With hauntingly angular, melodically emotive indie rock guitar hooks working in complete synergy with the vocals as they croon, soar, and get to the crux of the raw core of the emotional underpinnings, What’s Wrong by FGA is a riptide of affecting intensity, packaged within a melodiously cathartic serenade for the wearied.
If you could imagine what it would sound like if the Manic Street Preachers and Interpol converged their guitar styles around vocals that sporadically tease elements of The Strokes, you’ll get an idea of the kind of alt-90s-adjacent sanctuary you’ll find within the blistered yet blissful tonality of What’s Wrong.
Behind FGA is a Texan artist with a gift for channelling emotional devastation into nuanced sonic nostalgia. There’s no sleek posturing, no gimmick-laden distractions—just the unfiltered distillation of angst, framed through reverb-heavy guitars that flicker like failing fluorescents in a memory-soaked rehearsal room.
What’s Wrong doesn’t scream for attention; it coils its intensity around you and waits for you to meet it halfway. The push-pull between the evocative vocal restraint and the guitar lines that rise and writhe like phantom limbs of ‘90s angst leaves a mark without ever begging for one to be made.
What’s Wrong is now available to stream on all major platforms via this link. If you don’t mind amassing a new nostalgically rich alt-90s obsession, hit play.
Review by Amelia Vandergast