Michael the band is an experimental pop band based out of Seattle, WA.With an emphasis on interesting poetry and unique musical phrasing, they weave together a blend of harmonic sounds you can almost put your finger on. Spanning from way out there to close enough to touch, Michael the Band is truly their own sound, aiming to broaden the musical landscape in the modern American pop music field. “Michael the band is my favorite band right now” - Michael the Band<hr>Bringing new life into this world is an experience that is both awe-inspiring and harrowing. On&nbsp;Yesturday &amp; Tamarlow, Seattle’s Rainwater deftly balance on the knife edge between boundless love and bottomless terror that comes with becoming a parent in these precarious times. Inspired by the birth of singer/songwriter Blake Luley’s first daughter,&nbsp;Yesturday &amp; Tamarlow&nbsp;finds him grappling with new fears and anxieties, while also finding space for self-acceptance and awestruck wonder at the simple beauty of it all.&nbsp;From the opening sounds of a fetal heart monitor and the repeated refrain of “Oh my God” on “Cottonwood Snow”, the band’s intimate, dreamy indie sound remains intact, but is now infused with a spiky nervousness.&nbsp;Songs like “Baby’s Alright” and “Shadow” vibrate with the newfound neuroses of a brand-new parent, while others like “Holding Water” and “Goosebump Skin” glow with quiet awe and domestic bliss. Elsewhere on the album, Luley grapples with the inherent strangeness of revisiting your old stomping grounds many years down the line, before finally making peace with his younger self. “I was hoping I could be two selves freely” he sings on “Visiting”, capturing the essential tension of middle age, when one is equally stuck between the past and future.&nbsp;The instrumentation reflects this duality as well, as glimmering keys and sighing pedal steel are offset by noisy, acidic guitars.These songs were arranged with James Kassinger on drums and Jesse Botello on bass, and recorded in Luley’s basement-turned-studio with Samuel Rosson, in elusive snatches of time between teaching at an elementary school and being a dad. The homespun recordings are filled out by friends and family, including Blake’s wife Aviva Stampfer, cousin Amy Godwin, and close friends Byung Choe and Neil Acharya. Becoming a parent is scary, a radical recontextualization of your entire life, but it’s also a beautiful, mysterious encounter with infinite love, and with that in mind,&nbsp;Yesturday&nbsp;&amp; Tamarlow&nbsp;ends on a note of tender grace: “You are all, all I need.”&nbsp;<hr>Sarah Not Sarah is a new-ish, alt rock-ish band