Hailing from El Paso is Sugar Scars, and today sees the band unveil their new single, "Dark Charm". The new single is their first since 2024, which was the same year they launched their music for the first time too, generating over 250k streams - rather good by any standard that!
... a haunting fusion of shoegaze, dream-pop, post-punk, and psychedelia
The hazy new cut is quite the haunting one too, with it doubling up as the first glimpse of their upcoming album, "Dark Spark White Light".
The track fuses and melts together sounds from a varying spectrum of genres, from vocals that sound very shoegaze-leaning, guitars that reminded me of post-punk in places, and big synth sounds that happily straddle psych-pop and dream-pop.
"Dark Charm" to me feels like a real journey of musical discovery, and as soon as we heard this on the first go we lined up their previous EP. They may just be one of the most innovative acts on their scene based off this single, so be sure to get involved!