Friday Five highlights music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels.

This edition features emo-tinged punk by Geranium Red, yoga music by Golden Feelings, electronica by Evan W, improv and electronics by Panto Collapsar & Cyrus Pireh, and indie-tronica by Ness Lake with DJ FLP.

Geranium Red, Close My Eyes
In the spring, Geranium Red released "Everything Okay?," the opening track to this seven-song album, which I described as a track that "will whisk you back 20 years ago when the second-generation emo bands were making their way onto the radio with a mixture of anthemic songs and excellent musicianship." That's still a fitting description for much of Close My Eyes, but the Ann Arbor trio shows some darker vibes on the album, too, while also evoking '90s alt-radio. "Breaking Apart (Goodbye)," "Killing Crickets," and "(rem)" evoke the slower songs by blink-182—but with a gothier vibe on the first and third songs. "Waiting" recalls the strident but melodic sounds of Bad Religion, and "Tidal Wave" has a bit of The Offspring's snarl.

Golden Feelings, Be Healed
Dustin Krcatovich's Golden Feelings is a one-person ambient factory. The Ypsi artist cranks out healing music on the regular—and sometimes even calls it that. Be Healed features two spa-drone tracks that will put you in the right frame of mind to conjure the regenerative abilities of Deadpool and Wolverine. Krcatovich states that the instruments used on the album include "Oblique Strategies, artificial intelligence, generalized anxiety disorder, pranayama, body shame, chakra-aligning frequencies, and the inspiration of Albert Ayler and Mary Maria Parks." I feel better already.

Evan W, She Had Fed Her Fears So Long, Her Dreams Had Died
There's a song on Evan W's new album called "I'm like a radio station," and the same can be said of She Had Fed Her Fears So Long, Her Dreams Had Died. The 14 tracks here touch on drone, IDM, glitchtronica, hip-hop, and just about every kind of electronic music in between. This is the first time I've heard of this Ann Arbor artist, but there are two previous two albums and various singles I look forward to checking out.

Panto Collapsar & Cyrus Pireh, Roman Blinds
The latest from Ann Arbor's 1473 label features a collaboration between Detroit-area improvisers Panto Collapsar—Dave Hurley (drums), Chris Peters (guitar), Simon Ray (pipe organ, electronics)—and guitarist Cyrus Pireh. Roman Blinds features four tracks of free-form music that never turns into a free-for-all. Considering all the sounds and their disposal, this quartet keeps things haunting and minimalist, with a brooding tension undergirding everything.

Ness Lake, "Hz 2"
Chandler Lach is Ness Lake, and the 15-minute track "Hz 2" is credited to him, but it's a fellow Washtenaw County artist, Ann Arbor's DJ FLP, who shaped it. "I handed Tayo [DJ FLP], like, 11 audio files and said, 'Can you please make this all one listenable thing?'" Lach writes on his Bandcamp page. The music drifts through soundscapes, indie songs, and sadcore hip-hop.

Christopher Porter is a library technician and the editor of Pulp.