-fluid vocals. 

Harnessing ‘90s indie nostalgia to here-and-now emotional responses, Drag Talk’s lush atmospherics, spacious beats, and hugely emotive hooks create something singular yet accessible and authentic. “I feel like we’re hardcore punk dudes who love Oasis,” offered guitarist Ross O’Carroll, whose pandemic home demos were the germ of the band in 2021.