this is maybe not particularly creative, but it's pulling out references to a large number of things i recognize, from ministry to pink floyd to tortoise. if you hit enough vertices in my record collection, you're going to eventually generate some interest in me. a more interesting question is whether it's sustained, and i think they're going to have to take it to the next level, mostly in terms of intensity, to get to that point.

but, i think this is worth a beer as an opening act - at least until they find themselves, anyways.

https://metempsychosis.bandcamp.com/

i'm actually not sure if the samples of his mom are better described as touching or gimmicky, it's certainly straddling a line, but this nonetheless works fairly well as background music, even if i suspect a live presentation would be fairly boring.

https://josephshabason.bandcamp.com/album/anne