Still Ruins "Self Titled"

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Oakland’s Still Ruins craft songs that feel both immediate and timeless, balancing widescreen romanticism with shadowy intimacy. On their self-titled debut EP, the trio of Frankie Soto, Jose Medina, and Cyrus VandenBerghe channel the elegance of ‘80s new wave and sophistipop—think The Chameleons, Prefab Sprout, and Tears for Fears—while building a sound that belongs entirely to them. The result is a collection that lingers long after it ends, urging you to press play again and again.

Across its five tracks, the EP unfolds like a dream set to melody. “Silhouette” opens with swooning guitars and aching vocals, immediately pulling listeners into Still Ruins’ atmospheric world. Lead single “Perfect Blue” shimmers with restrained beauty, while “Of Devotion” leans into darker textures, marrying moody post-punk with gauzy synths. Closing track “Left Against” distills their ethos into an anthem of bittersweet devotion—romantic without sentimentality, nostalgic without imitation.

Both a love letter to the past and a statement of intent, Still Ruins is a striking debut that affirms the band’s place within today’s dream-pop and post-punk underground. It’s a record that doesn’t simply revive an era—it reanimates the emotional resonance of those sounds, reshaped for the present.