Taken from the new EP ‘Boy’ which is out now.
New Music: Quinn Ayers
New Music: Vi.
Showcasing a perfect balance between EDM and pop, Swedish songwriter & producer duo Per Berglin and Adrian Bellan have come up with one of the catchiest tracks of the week, featuring vocals from VAALEA.
The song itself is all about accepting someone for everything that they are when you fall in love…
“If I take the best of you, I better take the rest of you. I guess that’s how it’s supposed to be.”
ISÁK – I’ll Do My Best
New Music: TARINI
Utterly mesmerising alt-RnB from a new Australian talent who’s managed to craft together a song that feels hauntingly intense yet delicate and emotive. It’s a true experience that deserves to be heard from start to end.
“It’s about the kind of romance where you long so deeply for someone and regardless of how beautiful the actual connection between you and this person is, this said person is always pulling you and the relationship into a negative space and complicating things. It’s almost a metaphor for like, can we just stop for a second and enjoy this?”
BRIDGE – Around / Across the Universe
BRIDGE returns today and in all honesty I fell in love so hard with both of these songs that I just have to share them with you.
This LA-based talent merges hip hop with RnB and alt-pop in a way that is so flawlessly executed that it’s no wonder he gets almost half a million monthly listeners on Spotify.
New Music: Rachel Shaps
An emotive approach to synth-pop, with a beautifully melodic flow. The sound feels powerful and highly charged, all the while displaying an essence of fragility and vulnerability.
“I have always had a tendency to gravitate towards people and opportunities that I know will probably only hurt me in the end but they feel so exciting in the moment that it’s hard to rein myself in before it’s too late. I actually had a psychic reading where the psychic told me I had a ‘power animal ally’ in my life at this time, and I had no idea what that meant, but she said it was a moth. After doing a little research on the significance of a moth, this idea of a ‘moth drawn to a flame’ totally resonated and stuck with me, and I instantly wrote this song.”
Layla Kardan – No Place
New Music: Elias Salbu
A fabulous fusion of Norwegian indie, dream-pop and disco all come together to create just about the happiest song you’ll hear all day. It’s a sound that feels retro and kitsch yet endearingly charming.
“Why are you constantly wasting time?” – sounded like a cliché love drama to me and I wanted to turn it into a catchy dance party.”
Diamond Pistols – Time Machine (feat. Rich Brian)
LA producer Diamond Pistols collaborates with Rich Brian on a new release that’s got a charming approach to hip hop which is just impossible not to vibe along with.
New Music: Christian Cohle
A stunningly conceptual track from an Irish talent who encompasses a raw, dark and emotive sound; crafted into a style of music that is atmospheric and sparse, yet totally bewitching.
“One central idea to ‘Drown Me Slow’, is the unwillingness to let go of something, even after it has long left you. You become fixed on it and stare at it often as one can do with a distant star. The longing for it becomes more special than the reality of it itself, because perhaps it’s not even there anymore.”
New Music: BÉE
The first thing that catches your attention when you press play on this track are those stunning vocals from Dutch singer and songwriter BÉE (pronounced Bae).
Add to that her finessed approach to RnB and engaging lyricism, and you’ve got yourselves a very promising new starlet.
“I didn’t write this song because I’m unhappy being single, but I do love the idea of possibly bumping into my ‘Mr Right’ and immediately recognising him. I certainly hope that he’ll recognise me too.”
New Music: KRISTRÚN
Liverpool-based talent (by way of Iceland), KRISTRÚN crafts a hauntingly dark blend of trip hop and electronic pop into a sound that feels atmospheric, raw and deeply intense.
New Music: Solomon
A wonderfully epic blend of pop, rock and indie from Maastricht-based outfit Solomon; a sound that is filled with intensely emotive tones of melancholy.
Taken from ‘Part 2’ of the band’s debut EP, which will be complete on 13th November.
Polly Money – In the Dark
With the release of new EP ‘Trip 2020’ (which is out now), Polly Money debuts visuals for her gorgeous single ‘In The Dark’, which is all about the realisation that you still need the intimacy of an ex, but not the actual relationship itself.
“It’s safe to say 2020 has come with highs and lows and as I sit here a seasoned twenty-something being asked what ‘Trip2020’ is about, it pretty much sums up the wild ride the last few years have been. Many times of elation and equal amounts of anxiety.”
Watch: Billie Eilish – Therefore I Am
New Music: KALI
An outstanding debut from a talent who’s still just 16-years old. It’s a lusciously blended array of genres including indie and surf-pop, served with cinematic flair.
“As I got older, I started to have experiences that were much more emotional and personal, and songwriting became an actual necessity instead of something that was fun for me to do.”
New Music: C.S. Fulp
Agnete – Beginning of the End
Intense yet minimal Norwegian electro-pop that carries a captivating sense of tension and darkness.
New Music: Austin Dean Ashford
Very rarely do you come across a talent who so perfectly blends Southern Trap with old-school hip hop and gospel as effortlessly as this; it’s a fresh approach to music and a genre that Austin Dean Ashford is pioneering under the term Island Trap.
This is a track that immediately charms it’s way right through to your heart, and the story behind it’s creation puts the song into context:
“Yes, I was in the middle of signing a major record deal and then Covid-19 happened while I was touring in New Zealand as a Ph.D. student. I knew I needed a way to adjust to the pandemic and decided to make Sophisti-Ratchet on my phone. Then on my iPad. Then I recorded it in Lubbock Texas at Amusement Park Studios while I was doing my Phd classes. I would like to portray the feeling of harmony. There are so many forces pulling us in so many ways that I hope we can get balance between our sophisticated and Ratchet sides of the spectrum.”