Category: Music

New Music: Gimme Gimme

A sister and brother band hailing from Australia, Esther and Will grew up in a small country town in New South Wales before moving to Melbourne and Berlin respectively.

Wanting to hang out and play more, they booked shows all across Europe and toured up and down the East and West coasts of Australia, selling out venues and creating a buzz for their playful and loveable style of indie-pop.

“‘Fatal.Attraction’ is a track written about the holy trinity of tins, darts and breaking hearts. It brings to light love hate relationships, the desire for a puff after a sip and addictions of all kinds.”

Gimme Gimme

New Music: Orions Belte

A refreshingly original sound from Norwegian 3-piece outfit Orions Belte. Their trademark style of blending underground pop, psych, rhythmic instrumentation and world music creates a mysterious yet infectious mix of sounds which are totally mesmerising to experience.

“We feel like we have a really strong connection between us. That’s why we can write stuff on the fly and record whole songs in one take and use all the parts from all three of us.” – Blomstrøm, Orions Belte

Orions Belte

New Music: Nordi Blu

A stunning combination of pop-rock and gospel with a hugely powerful vocal. ‘Eye Of The Hurricane’ is a song that is elevated yet deeply powerful; moving you with it’s epic grandness.

Having already achieved recognition in the past by advancing to the quarter-finals of The Voice of Germany, Nordi Blu is now on course for world domination through her unmistakably unique style of music making.

Nordi Blu

New Music: EXUM

Credit: Chelsea Dacosta

Track of the week. There’s truly no other song like ‘Dark Kept Secret’ out there right now. And that makes EXUM one of the most promising talents for me so far this year.

A luscious fusion of indie, pop and orchestral tones come together in the most majestic way you could imagine. It’s a sound that feels future-forward while still retaining an essence of timelessness.

EXUM

Issey Cross – Boys Make Promises

First featured just a month ago, Issey Cross has since gained recognition from heavyweight tastemakers like DAZED, Wonderland, Notion, The Line Of Best Fit and more.

Now she’s back with another huge track; this is left-pop at it’s sharpest and finest. If there’s one name to get excited about this year, it’s Issey Cross.

Issey Cross

New Music: Maia Onda

A phenomenally talented Austrian newcomer, singer-songwriter Maia Onda introduces herself to the world with the release of ‘Dead Plants’.

Still only 19-years old, this talent possesses a captivating vocal tone with which she delivers vivid lyricism, over a production that carries hints of pop, soul and jazz.

Maia Onda

renforshort – virtual reality

Toronto talent renforshort has released one of the stand-out singles of the week. ‘virtual reality’ is a track which looks at the impact of social media alongside the singer’s anxiety, boredom, loneliness, and fear.

“Ever since I was young, social media has played a major role in my mental wellbeing, and I became so accustomed to it, it became a part of my routine and it came before everything else. The moment I wake up, almost instinctively, I check my phone. Depending on what I see in the morning, basically determines how I’m gonna feel for the rest of the day. I hate it. But I can’t stop. And what’s most ironic about this all is you’re likely going to read this on social media or listen to the song on some sort of electronic device…”

renforshort

Alex Porat – girlfriend

The Canadian pop starlet is back with a track that flips the script on the typical aloofness that boys show when they’re dating, and takes the upper hand for herself.

“I always found it so annoying how guys could get away with doing the most relationship-like things and acting like a boyfriend but then turn around and say that they are not in a relationship. So this time I wanted to flip that perspective, and this is my take.”

Alex Porat

Miranda Glory – Comeback Queen

If you’re looking for a finessed mix of RnB and pop, you won’t find anything more brilliant this week than Miranda Glory’s new release.

In the words of Miranda herself, if ‘Comeback Queen‘ was explained through Cards Against Humanity then it would read something along the lines of:

“Comeback Queen: Dunking on the wishful thinking of returning exes has never felt so satisfying.”

Miranda Glory

New Music: S. E. Webster

A hazy and nostalgic blend of indie-folk and rock from a talent who was born and raised in the deserts of Southern California.

‘How Long?’ is song that’s all about a jealous lover’s bargaining phase of the end of a relationship. It’s a track that feels modern yet also carries a sense of timelessness with it, which is a pretty hard accomplishment to perfect as well as Webster has done.

S. E. Webster

New Music: Amber Ryann

A perfect fusion of hip hop and pop from Los Angeles based artist Amber Ryann. Music runs in the family with this talent (her dad was a hip-hop producer), and for that you can hear a sense of confidence come through on this track that wins you over immediately. ‘Bad‘ was written as a way to look in to the negative effects of hanging onto a toxic relationship; something all too many of us know about!

Amber Ryann

Devan – Conclusions

Canadian singer Devan returns today with the beautifully melancholy ‘Conclusions‘. It’s a dreamy slice of indie pop that feels deeply emotive in a subtle and delicate way.

The song is taken from the debut EP ‘Pink Noise’, which was released today. On the EP, Devan says:

“’Pink Noise’ is about insecurity, but it’s also about being able to breathe out and feel a sense of relief towards my revelation that my reality is formed by my own perceptions. Writing songs for me is a way to uncover my underlying feelings about something – putting elusive emotions into tangible sentences, and coming to terms with them. My only guideline for writing these songs was to try to be as honest with myself as possible, and follow my instincts without all the self-inflicted barriers that I usually let get in the way.”

Devan

New Music: Jae Soto

A New York City native who currently resides in Brooklyn, Jae Soto’s voice is the first thing that catches your attention when you press play to this song.

It’s got a gorgeously unique tone that glides all the way throughout ‘catholic school’, a self-produced song that seamlessly blends funk, RnB and pop into something quite magical.

Jae Soto

New Music: KiD RAiN

You’ll struggle to find a song that stays in your head as long as this new release from British talent KiD RAiN will. Pop at it’s purest, this is a catchy, playful, and totally infectious slice of joy.

“If someone asked me to sum up KiD RAiN, I would just show them this song. It captures everything I want to be as an artist in 3 minutes. Fun, energetic, not taking myself too seriously. This isn’t a song for the “cool kids”, it’s a song for everyone else.”

KiD RAiN

Zac Pajak – About Time

Now garnering over 50k monthly listeners on Spotify, it’s so good to see that the world is now waking up to Zac Pajak in a big way.

I’ve been a fan of the London-based talent for some time, and the release of ‘About Time’ continues to keep me hooked.

“It’s about that moment you can see your whole future with someone in high definition and it becomes totally clear that it’s meant to be. Over the last twelve months especially, we’ve all had to keep looking forward and remind ourselves that there are brighter days ahead.”

Taken from the upcoming ‘Midnight’ EP, which is set for release on 7th May 2021.

Zac Pajak