Brooklyn band GIFT have announced their second album, Illuminator, which will be out August 23 via Captured Tracks. “I don’t want to feel sad when I’m listening to music. That’s never been the goal ...

“I don’t want to feel sad when I’m listening to music. That’s never been the goal for GIFT,” singer/guitarist TJ Freda says of his band’s second album (and first for Captured Tracks). “It was always ...

Big feelings don’t always translate into big music. Some of the most intensely moving songs, like many by Joanna Newsom and Elliott Smith, are quiet, subdued or otherwise small in sonic scope, despite ...

To echo one of the most contentiously discussed articles on this website, GIFT are a band. But that wasn't as apparent on the New York outfit's 2022 record, Momentary Presence, a solid debut that more ...