As far as future-forward soul-RnB and pop goes, this is some of the finest that I have heard in quite some time. It’s got the perfect balance of sweetness, emotion and charm.
New Music: Lance Redeker
Category: New Music
New Music: Oscar DeLaughter
A pop talent hailing from Dallas who creates melodic tones matched with thoughtfully constructed lyricism. This track was self-produced by DeLaughter (with mixing by Joe Grasso), and self-released.
“‘Just Woke Up’ is about coming to grips with the reality of certain aspects in life but keeping hope that things will get better… I feel like things get easier when you’ve accepted what they are… I refer to summer because summer is a time when we plan on doing all the things you’ve wanted to do all year… but unfortunately it doesn’t always work out. This past summer I think everyone had a taste of that more than ever considering the state our world was in.”
New Music: Prospa
Taking inspiration from a whole load of electronic and dance genres to create something new that still somehow feels familiar. In it’s purest form, this is feel-good music made to get you dancing.
New Music: Los Leo
A South Australian talent who blends synth with RnB in the most charming way. Half of you wants to dance along, while the other half just wants to experience the melancholy of the melody.
New Music: RⱯHM ⚉
A conceptually interesting piece of electronic music that feels experimental yet highly charged and emotive. It’s not always an easy listen, but totally captivating.
“‘semiautomatical’ is a non-word that i was using to refer to this kind of halfness. closeness and farness simultaneously. watching other people have sex on the internet. Love in the anthropocene. Blah blah you get it. But it’s more ambiguous than ‘wow this is fucked the bots are taking over my brainstem.’ It’s the feeling of sticking your hand out the window of a moving car and letting your palm pitch and dive with the wind. Knowing that even on the highway humanity thrives.”
New Music: Medhanit
Track of the week, and the first of 2021! It’s impossible not to feel joy when this track plays. A talent emerging from Tasmania who fuses fresh pop tones with old-school essences of funk and soul, to create a sound that is wildly catchy.
via Before The Data
New Music: Katya Mila
New Music: Jon Lucy
A track that shows two very contrasting styles of pop working together seamlessly from LA-based artist and producer Jon Lucy.
While the verses carry an essence of stripped-back rawness, the chorus sections change gears suddenly with a bursts of intense passion and energy.
“I wrote this song about a difficult trip I took to Scotland to visit a partner I was in a long-distance relationship with. It’s a story of an unhealthy relationship at the moment it reaches its breaking point, living in the painful first steps of reclaiming independence from someone you’ve learned to distrust but still love.”
Taken from the upcoming EP ‘Getting Over It’ which is out on 12th February 2021.
Kelli-Leigh – Be Alright
Press play and you’ll experience one of those rare moments when a song just draws you in and gives you the biggest mental hug.
The lyricism on Kelli-Leigh’s ‘Be Alright’ is exactly what we all need to hear, specially as we start another new year.
New Music: IZHAV
This release from Swedish newcomer IZHAV delights and rewards you with every second you listen. It’s a blend of indie-folk and pop that begins with vulnerability and fragility and ends in a euphoric tone that leaves you wanting more.
“Getting stuck in darkness is not an unusual thing for us humans. When it’s too hard to climb alone, and almost impossible to even see the reason why. ‘Catch The Sun’ represents that outer force/ person/ animal that doesn’t allow it to keep going like that. Instead it pulls, fights and struggles to remind you that all the beauty is out there, just waiting to be seen by.”
New Music: Casey MQ
A Canadian talent with a sound that flirts between the experimental and the nostalgic, and is some of the finest queer-pop to have emerged this year.
“Watching old tapes of myself, I realise much of my childhood world was a multi-faceted obsession with boybands. Before even knowing about sexuality, I was seduced by their guise of desirability: a 5 men crew with subtle homoerotic tendencies singing about wanting ‘the girl’ and basking in the surrounding fandom. These images pervaded my childhood and plagued me with confused desire.”
New Music – Bailey Bryan
Track of the week – and the last one for 2020! A powerfully emotive fusion of RnB and pop, with a distinctively captivating vocal.
New Music: Little Dipper
A stripped-back approach to indie pop that feels playful yet sincere.
New Music: Reuben Hester
A talent hailing from Manchester who blends soul with an epic kind of pop that is immediately arresting to the listener.
New Music: IZZA
A London-based singer-songwriter who created a style of pop that feels dark yet soulful.
“Making up your mind can be hard. Sitting in your own thoughts and really listening to how you feel isn’t something we are very used to as a society. Maybe we struggle to make up our minds because we are so used to switching off, instead of listening to our gut instinct.”
New Music: conner
A fusion of raw indie-rock and pop from a new LA-based talent, with a melodic structure that feels almost anthemic.
New Music: TOVI
A Canadian talent who has masterfully crafted a style of synth-heavy electronic pop that feels both sinister and charming in equal measures.
New Music: Tae
A sultry yet dreamy approach to indie-pop that acts as a perfect escape from our daily realities in life.
New Music: Kayla Rae
A sleek melody, matched with dreamy vocals and a finessed RnB production all come together to create some of the most heavenly music you could hope for.
“‘YKTFV’ is about those random nights where nothing is planned but everything goes perfect. It’s about having the right people around you, the right music playing, good energy and good vibes.”
Taken from the album ‘Pressure’ which is out now.
New Music: HXNEY
A beautifully emotive piece of RnB from a new London talent who is unafraid of laying her feelings over music. A true delight to experience.
“The song is a breakup letter packaged with soothing vocals delivered on a chilled acoustic instrumental. It was written from a pure state of consciousness, where I let my emotions flow free.”