On his 20th birthday, Los Angeles-based artist Noah Genesis dropped his second album, another hornet didn’t make it to spring- and it’s something special. Fully written, produced, and performed by Genesis himself, the project blends lo-fi textures, ambient sounds, and raw songwriting into something that feels both fresh and deeply personal.
The album is hard to pin down, and that’s part of the appeal. It lives somewhere between indie pop, experimental hip-hop, and folky, dreamlike soundscapes- pulling influences from artists like Earl Sweatshirt, Dominic Fike, and King Krule, but ultimately sounding like no one but Noah Genesis. Across 11 tracks, he explores themes like memory, growing up, emotional survival, and everything in between. Some songs feel like personal journal entries, others more abstract and impressionistic-like moments you remember but can’t fully explain.
Opener “parasite” sets the tone with soft guitar and haunting vocals. “northside story” leans darker and catchier, with a groove that sticks and lingers in the mind of the listener. Tracks like “and it stings” and “stinger” build layers of reverb and ambient noise, while “paper plates” takes a stripped-back approach, letting the emotion sit right at the surface. There’s no one direction this album follows- it shifts and evolves as it goes but always keeps a strong emotional core. It’s handmade, honest, and filled with tiny details that reveal themselves with each listen.
