Kevin Bronson on January 20th, 2017

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Arizona native Stefan Pruett came on the radar in 2015 with “Carefree,” a dark nod to his hometown, and has since adopted the nom de tune Guidance to forge ahead with his dark synth-pop. Pruett spent his early youth immersed in the Dischord Records world, bonding with bands like Crass, Operation Ivy and Fugazi, until friends turned him on to darker, danceable ’80s post-punk. Last fall, he toured supported Crystal Castles, and in the past two months he’s released two singles aiming to merge modern electro-pop with the sensibilities of his youth. They’re there, in Guidance’s fuzzy grooves, songs that abide his mantra to “dance, think, let go and feel with all your heart — whether it’s broken or not.”

||| Stream: “When You’re With Us” and “Hearts Can’t Lie”