{"id":10656,"date":"2026-05-01T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/subt-searches-for-their-own-voice\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:30:00","slug":"subt-searches-for-their-own-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/subt-searches-for-their-own-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Sub*T searches for their \u2018Own Voice\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2026\/04\/leadSubT-Credit-Elise-Bergmann-1.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"796\" alt=\"Sub*T. (Credit: Elise Bergmann)\"><figcaption>Sub*T. (Credit: Elise Bergmann)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We all have musical happy places. Y\u2019know, that certain vocal style or guitar tone or even decade-specific production tic that transports us like the meal at the end of <em>Ratatouille<\/em> to joyous remembrances of times past. My comfort trigger? The fuzzy guitars favored by \u201990s era female-fronted grunge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This seems be Sub*T\u2019s happy place too, making their full-length debut, <em>How My Own Voice Sounds<\/em>, a delightful discovery. Now hailing from Brooklyn after first meeting cross-country on social media, duo Grace Bennett and Jade Alcantara showcase their love of artists like Juliana Hatfield, Liz Phair, and Veruca Salt by creating their own album that sounds ready for \u201c120 Minutes.\u201d Or, if you\u2019d prefer a younger reference point, Sub*T would slot nicely alongside Momma or Bully (which makes sense since both bands\u2019 members have produced their prior EPs).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/05\/kacey-musgraves-middle-of-nowhere-2\/\">No Man, (Mostly) No Problem: Kacey Musgraves Roams Free<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/05\/american-football-lp4-review\/\">Older, Sadder, Better: American Football Leans In On \u2018LP4\u2019<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/05\/deep-cut-friday-red-velvet-by-outkast\/\">Deep Cut Friday: \u2018Red Velvet\u2019 by Outkast<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lead-off song and single \u201cOvercomplicate\u201d sets expectations perfectly as a bright riff takes you into chugging guitars. While poetically detailing a fading relationship\u2014\u201cI\u2019m on the ground among the scenery \/\u00a0You\u2019re floating through life \/ trying to stay above everything\u201d\u2014the song hugs its melodic hook with fuzzy guitars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2026\/04\/SubT-How-My-Own-Voice-Sounds-LP-artwork.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-659615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2026\/04\/SubT-How-My-Own-Voice-Sounds-LP-artwork.png 1200w, https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2026\/04\/SubT-How-My-Own-Voice-Sounds-LP-artwork-340x340.png 340w, https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2026\/04\/SubT-How-My-Own-Voice-Sounds-LP-artwork-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2026\/04\/SubT-How-My-Own-Voice-Sounds-LP-artwork-498x498.png 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/figure>\n<p>That\u2019s maybe the best way to describe this entire album, actually: the warm embrace of fuzzy guitars. I\u2019m not even sure how I\u2019d write this review without using the word \u201cfuzzy.\u201d The band builds each song atop an engulfing and vibrating wall of sound, giving the album a consistent sense of movement and sadness, whether the song is a driving rocker (\u201cStanding Room\u201d) or a head-banging slow-burn (\u201cNokomis\u201d). All the distortion also allows the band\u2019s catchy pop hooks and dynamically crisp drums to shine by contrast. This offers respite from the music ever feeling too dirge-like. Instead, it becomes the kind of album I\u2019d have regularly reached for in that still-mad-but-ready-to-go-out-again stage of a break-up.<\/p>\n<p>The duo\u2019s deadpan vocals fit this vibe as well, sounding melancholic but well-punctuated by moments of sweet harmony, particularly on the stand-out single \u201cMirror Image.\u201d Together, they reveal Bennett and Alcantara\u2019s age and perspective: old enough to have seen shit, but young enough to not be bitter. Or as they nicely put it on the somehow equally meditative and anthemic \u201cImaginal Cells\u201d: \u201cI want rage then I want hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, for all the fuzzy fun and sharp grunge-pop instincts on display, I do feel like I have a better sense of who Sub*T likes than who the band is. As stated at the top, I love their influences, but combined with lyrics that frequently skew vague, I\u2019m not sure they\u2019re living up to the album title quite yet. The one song where I do feel like I get to hear more of their own voice is \u201cToo Much,\u201d a dreamy number that retains the big fuzzy guitars without feeling built entirely around them, and its lyrics\u2014begging for a show of emotion from a cold lover\u2014has a more personal urgency. Here\u2019s hoping they continue to grow in this direction.<br \/>But for a debut, <em>How My Own Voice Sounds<\/em> is a solidly fun time machine that I\u2019ll be blasting anytime I want a fresh trip back to the \u201990s.<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/spinmagazine.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sub*T. (Credit: Elise Bergmann) We all have musical happy places. Y\u2019know, that certain vocal style or guitar tone or even decade-specific production tic that transports us like the meal at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,24,88,5981],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-music","category-pushly","category-reviews","category-subt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}