Freeman first broke through last summer with his second album, Burnover. It slid neatly into the spaces between indie rock and alt-country, seemingly in league with MJ Lenderman and Wednesday, Florry and even Big Thief, bands echoing assorted ratios of Jason Molina and Neil Young, Sonic Youth and Silver Jews, through very personal visions. But Freeman never seemed altogether comfortable with that label, pushing it off in interviews as a tag borne of laziness.

All Set the Bone pushes it off even more. Sure, Freeman’s voice still has the same keening country quality as Molina, and there are a handful of riveting guitar solos and primitive rock outbursts. But he climbs into country-soul during “Costs,” gets wonderfully aggressive during “Hail Mary,” and drifts into ascendant electric psychedelia during the glorious “Withdrawn.” He brings a bruised but perseverant perspective to it all, like he’s seen the worst of life long enough to fully fantasize about what the best could be, like a long-thirsty person finally imagining cool water.

Alt-country? Maybe? Indie rock? Also maybe. But unequivocally one of the year’s best rock ’n’ roll rides from a songwriter who stuffs verses with unexpected linguistic shifts and miniature emotional epiphanies and lands sharp hooks even when he resists the safety of dependable song structures. Freeman spoke to Playboy from home in Chicago, soon after waking up on the morning he released All Set the Bone.

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/entertainment-culture/20-questions-greg-freeman

Wishy - Nature's Pill

Release Date: October 2nd, 2026

Label: Winspear

Genre: Indie Rock, Jangle Pop

Singles: Lovesick, All the Rage

Streams: Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp

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Fat Dog - Cancel Me (I'm Tired)

Release Date: October 2nd, 2026

Label: Domino

Genre: New Rave, Dance-Punk Revival

Singles: Go Fuck Urself, Cancel Me (I'm Tired)

Streams: Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp

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New album tomorrow super excited!!!!

Hey All - this is Steve Holmes (I play guitar in American Football) and Part 2 of my substack on the early years of American Football is out now. Includes some never before seen photos of recording LP1 and other stuff of interest to people that like that first record.

https://steveholmesaf.substack.com/p/we-need-an-instrument

Cheers,
Steve