Local Review: drunk in june — felicity 

drunk in june
felicity
Green Piece Records
Street: 03.20.2025
drunk in june = prom + Figure 8s

There’s something quietly enchanting about felicity — it’s the kind of music you sink into when the world outside slows. It’s the kind of album that should soundtrack your next autumn canyon drive. drunk in june leans hard into emotive indie, with stripped-back vocals that hover above delicate guitar shimmers and ambient washes of keyboard licks. The production isn’t flashy; however, it doesn’t need to be — it’s intimate and vulnerable.

From its opening moments, felicity sets up a sound palette that leans toward mellow guitar-anchored indie with ambient and reverb-drenched layers, with lightly raw, and occasionally breathy vocals that convey emotion without over-polishing. The thematic core of felicity saturates the EP with longing memories, regret and the bittersweet sense in one’s chest when looking back at what could have been.

Emotionally, felicity feels harsh, yet poised with gentle rasping and cathartic release. It’s heavy in feeling like the kind of music you play when everything feels more intense in the stillness of life, driving alone or lying awake thinking. 

There is something about “strays” that strikes deeper than the rest of the EP to me. Maybe it’s the deeply impassioned chorus, “I cut my teeth on your panty line / and the bitter in your sweat felt just like wine / and I’ll drink until the tops of my teeth run dry.” Or perhaps it’s the continuous subdued sonic that brings small crescendos and instrumental buildups without the notoriety to find a climax — reflecting the ebbs and flows of life without selecting a singular perfect moment.

All in all, felicity is a strong offering from drunk in june, especially for listeners who gravitate towards introspective, lo-fi indie atmospherics and music that feels comfortable in its vulnerability. Its exposed lyrics and sensible sound don’t try to fake rawness; its cellophane structure feels authentic, in which it grows its strength. Though felicity won’t be a party starter, it’s perfect for those quiet evenings where reflecting, winding down or driving with the windows open after dark seems necessary. —Sage Holt

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