Quarters of Change, my favorite new band this year, released a contender for my favorite album of 2022, their debut studio LP, Into the Rift.

This album sweeps up sounds spanning decades. My youth is repped with remembrances of 311 and Thursday, harmonies and riffs akin to The Killers, modern influences like The 1975 with vocals like Luke Pritchard of The Kooks, and even odes to The Cure. Throw all that into the rift, and you’ve got quite the mix.

These young rabble rousers even have the audacity to start their album with two five minute songs! One of which has a…wait is that…a guitar solo! Let’s not sleep on the bass lines either. These guys are old school. I dig it.

So dig into my favorites: