Artist: curlybecs

You can tell a lot about "Hollis" by Vancouver's In Medias Res just by looking at the waveform below. It starts with a slow intro punctuated by swells of guitar before giving way to sombre, bare bones verses. In the second half, it explodes into a snarling rock crescendo, led by fractured guitar licks. This comes from It Was Warm And Sunny When We First Set Out , available now through File Under: Music . Read my article over at Exclaim! for more (and see this tour announcement ).

• curlybecs - IN MEDIAS RES - Hollis