Summer Salt have spent over a decade perfecting a blend of breeze-pop that feels like a slow-exposure Polaroid. On their fourth album, ‘Reside’, the Austin-formed group continues to balance their sun-soaked charm with a newfound experimental streak. While the record retains their signature mix of surf-pop and bossa nova, the songwriting process was flipped, with drummer Eugene Chung taking the lead on lyrics that explore distance and self-belief. It is a tactile, introspective collection of songs that acknowledges the band’s past while moving steadily into a more personal and emotionally raw creative territory.