Originally Published on November 13th, 2026

Shxe Parada, an independent artist out of Idaho, is best known for fusing a pop sound with indie rock, punk, and emo. His style is similar to artists like Machine Gun Kelly, jxdn, and Huddy.

Shxe Parada has worked with artists like thornskin, Getaway Stranger, and RONEN.

graphite released on September 18th and is a collaboration between Shxe Parada and thornskin. It runs at nearly two and a half minutes and was independently released by Shxe Parada.

Overall, is a solid sound. It merges influence from both punk and hip hop. It’s got a good mix and the vocal work is enhanced by the use of auto-tuning.

Lyrically, there are some cool lines: Fall apart til I’m only chemicals, Don’t fear death, I’m a bear to these wolves, Pardon my wrist I let some blood out, and Pickin’ out all my flaws like a bloodhound.

There is a lot of tragedy embedded in the lyrical performance. It doesn’t feel like the story is about one particular thing. It’s more of an overall story archetype. Then, learning that Shxe Parada is rebuilding his life after several overdoses and a stint where he was jailed, I feel like the overall story is how things are cyclical. We overcome and we are overcome.

Over and over again.

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