NYC Scene Report – Strange Neighbors, Raavi, & Awful Din

This week’s NYC Scene Report features Strange Neighbors doing some “Window Watching,” Raavi giving herself a pep talk, and Awful Din noting “How Soon We Forget.”

* Strange Neighbors would like you to join them in some “Window Watching.” Don’t worry, they aren’t peeping into your apartment, “Window Watching” is the name of the latest single by the NYC-based power pop band.

Waxing poetic about “the things that you do when you’re bored and lonely,” “Window Watching” is a ridiculously catchy tune that you’ll find yourself humming along to hours after your initial listen.

With songs like this one, you’ll wish Strange Neighbors were your neighbors, and you’ll want them to be loud neighbors, as well!

* Raavi – which was originally formed in 2017 under the name Raavi & the Houseplants – would like to introduce you to “Lazy Susan.”

The latest single from the band, Raavi’s frontwoman Raavi Sita explained the inspiration for the song in a statement, saying that “Lazy Susan” was written to confront feeling deeply exploited in her workplace, and ultimately led to a catalytic realization of self-worth, noting it took on the feel of “an internal pep talk.”

Off of Raavi’s upcoming EP, It Grows on Trees, which is due out May 13th via Beauty Fool Records, you can check out “Lazy Susan” right here.

* Awful Din are not an awful din at all. In fact, the Brooklyn-based emo/punk rock band actually sound fantastic. I submit their latest single, “How Soon We Forget,” as Exhibit A.

Off the band’s full-length debut, Only Consistently, which came out last week, “How Soon We Forget” is a Warped Tour ready song (if Warped Tour still existed) that will also fit perfectly in your indie playlists.

Check out the video, and watch the band attempt to dodge cans being hurled at them!

Also, for the record, no that isn’t my evil twin fronting the band … at least I don’t think he is! I guess we won’t find out until I see Awful Din live.

For more of the best of NYC’s indie music scene, come back next Wednesday, and check out the archives for previous columns.