Lav's Music Corner

  Puzzle is the solo project of Fletcher Shears, better known as one-half of indie punk duo The Garden. The project dropped an EP in 2020 but has been quiet since then until the lead single for this record dropped. The Rotten Opera  follows The Garden's new album Horseshit On Route 66  from last year. Review by Lav: I've never paid THAT much attention to Puzzle save for a handful of songs here and there but after The Garden released their best record to date last year which grew on me every time I heard it, I was craving anymore of the twins that I could get. That came sooner than I expected with this record, though I'm not complaining. This record is short, but that doesn't mean there's not much going on, in fact more than a few songs here are built specifically around that perceived chaos. The lead single to the album love is a place to hide  took longer than I'd like to connect with me which is unfortunate because as soon as I heard it on this record the extr...

The Garden are a difficult to classify experimental two piece music project from California. The Garden's music has morphed between numerous different genres over the years but have always kept a foot in both electronic music and punk rock, with splashes of hardcore worked in throughout.  Review by Lav: Let me put my cards on the table. I'm a music critic, but I'm also just a girl, and the crush I have on Wyatt and Fletcher when they perform in full clown attire as The Garden, it's embarrassing. Did that cause me to go a little bit too crazy when I saw the duo perform earlier this year? Yes. But it also helped me get excited for this upcoming new record alongside a trio of pretty good singles. All things considered, I think this is at least as good or better than any project the duo has released before even if I can see some avenues for improvement. I still like the first two singles from this record a LOT. Freight Yard  has more reserved vocals than a lot of the other ...