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Massage – Raven Sings The Blues

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Raven Sings The Blues @ravensingstheblues.bsky.social · 1d

Coaster is the band’s most realized vision yet. In the past Massage hasn’t wanted for softness or suppleness, but both seem to be standout signifiers of the new record. Massage leverages '80s indie pop to give maturity a glossy glow, a spoonful of sugar to help cut the taste of time. bit.ly/4ocKtv8

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Ricky McAllister @rickymca.bsky.social · 1d

#NowPlaying #NP

💿 Coaster

🎤 Massage

I couldn’t imagine any album beating Bon Iver’s latest to my AOTY, but Coaster has done it.

Listened to it so much yet it resonates more with each listen. Right up there among my favourite bands this century now. They just get better with every album.

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Bobo Integral Records @bobointegral.bandcamp.com · 1d

"It’s been a pretty packed year for indie pop, but if you walk away from 2025 without Coaster on the turntable, you’re coming up short"

@massagetheband.bsky.social @ravensingstheblues.bsky.social

www.ravensingstheblues.com/massage-3/

A record so sweet one label couldn’t contain it. The new album from longtime favorites Massage is out on a trifecta of trusted sources (Mt. St. Mtn, Bobo Integral, Prefect Records) and it’s been well worth the four year wait for new material from the band. To be fair, they’ve been pretty busy away from the studio as well, navigating loss, love, parenting, strife, struggle, and joy. All of it gets its due on Coaster, the band’s most realized vision yet. In the past Massage hasn’t wanted for softness or suppleness, but both seem to be standout signifiers of the new record. Produced with Andrew Brassell, who helped out with their interim EP In Gray & Blue, the new record is doused in spiraling guitars, downy keys, and the kind of smudged sonics that make heartache heal in the embrace of their blurry bounty.

www.ravensingstheblues.com

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Bobo Integral Records @bobointegral.bandcamp.com · 1d

"Coaster is proof that they’re still growing, still glowing, and still writing some of the most gorgeous pop melodies around"

@addtowantlist.bsky.social @massagetheband.bsky.social

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New album: Massage || Coaster - Add To Wantlist

It’s been four years since Still Life, and it’s good to have Massage back. Few bands balance beauty and understatement quite like the L.A. five-piece, and Coaster (out now on Mt. St. Mtn., Prefect Rec...

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Bobo Integral Records @bobointegral.bandcamp.com · 2d

"Coaster brings together what Massage has always done well: melodic instincts, emotional honesty and an ear for texture"

@massagetheband.bsky.social @laweekly01.bsky.social

www.laweekly.com/coaster-by-m...

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Bobo Integral Records @bobointegral.bandcamp.com · 2d

"“Coaster”, un album magistrale di 10 tracce in cui la band affronta i cambiamenti e le incertezze dell’età adulta nell’unico modo che conosce: insieme, cinque amici di lunga data, sfornando una ‘Perfect Pop Song’ dopo l’altra"

@massagetheband.bsky.social

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The Weekender: ascolta gli album di Richard Ashcroft, Madi Diaz, Eno + Wolfe (e molti altri…) usciti oggi

Il Portale della Musica Indipendente

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Dropkick @dropkickmusic.bsky.social · 7d

Prep for Spain last night with a huge songlist!Even tried I Don't Mind-a song from 2nd Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness album in 2020. Dull fact:it started out a high school Dropkick song in 1997!
14-Barcelona
15-San Sebastian
16-Zaragoza
17-Logroño
18-Madrid
19-Valencia
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Pressing Concerns: The Telephone Numbers, Guitar, Giant Day, Massage

Bobo Integral Records @bobointegral.bandcamp.com · 2d

"Massage pull together pastoral folk rock, New Order-influenced melodicism, and plenty of “college rock”"

@massagetheband.bsky.social @rosyoverdrive.com

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It’s time for Pressing Concerns of the week number three! We’ve got brand-new albums from The Telephone Numbers, Guitar, Giant Day, and Massage for you to peruse below. Mark my words, t…

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Ricky McAllister @rickymca.bsky.social · 16d

I’m loving it Jason. Surpassed my already high expectations. 4 spins in a row, and counting…

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Jason Myles @agarr45.bsky.social · 19d

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Coaster by Massage

Love at first hearing. The combination of upbeat janglepop tunes & downbeat, lovelorn lyrics is my musical catnip.

