Album Review: Corners of the Sky

The cover of Corners of the Sky's new self-titled album.

In late February 2026, I had the honor of hosting Win-a-Gig in preparation for The Frog Wizard Festival. One of the bands I got to see up close was an amazing rock band from Kansas City, called Corners of the Sky, featuring Kyle (the drummer), Jake (Bassist), RAVI (guitarist) and Jason (vocalist and guitarist). From the first listen inside that building, I was amazed. They had energy, the music was catchy and they had presence. They were one of the big standouts from that entire contest, which I imagine had a massive factor in them winning a spot on the stage for the festival. 

Flash forward to May, they would then take the stage at Frog Wizard Festival 2026, and that energy I initially saw did not change with a bigger audience. Instead, it was amplified. I became a massive fan from that point forward. After that, I began to seek out more of their music, and when I saw they had an album coming this summer, I was excited. 

June 5 came around, and I paid some money and showed up to their album release event they did at a Skate Park in Kansas City, Mo. Corners of the Sky had found a way to take all of the amazing energy and sounds they produced when they perform and turned it into an incredible album spread across one hour over 11 tracks. 

The members of Corners of the Sky pose for a picture for their new self-titled album.

This album is a shock to your senses. It’s loud, it’s energetic and the songs are just so good that it makes you wanna listen to the album again and again. Songs like “All Knowing Frog” and “Spider” have catchy guitar riffs and vocals that just get stuck in your head. But they are also able to showcase a level of range with songs like “Desert Cactus” and “In the hall of the…” that are in a slower tempo while still keeping the similarity in sound to its other tracks. So even if you may not be able to fully get behind the louder and noisier songs (and I urge you to because they are fantastic), there is something for you as well.

"Snake Queen," a song 10 minutes in length, bookends the album. As they explained, the song before it ("In the Hall of the…") is an intro of sorts to Snake Queen. And as they explain themselves, it was a live jam where they just let the music take control as they were making it, and I think there’s something beautiful about that as a method of making songs. I find myself listening to all 10 minutes of it over and over because there’s something that’s just so captivating about it. 

I say this not because I have a love for local music and artists (and I do), but I think it is an absolutely amazing body of work that is one of my favorite releases within the genre this calendar year. My personal recommendations of the songs on the album, if I had to choose, would be: “Anti Gravity Cavity,” “Desert Cactus” and “Snake Queen.” 

If you want to keep up with Corners of the Sky: They have a YouTube channel with the name of the band, their Instagram is cornersoftheskyband and their Bandcamp is at this link: https://cornersofthesky.bandcamp.com/album/corners-of-the-sky, so you can directly support them.