Poor Image
Poor Image is the Bay Area-based band made up of Reid Devereaux, Nick Ferguson, Keenan Lewis, Declan Lewis, Patrick Madden, Tammer Bagdasarian, and Nick Ross. This summer, the seven-piece toured with Dutch Interior and also released some of our favorite singles of the year (if you scroll through the Perfectly Imperfect IG or stop by our office, you’ll hear a few Poor Image tracks playing). Their beautifully distorted, genre-blending self-titled debut album arrived on October 10. Produced by Conner Reeves (of Dutch Interior), co-produced and mixed by Reid Devereaux (of Poor Image), and mastered by De Stevens (of School Fair), the record makes clear what we already felt: Poor Image are ones to watch —Perfectly Imperfect
Christopher Emond
Christopher Emond’s heart-bearing approach to experimental music spilled over nearly a decade of homespun, eclectic projects under various band arrangements and pseudonyms (See also: Alain C. Montgomery, L.; Simeone’s heart is torn out of her chest (2021), Ray Walks Down, etc). First recording songs onto the memory banks of his family’s digital piano in middle school, Emond later emerged as a fixture in Brooklyn’s DIYs following the release of 2025’s acclaimed Music from Clocks, his debut LP under his own name. Building a reputation as both a magnetizing acoustic singer-songwriter and electronic composer, as well as for collaborations with Quiet Light, ideasforconversations, and more, Emond found co-signs from electronica legend Dntel & The Postal Service’s Jimmy Tamborello amidst growing critical reception.
Perfectly Imperfect named Music from Clocks to their Best of 2025 list, lauding, “Probably the album I sent around the most this year […] When I put on Music From Clocks for the first time, taking the bus to work back in August, it felt just as immediate and significant (funny enough, Christopher did a beautiful cover of Broken Social Scene’s “Almost Crimes” with Quiet Light). I distinctly remember the end of the first track, “Halloween,” as it jolts from something understated and pretty into a precipitous swell. It feels like a flex, like he’s saying, bet you weren’t expecting this. Same goes for the kickass electronic interludes throughout the record. “Kino” folktronica.” ***Fire Talk’s Music We Like 2026: “My very own Nuclear Missle.”*** ***Captured Tracks Hit Play 2026: “Minor League Debut (feat. Quiet Light)”*** ***Spotify’s Fresh Finds Folk***
Born in New York and raised in San Jose, California, Emond had already released two projects on Bandcamp and founded his Orange Label Records imprint by the time he enrolled in college, aged 18. Building a budding scene around his off kilter electronic and folk influences, Emond championed local acts by directing and shooting music videos. In New York, he began to establish himself as a live force, Recent performances include alongside Cooper B. Handy, Quiet Light, ideasforconversations, Holidays in United States, Worldpeace DMT, Dan English, Maiya Blaney, Trinity Ace, Oldstar, Superfan and more, a sold-out performance at Bowery Ballroom. Music from Clocks follows the self release of his critical acclaimed debut EP ‘Oh yea! Dance, boogeyman!’ (Supported by Spotify’s Anti Pop, Fresh Finds Folk & Fresh Finds Indie) and a compilation tape of assorted demos from 2019-2023, aptly titled 'Mismatches, scores and demos 2019-2023'.
His living room CD imprint Crane Operator, on the independent Orange Label Records, has been an early home of many rising collaborators and friends, including the first discs from Quiet Light, ideasforconversations, Zachary Mezzo, Alana Markel, Chris Olsen and more, also housing his laundry list of side projects: Alain C. Montgomery, Ray Walks Down (with Connor O’Doughtery of Holidays in United States), among others.
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