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Jonathan @toadsy.bsky.social · 16d

New Massage LP, Coaster😍

Bright and joyful Indie pop.

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Ricky McAllister @rickymca.bsky.social · 15d

#NowPlaying #NP

💿 Coaster

🎤 Massage

I didn’t imagine that anything would come close to Bon Iver’s Sable, Fable as my AOTY but this may well do so.

To my ears, it’s the best thing they have produced so far…it immediately puts me in my musical happy place. Can’t praise it highly enough. Superb.

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Tarik Thirteen @tarikthirteen.bsky.social · 7d

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Massage - Coaster (2025)

First listen. Loved the previous albums, let’s see if the quality continues…

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Ricky McAllister @rickymca.bsky.social · 16d

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💿 Coaster

🎤 Massage

The new album by one of my favourite bands of the last decade has arrived & it is sounding GLORIOUS.

What a gorgeous looking slab of wax it is too…😍👌🔥

@massagetheband.bsky.social

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hipersonica.com @hipersonica.com · 3d

EXCEL DE MANUAL: COMPRARL!

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Hang On To That Feeling: A Brief Review Of The New Album From Massage

Bobo Integral Records @bobointegral.bandcamp.com · 3d

"Coaster is a modest masterpiece"

@massagetheband.bsky.social

www.apessimistisneverdisappointed.com/2025/10/hang...

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Bobo Integral Records @bobointegral.bandcamp.com · 3d

Frikexín #24: loros de Roma y canciones para el intercambio de discos

Una selección de los mejores discos del indie (y sus aledaños) recientes

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Bobo Integral Records @bobointegral.bandcamp.com · 3d

Lo de Massage por @hipersonica.com: "colección de himnos pop casi perfecta"

@massagetheband.bsky.social

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Frikexín #24: loros de Roma y canciones para el intercambio de discos

Una selección de los mejores discos del indie (y sus aledaños) recientes

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Bobo Integral is an independent pop label from Madrid (Spain).

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Bobo Integral Records @bobointegral.bandcamp.com · 9d

It’s #BandcampFriday – best day to support bands & us.

At Bobo Integral:

• [NEW] Massage – Coaster
• Dropkick – Primary Colours (USA – LAST COPY!)
• Quivers – We’ll Go Riding On The Hearses (EU – LAST COPY!)
• The Boys WTPN – The Third Wave Of… (USA – LAST COPY!)

More: bobointegral.bandcamp.com

Bobo Integral

Bobo Integral Records @bobointegral.bandcamp.com · 8d

❤️ (and now it's... gone!)

Bobo Integral is an independent pop label from Madrid (Spain).

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Jason Myles @agarr45.bsky.social · 9d

Every one of these is recommended, but the last copy of Quivers brilliant debut album available in the EU is unmissable. 👇👇👇

Bobo Integral Records @bobointegral.bandcamp.com · 9d

It’s #BandcampFriday – best day to support bands & us.

At Bobo Integral:

• [NEW] Massage – Coaster
• Dropkick – Primary Colours (USA – LAST COPY!)
• Quivers – We’ll Go Riding On The Hearses (EU – LAST COPY!)
• The Boys WTPN – The Third Wave Of… (USA – LAST COPY!)

More: bobointegral.bandcamp.com

Bobo Integral

Bobo Integral is an independent pop label from Madrid (Spain).

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Bobo Integral Records @bobointegral.bandcamp.com · 9d

It’s #BandcampFriday – best day to support bands & us.

At Bobo Integral:

• [NEW] Massage – Coaster
• Dropkick – Primary Colours (USA – LAST COPY!)
• Quivers – We’ll Go Riding On The Hearses (EU – LAST COPY!)
• The Boys WTPN – The Third Wave Of… (USA – LAST COPY!)

More: bobointegral.bandcamp.com

Bobo Integral