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.
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What better way to start the Sunday than to get this new electro-pop gem from Icelandic pop kid Hildur on the stereo…
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.
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.
With a new EP on the way, Mountain Bird releases a sublime piece of electronic pop that feels intensely dark, dramatic and atmospheric.
The track looks at our relationship with technology and how it impacts our mental health, and hopes for change.
“Will we be able to solve this? Will we unify and create better solutions and work together with technology to not only be more efficient but to feel good mentally?”
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.”
One of the hardest-working talents from the Swedish music scene, Robin Stjernberg returns today with a sweetly melancholic love song that feels both cinematic and emotionally charged.
Stjernberg’s talents have not only been limited to being a singer in his own right – he’s also written and produced music for the likes of Megan Thee Stallion, Sandro Cavazza, Estraden, Anna Bergendahl, Jill Johnson and Steps.
Granted, SZA is not a newbie, but this track really reflects a style of RnB that I foresee we will hear a lot more of in 2021.
Sleek, nostalgic, emotive with a subtle hint of melancholy. Truly sublime.
Here’s to better days… good days!
While it’s the final day of the year, there’s still time for one last banger of a pop tune – courtesy of Olivia Holt.
The Norwegian pop sensation of the year closes 2020 with a beautifully constructed and atmospheric pop ballad.
‘A Place We Know’ is alternative duo RKCB’s first release in almost two years – and what a triumphant return this is!
A beautifully textured sound with a strong emotive undertone, written as an ode to longing.
If you love this release as much as I do, make sure you listen to the second single, ‘Almost There’ which also came out today.
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.”
Femi Tahiru returns with a sleek and effortlessly cool indie-soul release that is sure to charm it’s way straight through to your heart.
Something happened
I was feeling too alone
But something happened
I wasn’t ready to move on
It was the good calling and crawling up towards me
Good times up ahead were tryna show me
Good times
Gorgeously minimal and stripped back indie-pop tones from the singer, songwriter and producer who hails out of Los Angeles and Tokyo.
