indietronica – Queen City Sounds and Art

Travel Kit returns with its first extended release in a handful of years with the album Anywhere (released September 17, 2026). The title track hearkens back to an era when lo-fi DIY electronic music and indie rock crossed paths for a refreshing and playful sound. The sampled/programmed drums are steady and gentle and the sequenced melodies layered with wordless vocals lilting from a seeming near distance like someone calling out to sea for the sunrise in the early morning. The spoken word samples ending in an echoing “Anywhere” when the song drifts off beatless for some countless moments feels like holding on to a timeless memory that won’t end before the beat comes back in to carry us further into the song. Musically it resonates with the dreamlike and retrofuturist sounds of Boards of Canada but also the spiritual ambient haze of the self-titled Burial album. Co-produced by Jack Truax from the band and Chris Bowers-Castillo of Kiltro fame, the song and album has a truly entrancing effect Listen to “Anywhere” on YouTube and follow Travel Kit at the links below.

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An enigmatic yet warm drone brings us into meekmoss’ “modest” before minimal guitar and percussion joins vocals in an impressionistic dynamic until the song opens up like a rapidly developing dawn. This is a pattern in the song that reflects its themes of the recurring patterns and rituals in one’s life that whether we think about them or not keep our lives going and sustainable. Sure there are moments of great action color, drama, intensity and deeply meaningful experiences but all are connected by quieter moments that whether or not we appreciate them or notice make the big events we get to experience possible. The song meditates on that interconnecting time and activity that seems manageable and an awareness of these times and how important they are to our very existence. The line “And daily routine keeps me alive” is so simple but anyone that has had to deal with health issues knows that regular activities and rituals can be critical to keeping one’s life going and on an even keel so that those things that count as significant events can be engaged in with our full selves. The song balances the line between folk and experimental electronic pop and between texture, tone and rhythm perfectly without seeming effort in parallel with the need for awareness of small details that don’t always get our full, conscious focus. Listen to “modest” on Spotify and follow German Folktronica group meekmoss at the links provided.