MJ Lenderman’s Manning Fireworks and the Fine Art of Falling Too Hard

For Annette Geneva, MJ Lenderman’s Manning Fireworks is less a record to review than one to obsess over. This month’s Written In Reverb is an unabashed love letter to its crooked humour, glorious guitars and irresistible imperfections.

The Dead Weather’s Horehound: Swamp Gospel for the Unprepared

Written In Reverb: Annette Geneva descends into Horehound — a dark, immersive exploration of power, desire, and identity...

How Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American Taught Us to Feel Loudly

A love letter to Jimmy Eat World’s Bleed American — emo’s most generous masterpiece,.

Spoon's Gimme Fiction: The Album That Rearranged Me

Annette Geneva reflects on Spoon’s Gimme Fiction — a cult classic that still burns. Not a love letter, but a thank-you note to its lasting impact.

Phoebe Bridgers, Ryan Adams, and the Songs That Keep Emotional Receipts

Annette Geneva unpacks Phoebe Bridgers’ Stranger in the Alps, Ryan Adams, complicated fandom, and the songs that keep emotional receipts long after the people attached to them have changed.

The Space Between Years: Butch Walker’s Peachtree Battle & the Shape of Losing a Parent

Butch Walker’s Peachtree Battle — an EP written in the shadow of losing a father.

On DMA’S The Glow, Sydney, and the Beautiful Stupidity of Wanting More

For AusMusicMonth, Annette Geneva writes a luminous Written In Reverb essay on DMA’S The Glow.

Still Bleeding Softly: 10 Years of Sufjan Stevens' Carrie & Lowell

Annette Geneva explores Sufjan Stevens’ Carrie & Lowell in Written In Reverb: a moving look at grief, memory, and the album’s lasting emotional power.

Twenty Years Wide Awake: A Love Letter to Bright Eyes’ I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning

Bright Eyes’ I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning album cover, used for Annette Geneva’s Written In Reverb column on the beloved 2005 indie-folk record.

How Manchester Orchestra Taught Us to Sit With Discomfort

A Written In Reverb essay on Manchester Orchestra’s debut, exploring discomfort, vulnerability, and why I’m Like a Virgin Losing a Child still matters.

Neon on Skin, Needle Down: A Love Letter To Metric's 'Fantasies'

Through Annette Geneva’s lens, 2009 comes alive again — neon-lit nights, sticky dance floors, and Metric’s Fantasies pulsing through it all.

Still Listening: Frightened Rabbit’s Painting Of A Panic Attack

Annette Geneva's Written In Reverb is a personal column about the records that resonate through time—haunting, healing, and holding us when we need them most. In this first instalment, she writes a love letter to Frightened Rabbit’s Painting of a Panic Attack and the echoes left behind by Scott Hutchison’s voice.