Pressing Concerns: Big Bluestem, Softjaw, Loto, Shapes Like People

In the first Tuesday Pressing Concerns in a “hot minute”, the blog is looking at new albums from Loto and Shapes Like People, a compilation from Softjaw, and a new EP from Big Bluestem. Check ’em out, and if you missed yesterday’s blog post (featuring TV Star, Urq, Dipper Grande, and Lupo Citta), load that up too. If you’re looking for more new music, you can visit the site directory to see what else we’ve written about lately. If you’d like to support Rosy Overdrive, you can share this (or another) post, or donate here. Big Bluestem – Take Care, Stay Warm Release date: April 14thRecord label: MidewinGenre: Singer-songwriter, indie folk, lo-fi folkFormats: DigitalPull Track: Where Our Rivers Meet Back in 2023, I wrote about Mike Fox’s music via his work as one-half of the Chicago folk rock/studio pop duo Coventry alongside Jon Massey of blog favorite Silo’s Choice. It’s a beautiful record–one of my favorites from that year–so I was excited to hear that Fox has (after releasing an…