The year is 2020. We are all quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic. Music creators everywhere, I included, sift through the plethora of synths at our disposal. Losing by Little Kid is sent my way. Taken from the upcoming album, Transfiguration Highway, out 3rd July on Solitaire Recordings, the song is organic, pure, and sounds like it has seldom […]
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Premiere: Laura Elizabeth Hughes – Pandemonium
There is something captivating about hearing a song in its elemental form. It is awkwardly insightful, almost voyeuristic as you glimpse into a singer’s exposed soul. Pandemonium is a stark recording featuring 1,000 Beasts on piano and Laura Elizabeth Hughes on vocals. The bells and whistles are firmly locked away in the drawer, as this […]
Premiere: Harry Miller – Back In Time
Harry Miller’s new single, Back In Time, is a beautiful acoustic song which combines bright, uplifting guitar and twinkly percussion with gentle, melodic vocals. The Liverpool-based artist sings and plays from the heart, drawing upon personal experience: “I was stuck in the past wishing things to be how they were, until my family and friends helped me […]
Premiere: Dreuw – Heavy
In the context of music, the word heavy is synonymous with a subgenre of rock. It creates an image of pounding drums, throbbing bass, screeching guitars, and screaming vocals. Dreuw’s new song, Heavy, is quite the opposite of all these things. It is a beautifully crafted track. Dreamy, cinematic, and most importantly, heartfelt. A symphonic set […]
Song Of The Day: Café Spice – She Loves And Leaves
My girlfriend and I often have arguments when it comes to making a meal. Not because I burn everything beyond recognition (although admittedly that is an issue), but because she hates spicy food and is therefore objectively wrong. However, this hatred of all things spice came to a screeching halt when I played her She Loves […]
Review: Henry Jamison – Tourism
Well, I’m back in a similar situation to a few weeks, months or whatever time it was ago. It’s all blended into one. Have I had a birthday since lockdown began? What debts do I owe? I’m sure I must owe someone something, or I wouldn’t be sat here in my boxers with two big […]
Song Of The Day: Iwan Gronow – Highest Symbol
A delicious folk track is just what I needed on a Wednesday morning. No end in sight to the lockdown, rainy outside, you could barely notice the green returning to the ground in my apartment due to there not being enough windows. The patch behind my flat is flourishing with perennials, busting through the dirt […]
Song Of The Day: Henry Jamison – Green Room (feat. Ed Droste)
Before we formally begin the review, I have a bit of a confession. I checked my spam-filled inbox today, and saw a track submitted to Independent Music News called Green Room by the immensely talented Henry Jamison, with the name Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear attached to it. The Grizzly Bear? Oh my. I get […]
Review: Stables – Marathon
Full of amazing harmonies, catchy melodies, and chilled out vibes, Marathon is the new single by Stables that we think deserves a spot on everyone’s summer playlist. With so many people currently taking part in the five-kilometre challenge on social media, a forty-two-kilometre marathon sounds crazy right now. My suggestion is that you listen to this […]
Premiere: Mae Krell – Garden (Stripped)
Back in March, just before things got quite so crazy, Mae Krell delivered the fantastic single, Garden. We’re big fans, and we were thrilled to learn that Mae was releasing a new, stripped-back version of the song. The original track is a beautiful piece of work, and it comes as no surprise that the live performance is […]