On Right In Line, the Toronto musician turns a live-off-the-floor performance into a quietly decisive artistic step forward

Hearing the static in Sam Baker's debut solo project. Manchester musician Sam Baker’s debut solo project, “MIND GAMES” by SAKER and Raine Harla

I hear Mammoth as Solid Squeel turning pressure into muscle. The riff arrives with bruising confidence, but what stays with me is the way the song keeps shifting under its own weight, like it knows heaviness is more convincing when it feels alive. I love how the production leaves enough air for each hit to land, then tightens the screws when the chorus opens up. It feels lived-in, and that makes every turn matter. I came away mesmerized with their intent, grit, and real momen