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Songwriter, singer and producer aboynamedblu returns with one of the best alt-rock releases of the week.

Refreshingly raw and unique in tone, ‘You Don’t Cry Enough’ may well be my favourite song to date from this Cape Town artist.

“I wanted to capture this moment that best reflects this place that we’re in right now. The vastness of the internet seems overwhelming and building genuine connections with people is getting more and more difficult. My best friend and co producer Cat Gallent and I, found ourselves asking how do we resonate with people without shoving content in their faces, and it just became so clear that focusing on what the sentiment is in the music, speaks a lot louder than anything else. So we moved our studio from the city out to a farm, and created an environment where we can focus on just that So this is it, the story about the boy who almost became famous but got lost on the internet.”

Taken from the new EP ‘404 USER NOT FOUND’.

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There has yet to be release from aboynamedblu that I have not been impressed by. True to form, his new single ‘April’ is a stunning composition that deserves to be heard. This is music that has a sense of timelessness to it, flowing with emotion in the purest form.

“‘April’ is the personification of passing time, and in that, the passing of people. I feel like so much of the last year has been marred by death, not only in my immediate family but so many people I know. I wanted to get across the feeling of frustration over the lack of control we have over who gets taken, and on the opposite end, the feeling of acceptance that death is as guaranteed as the passing of months through a year.”

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