Sled Island presents: Flooding, Horse Rider, Pike and Witch Victim

FloodingAs overwhelming as rising water, Flooding drifts through heavy-lidded tempos and haunted compositions with doom-y, slow‑burn intensity. Their latest release object 1 folds post‑rock haze, shoegaze weight, and Midwestern atmosphere into a hypnotic dream from which there’s no waking… and when it’s this captivating, why would you want to?

Horse Rider If you squint hard enough, you can try to slot them into the “emo” label, but Horse Rider plays neither the stoned math rock nor the emotionally volatile pop-punk that’s been associated with the term in recent years. Instead, the four-piece creates an intensely melancholic brand of melodic indie rock, with influences of slowcore, power pop and more.

Pike Featuring members of Mox Jet, Pallor, KT Laine, Pearly Moon and Aladean Kheroufi, Pike is an Edmonton-based indie rock supergroup crafting guitar driven music that shifts between shoegaze-influenced noise and soft immersive dream pop.…