Formed in the wake of a series of bands that explored everything from dark, heavy rock to polished, indie twang, Mountain of Youth—and its album debut, Nowhere, NW (out 5/15/26), emerges as a sort of equilibrium state for Hunter Morris, balancing his breezy heartland and lo-fi garage influences with his ’70s folk and ’90s grunge sensibilities. The songs are mature and reflective, reckoning with loneliness, regret, and mortality, and the performances are raw and vulnerable to match, with lean, muscular arrangements centered around Morris’s gritty guitars and live vocal takes.