Category: New Music

New Music: GRLS

Latin American duo GRLS create a style of music that feels tastefully eccentric while still pushing the boundaries of psychedelic pop.

Latest single ‘fool for love’ features a surreal yet beautiful fusion of of breezy guitar, swirling synths and agile beats.

“‘fool for love’ was conceived with our friend and singer Jack O’Connor, while we were studying at Berklee College of Music. We used our dorm room as a makeshift recording studio using only a computer, microphone, and guitar. This song talks about love and psychedelic thoughts.”

GRLS

New Music: Jack Kane

Hailing from Hertfordshire is 21-year old singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jack Kane.

Through his beautifully distinctive vocals and special style of alt-pop, this talent was able to garner over 100,000 fans across his social media before he had even released his first single.

New single ‘Come To Terms’ was inspired by classic writers and vintage sounds, lyrically taking you through the highs and lows of early love and heartbreak.

With support from the likes of BBC Introducing, Record Of The Day and Crack In The Road, it’s safe to say that Jack Kane is one British talent to keep an eye out for over the next year.

Jack Kane

New Music: Angel Rider

A hugely exciting new talent to emerge of late, UK-based artist Angel Rider fuses a unique sense of charm and character into her style of hyperpop.

Melancholic bop ‘Winter’ encapsulates the moment when you realise the days are mostly dark, the flowing creativity of the other seasons has gone and the winter sadness hits.

Angel Rider

New Music: Memorial

Already garnering support from the likes of BBC Radio 1, 6Music, Radio X, Annie Mac and Elton John himself, British duo Memorial are firmly placing themselves as one of the most interesting new folk-pop outfits to emerge from the UK.

“‘Dialtone’ was written after we’d moved a long distance away from each other. We’d worried about the impact it could have on our friendship. It just so happens that in that year or so we’d both endured some drastic changes in our lives, but the distance created a pathway for more meaningful communication. We called when we needed to and we visited each other at the most important times. If anything it brought us closer together as we realised we could actually depend on each other. It all sounds cheesy, but it’s what the song is about and it’s important to recognise how important some people are to you.”

Taken from the upcoming self-titled debut album which is out on 29th April 2022.

Memorial

New Music: BXKS

Emerging from Luton is UK rapper BXKS, who’s take on the genre is refreshingly unique in tone.

Colourful lyricism brims with character and attitude, while the productions carry a sleek R&B essence, making this one talent to watch for in 2022.

BXKS

New Music: Mear

Mear is the collaborative project of singer-songwriter Frances Miller and electronic composer Greg Harrison.

Together, this outfit create melodic songs that feel experimental and conceptual in tone, yet poignant and beautifully raw in their lyricism.

“In 2014, I lost the ability to do a lot of things I had previously taken for granted. At the time I wrote this I couldn’t read for more than a few minutes at a time and a short walk around the block could leave me bedridden the next day. ‘The Order’ was an attempt to voice some of the pain and the loneliness of that; of not understanding what was happening to me.” –  Frances Miller, Mear

Mear

New Music: Mboogz

After going viral on TikTok just from the teasers for ‘Missing You’, UK rap talent Mboogz drops the official version of the track as his debut release.

Still at school and approaching his 16th birthday, this Bristol-raised artist could well be one to watch in the coming year.

Mboogz

New Music: Lauren Spencer-Smith

Track of the week. Still only 18-years old and already somewhat of a social media star (with significant followers across TikTok and Instagram), Lauren Spencer-Smith is picking up phenomenal momentum with ‘Fingers Crossed’.

This is pop at it’s purest and most effective, with a simple melody laying the foundations for Spencer-Smith’s impressive vocals to shine through.

Lauren Spencer-Smith

New Music: Restless World Music

Featuring the vocal talents of JOSEPH, ‘Bridges are Collapsing‘ is a melodic and memorable blend of R&B and pop that’s all about the collapse of communication.

Restless World Music’s songs have already garnered awards from the Great American Song Contest four times, as well as received praise from the likes of SongwriterUniverse, The Further, The Honey POP and Volatile Weekly.

Restless World Music

New Music: Offchance(onthe)

If you’re a fan of Rex Orange County or Dominic Fike then the chances that you’ll enjoy Offchance(onthe) are quite high.

The American producer and composer creates sounds that incorporate the best of lo-fi pop, R&B, hip hop and indie – leaving listeners with songs that feel distinctly unique while still carrying emotive undertones.

“The song talks about not fitting in and being lost in the world.”

Offchance(onthe)

New Music: Roast Apple

Photo / Charles Engelken

Emerging from Hamburg, Roast Apple are new German indie-pop outfit who carry an enormous amount of international appeal.

This is music that is impossible not to enjoy – brimming with energy, charm and character.

“‘Wrap You Up’ tells the humorous story of a stalker who actually wants nothing more than to free his lover from the clutches of the paparazzi. A slightly surreal trip, wrapped in a mixture of 60’s beat and modern pop sound.” 

Roast Apple

New Music: Rachel White

As a beautifully melodic and deeply moving ballad, ‘You Don’t Want Me Anymore’ by UK newcomer Rachel White touches on the struggles of letting someone down – or not feeling good enough in a love relationship.

With previous support from the likes of BBC Introducing Scotland, and having music featured on ITV 2 show ‘The Cabins’, this year is shaping up to be an exciting one for White.

“I would love my listeners to take whatever perspective they want from my music and hope that they know they aren’t alone with however they are feeling. Love is amazing but it can be hard. The main thing to take away from it is that you always learn something so trust that you’ll continue to grow and move forward.”

Rachel White

New Music: Braden Ross

With an infectious melody and memorable lyricism, ‘useless 2.0’ from Seattle native Braden Ross delivers a refreshing take on music-making that blends indie with hyperpop. This is a sound that feels experimental and unique, while still maintaining a sense of familiarity.

“‘useless 2.0’ is a song about social media and how it negatively impacts my mental state in regards to my music and music promotion. It’s about how easy it is to become reliant on it for validation and how toxic that can be to ones state of mind.”

Braden Ross

New Music: Posie

American storyteller and instrumentalist Posie uniquely fuses elements of classic folk and rock with the stylings of modern pop, creating sounds that feel timeless in essence.

Loosely drawn from Shakespeare’s King Lear but given a modern imagining, new single ‘Cordelia’ features dreamy vocals and a fairytale like production.

Cordelia was the name of one of the daughters in the play; a story written in a time when women had less – or no – control over their lives. Now Cordelia has control over her home, the men she sees, and her money; but at the end of each night she chooses to be alone to safeguard her power and freedom.

Posie