Press

LANNDS on NPR Music

"In the Garden" is a richly textured meditation on death and rebirth, and a perfect microdose of LANNDS' euphonious (and increasingly potent) psilocybin.

My feature in Void Magazine

“There’s an artist’s responsibility to make a city better with their own content,” he said. “Everyone needs to look inward and say, ‘What am I contributing?’ not in a community sense, but literally in a selfish sense.”

Listsen to me on a WJCT’s Voidcast

The VOIDCAST is a musical journey through Northeast Florida. Hosted by Void Magazine editor Matt Shaw, The VOIDCAST cuts through the digital noise and subverts the algorithms taking listeners through the past and present with the help of local musicians, producers, and the people who lived local music history.

LANNDS in Line of Best Fit

“Rania Woodard and Brian Squillace are something of a match made in heaven, where Woodard's light soulful vocals are perfectly complimented by Squillace's dreamy production.”

LANNDS in Neon Gold

“Debut single “Still” arrived under cover of darkness last summer and today she steps further into the light with sterling sophomore offering “Wide Awake”, all delicate synths and twitching, tensile beats reminiscent of Cathedrals or London Grammar and born from collaboration with producer Brian Squillace.”

Sea Cycles in SPIN

“Turn-of-the-century Radiohead synth waves wash over Yo La Tengo-like guitar bends and a sublimely rolling drum shuffle, tied together with appropriately melancholy vocals.”

Sea Cycles in Noisey

“But it also makes you think, imagine if someone like Syd Barrett fucked around with modern day synthpop. That's kind of what Sea Cycles sounds like. Sea Cycles is a group from Jacksonville, FL that plays a mix of synthy ambient indie.”