Issac Dunbar - balloons don't float here (2019)

The term “bedroom pop” has become synonymous with nearly any sort of scrappy, tuneful DIY recording, but Isaac Dunbar takes the term to heart. He spent much of his sophomore year of high school crafting and recording this debut EP in his Cape Cod bedroom after teaching himself how via YouTube tutorials. “I guess I subconsciously might associate my bedroom with being like a safe place or something,” Dunbar tells Apple Music. “It's where I can come up with any sort of idea unfiltered or feel like I'm being judged. And that's where I can be myself the most.” Over eight tracks of moody and melodic pop, Dunbar is wise beyond his years, and here are the stories behind each song, in his own words. “I did a lot of this while I was in school dealing with stupid kids and stupid tests and stupid grades and stupid teachers, and I'm just so proud of how this came out.”