Nordista Freeze is only in his early 20s, but his creative lineage stretches back more than half a century: "First Time" conjures memories of Tom Petty's plainspoken jangle — itself an echo of The Byrds, among others — before blooming into a Technicolor Beach Boys fantasia. As good-natured as it is brightly infectious, it sounds like an unseasonably pleasant spring Saturday in song form."

Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee

Genre: Indie Pop