Creative Writing - Baby Did This (2025) Hi-Res

Indie rock has always thrived on bands that feel like secret handshakes between obsessives, and Creative Writing fit the bill perfectly. With members of Huevos II, Luxor Rentals, Sore Eros, Jeanines, and Estrogen Highs in the mix, you can practically hear decades of basement tapes and record store bins stitched into these ten songs.

Their debut LP Baby Did This (out now on Meritorio Records) is a jangly, fuzzy, quietly weird gem that refuses to sit still. It’s also a surprisingly mature and layered record, the kind that keeps opening up on repeat plays. At first you’ll grab onto the more melodic side of Creative Writing—like the the jangle delight of Hallway & Sister, the sunburst chorus of Can’t Thank You Enough, and the moody rocker Slice & Dice, but soon the darker, stranger corners start to pull you deeper in. By the time Rain closes the album, you realize the whole thing has been built for the long game.

I’ll admit, I wasn’t sold on the band name at first. But after living with Baby Did This, I can’t imagine a more fitting one—these songs are stories, sketches, sideways notes that sneak up on you until they’re etched in memory.