Category: New Music

New Music: Dawson Fuss

Californian native singer-songwriter Dawson Fuss crafts a hazy style of electro-pop that is immediately charming to any listener.

‘Hollywood Heartbreak’ is a song that encourages you to hold on to that glimmer of hope that movie-like romance still exists. 

“The track is inspired by the vintage Hollywood film noir movies and modern films that often portray romance unrealistically, yet as a society, we see that as the blueprint. Because my love life was not like the movies I was watching. I got a little sad and realised that although essentially impossible, I would love to have a taste of what that kind of picture-perfect love life would be like.” 

Dawson Fuss

New Music: Cameron and the Slumberknights

Already garnering support from the likes of BBC Introducing, SOFAR Sounds, Amuse and Earmilk, it’s safe to say that UK-based Cameron and the Slumberknights are ones to watch.

Relatively new to the hip hop & soul scene, these chaps only launched their debut in early 2020 after meeting at university. Despite enduring two national lockdowns since then, the’ve still managed to release bops like ‘Pour’ and ‘Midnight’ – earning the group over 100k streams on Spotify alone.

‘Old Jacinto’ carries themes of metamorphosis, youth and adulthood, all the while sounding light, summery and fresh.

Cameron and the Slumberknights

New Music: Mundane Experience

Hailing from Southern Sweden, Mundane Experience are an alternative hip-hop group who are confidently crafting songs on their own terms.

Blending elements of the genre with lo-fi rock, ‘Natural Selection’ serves as the third song on their EP ‘Blurry Notes’ and features a guest appearance from the artist Amanda Sandin.

Mundane Experience

New Music: RACKETS

Photo: Alex Pines

Hailing from Los Angeles, RACKETS are an emerging rock trio who’s approach to the genre is refreshingly punchy, energetic, fun and rousing.

‘Wanna Know Ya’ is the kind of track that you want to hear played live somewhere late at night with your favourite people around you.

“It’s a song about that bubbly feeling when you are finally outside seeing people again, feeling the buzz of an excited crowd. Every face feels like a new story with endless possibilities.”

RACKETS

New Music: Dana McCoy

A Maryland-born songstress with one of the most sublime vocals you’ll have the pleasure of experiencing all week, Dana McCoy’s new single ‘Night After Night’ is a funky summer RnB bop that is sure to charm you over.

“It can be really beautiful to experience how you naturally get closer to someone. Throughout the pandemic, a lot of our relationships shifted and changed because we couldn’t interact in the same ways anymore. It was really beautiful to see who showed up in my life more and more and almost accidentally became the closest people to me.”

Dana McCoy

New Music: Hypothetics

Charismatic UK-based outfit Hypothetics capture the essence of youth perfectly with their raw and creative take on music-making.

Laid down in just one take, ‘Say Nothing’ is the solo musing of guitarist Dan Pacini, and serves as a melancholy reflection of an unsuccessful love story.

Catch the group at Rough Trade Bristol on the 7th August – tickets here.

Hypothetics

New Music: Bryce Morgan

Creating distinctly original sounds through blending elements of pop, hip hop, and alternative music together, 17-year old Australian artist and producer Bryce Morgan is proving himself as one of the country’s most exciting new talents.

“This song was written a few months ago when I had a lot of guilt. I felt awful that someone very close to me was going through some horrible things, and I just had no idea how to help them. This song is basically me hoping that their situation will get better and trying to do everything in my power to help them.”

Bryce Morgan

New Music: Will Henderson

A true audible delight, listening to ‘Painting The Wind’ by Australian singer-songwriter Will Henderson will let your mind drift away to an entirely different world.

This sublimely dreamy track was written and inspired by a moment of synesthesia that Henderson experienced while performing at a festival in Germany with his Berlin-based band Hektisch Kunst.

Will Henderson

New Music: Loi

A truly extraordinary piece of ballad-pop from emerging German talent, singer-songwriter Loi.

Still only 18-years old, this artist had already broken into the mainstream when she competed as a finalist on the The Voice Kids.

Her rich and deeply emotive vocals are immediately arresting and tremendously captivating, as you’ll experience when you press play on new single ‘Melody’.

Loi

New Music: Bellatrix

A master of many talents, Bellatrix is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, performer and former world beatbox champion.

Her approach to alt-pop is refreshingly original, as is the case with new single ‘iPhone’, with it’s catchy melody, fizzy textures and dynamic vocal arrangements.

Already garnering support from the likes of Wonderland, Notion, Clash and Dummy amongst many others, it’s only a matter of time before this talent hits the mainstream.

 Taken from her forthcoming EP ‘I Was An Aphid’.

Bellatrix

New Music: Jeremy Voltz

Hailing from Toronto, Jeremy Voltz is an artist who crafts perfect fusions of soul and indie that feel nostalgic yet current at the same time.

Written as a bittersweet love song to a memory that once was, ‘Like The Very First Time’ has a magnificent sense of timelessness in it’s style that is impossible not to enjoy.

Jeremy Voltz

New Music: Hana Lili

Hana Lili is a Welsh-born and London-based artist who’s debut ‘Stay’ is genuinely one of the most emotional songs that I have come across so far this week.

Entirely self-written and produced, the track is a gentle and dreamy introduction to the 21-year old’s sonic world, fusing intimate and confessional lyrics over a beautiful bedroom-pop production.

“I tend to gravitate towards writing songs about personal situations that are happening in my life. ‘Stay’ comes from a place of vulnerability and the need to be completely honest, something I find difficult to do in conversations in real life. As an artist, lockdown allowed me to go back to basics, just writing songs and submerging myself in the purity of the process. Not having to focus on anything else associated with music helped me to discover the songs I wanted to create and produce.”

Hana Lili

New Music: Miso Extra

Hailing from London, Miso Extra is a dual heritage producer who also sings and raps in Japanese and English.

Self-branded as ‘umami for the ears’, this artist’s music explores themes surrounding femininity, female empowerment and being of mixed heritage.

Taken from the forthcoming EP ‘Great Taste’ which is out later this year.

Miso Extra

New Music: I Feel Fine

I Feel Fine are a Brighton-based quartet who’s bold approach of blending indie with emo, punk and math makes an instant impact the moment you press play.

Raw and rousing vocals take centre stage on new single ‘Elemenohpea’, while also showcasing this band’s ability to mix nostalgic alt-rock tones with new and fresh textures, creating a uniquely distinctive sound.

“The song deals with complacency and how, with trying to settle every time we feel the smallest bit comfortable, we only set ourselves up to fall behind a little further on. It’s about understanding the traps we can set just by laying idle.” – Nathan Tompkins, I Feel Fine

Taken from the debut album ‘The Cold In Every Shelter’ which is out on 10th September 2021.

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New Music: Angel + Dren

Track of the week. Bronx-raised and Harlem-based twins Angel + Dren create a type of RnB that is truly timeless in it’s concept. The ethereal ‘Nirvana’ showcases a melting pot of sounds that the sisters have amassed through their life journeys and artistic explorations.

“’Nirvana’ is about feeling misunderstood. It’s about love and nostalgia.” 

Taken from the upcoming EP ‘Dark Summer’ which is out on 13th September 2021.

Angel + Dren

New Music: Leith

Canadian singer and songwriter Leith crafts a sound that transcends any one genre, instead creating tracks that tell a story through an emotive journey.

‘Love Vibes’ is a song that embodies the serenity of fresh love, and the nail-biting anxieties that come with embarking on starting something new.

Leith