Spirit of the Beehive

Philadelphia's restlessly creative Spirit of the Beehive write intricate, sometimes contradictory songs that unpredictably dart between several different styles, with lyrics that often express frustration, numbness, and self-doubt. Debuting with a shoegaze-influenced self-titled album in 2014, the band have constantly shifted both their lineup and their sound, with releases like 2018's Hypnic Jerks veering between dreamy psych-pop and catchy indie rock, and 2021's Entertainment, Death exploring glitchy electronics and grainy, vaporwave-influenced textures. The band's 2023 EP I'm So Lucky was a brief set of noisy, torn-apart post-punk, and the slightly stripped-down full-length You'll Have to Lose Something appeared in 2024.