Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist Ciao Malz (Malia DelaCruz) has announced her debut EP, Safe Then Sorry, to be released via Audio Antihero Records (Frog / Magana / Nosferatu D2 / Cloud) on December 6. It will be preceded by the free/pay-what-you-want ‘Two Feet Tall’ single this Friday. Her music first reached the Audio Antihero label when she issued a cover of Frog’s ‘You Know I’m Down’ sleeper hit in 2023, and the label then offered to work with her on this debut.

Inspired by artists like Elliot Smith, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Men I Trust, she combines witty introspection, informed by her experience as a young woman of color, with a layered musical bounce. While her self-released demos earned supporters at NPR: WFUV, Loud Women, and others, this is her most mature, eclectic, and complete work to date.

Safe Then Sorry ranges from the breakneck indie rock frustration of ‘Two Feet Tall’ (“Drinking all the milk and missing all the three-pointers / Think about it still, find new ways to disappoint her”) to alt. country on ‘Bad for the Bad Guy’ (“I feel like Mary Shelley in 1818 / Getting bored and do something extraordinary / Strike the pen to the paper, making sense of it later”) and aching folk pop for ‘Take Me Out of Here’, (“Occasionally my patience leaves the room / Here comes that busted attitude / That I can’t stand how the sky’s blue / But what I would do, to give it to you”) and ‘Gold Rush’ (“Got no temptation, to sit around have the same conversation / Going in circles, going berserk / There’s nothing that I have not heard”).

Fin del Mundo have just released their anticipated new studio album, eight tracks that range from indie rock to shoegaze, passing through dream pop, post-rock, kraut-rock, and even Midwest-emo. Everything is valid when it comes to telling stories...

"We decided to be completely free when composing and incorporating our various musical influences, and not hold back on anything. There are songs closer to indie rock, dream pop, post-rock, or emo, with no fear of trying different ideas and combining them.

It tells the perspective of someone going through a difficult personal time, where many of their loved ones had to leave, seeking a more prosperous future, while they find themselves in a devastated and hostile environment, alongside others who couldn’t escape either. In this story, where isolation and individualism are the imperative, the character reflects on their past, present, and future, with hope that the hard times are only temporary and with the certainty that they will move forward by building together with others. Towards the end of the album, they begin to see the fruits that were sown and nurtured with love together, despite the uncomfortable scenario, growing like trees within a large forest." - Lucía Masnatta

After amazing the world with their epic live session for KEXP and the more recent one for Sesiones Bravas; being part of the Fender Next program; touring much of Europe and Latin America; and with less than a year since the release of their album, Todo Va Hacia El Mar, Fin del Mundo now present their new studio creation, Hicimos Crecer Un Bosque (Spinda Records).

The album, whose artwork was created by Candela Pérez (photography) and Francisco Picone (design), was recorded in May 2024 by Estanislao López at Unísono Cerati (Buenos Aires) and later mixed by Nicolás Aimo at Estudio Albatros and mastered by Sr. Warrior. It is available on all streaming platforms, as well as in limited editions on vinyl, compact disc, and cassette via Spanish indie label Spinda Records and its 'Noisy Series'.

'HICIMOS CRECER UN BOSQUE' 

1. Una temporada en el invierno 
2. Vivimos lejos 
3. Cuando todo termine 
4. Refugio 
5. Devenir paisaje 
6. El día de las flores 
7. Microclima 
8. Vendrá la calma