Ensconced and sculpted by their standard downtempo beats and murky synths, the narrative core of this sprawling project is fairly straightforwardly a meditation on the strangeness of religion, but also, in particular the strangeness of the mismatch between our technical abilities as a species and our capacity to think through their implications.

Our gallery from Them in Uniform's debut album release show at Terminal West on June 26th, 2026.

Our gallery from Lip Critic's night in Atlanta on June 20th, 2026. (Photos: Sam Kapoor)

The slices of life crafted by musician and visual artist John Andrews and his bandmates, collectively known as The Yawns, always have a coziness to them. Though the subjects of his newest record, STREETSWEETER, are quaint characters and experiences from his Brooklyn neighborhood–snowy sidewalks, the first couple times meeting a new friend–the world they exist in feels tangible, capturing a tenderness not often portrayed as the city’s main facade.

Nancy Gutierrez sat down with Lowertown after their set in Atlanta during the band's most grand tour yet to dig up a little bit of insight on the Atlanta raised duo's new album Ugly Duckling Union.