I’m unsure of which indie god to thank, because Greer has reemerged from an “indefinite hiatus,” or as they say in the industry, the alt-rock graveyard. With a sound that more closely resembles your favorite Nineties grunge band than its very own on 2021’s Happy People, Greer’s March LP Big Smile salvages 6-year-old songs unburdened by the expectation of timely choruses and sweet-sounding guitar melodies. Not only will seeing the group live at Antone’s motivate you to peek into those neglected notebooks, but perhaps you’ll also take the cue in breaking up with your preconceived, and certainly pretentious, notions of fixed scene or genre. – Levi Langley