Since emerging from Austin’s folk underground in the early 2010s, Shakey Graves has cultivated a sound that feels equal parts front-porch blues revival, indie rock daydream, and dusky campfire folklore. Even as Alejandro Rose-Garcia’s project has expanded in scope, his songs retain a cracked-open intimacy and quiet vulnerability. The troubadour’s recent singles tease his upcoming album Fondness, Etc., unfolding through Americana acoustic fuzz and slow-burning introspection. The loose-limbed warmth of “When the Love Is New” gives way to the reflective folk-pop drift of “Time Flies,” while “I Once Was an Ocean” swells with atmospheric longing before “On My Own” settles into solitary late-night meditation. – Miranda Garza
