Feature: Ben Shemie Breaks Down His Experimental New Album ‘Desiderata’ – Track By Track
The new album from Ben Shemie is a sporadic, intense and expansive exploration of sound through layers strings, electronics, vocoders and clicking beats. Wildly experimental and musically challenging, it’s a hugely varied listen with a lot to digest and heaps of expressive, untethered musical ideas. Shemie gives us a track by track: The Departure – …
Track: Sam Himself Shares Reflective Yet Pulsing New Single ‘Never Let Me Go’
The first single of Sam Himself’s upcoming second album which is slated for 2023, ‘Never Let Me Go’ offers intimate vocals over a pulsing indie-electronic soundscape. Somewhere between Future Islands and The Verve, the track is nerving and affecting yet danceable offering a depth of emotion – a cautious sense of hope doused in a …
EP Review: Rich Meehan Trio – Suite Antinque
Having burst onto the scene, gaining instant support from BBC Introducing and Jazz FM, Rich Meehan Trio have now released their first full EP Suite Antique. Setting the tone with the EP’s opener ‘Prelude’, the trio quickly introduce their unique contemporary jazz sound. Immediately opening with Rich Meehan’s lead piano with spacious and warming chords, …
Track: Singer-Songwriter Fo Daniels Shares Poignant New Single ‘Promises’
Sometimes less is more and keeping things simple and stripped is much more effective than overloading a track with instrumentation, this is certainly true of the new single ‘Promises’ from Fo Daniels. Performed live with just an acoustic guitar and Daniel’s affecting vocals, there’s a captivating fragility and honesty to the performance which carries the …
Track: New Unity Share Captivating New Single ‘Feel Again’
New Unity, the pseudonym of multi instrumentalist, songwriter and singer Gabriel Frangetto is back with his new single ‘Feel Again’. Working with drummer Vitor Emanuel, Frangetto has truly found his sound on the new single: poppy and accessible yet full of emotional depth and impact beyond just being a catchy tune. “Feel Again” brings together …
Premiere: Brighton Indie 4 Piece Comforts Shine On New Single ‘Mixed Signals’
Brighton 4-piece Comforts demonstrate their ability to capture a vibrancy and an uplifting aura with beautifully placed instrumentation and an affecting air of melancholy on the new single ‘Mixed Signals’. We’re very excited to be running the premiere! Dreamy-indie at it’s very best, ‘Mixed Signals’ blends modulation and reverb tinted, interweaving guitar lines which float …
Premiere: MOLTENO Shares Stunning New Video For ‘Moonlight’
Having made a name for her unique Dream-Pop stylings, London based MOLTENO is back with the stunning new video for ‘Moonlight’. An entrancing Daisy Moseley directed video which perfectly captures the etherial, otherworldly nature of the track, the hypnotic visual serves to give a fitting representation of the lucid dream which is described within the …
Album Review: The Birthday Letters – Yearning For Vitalists
Close, personal, warming and packed with beautiful moments, the new 8 track album Yearning For Vitalists from The Birthday Letters hit’s all the marks whilst remaining understated and unpretentious. Encompassing elements of folk, indie and electronic music, akin to the likes of Ben Howard, Bombay Bicycle Club, The National and Neil Finn, there’s a translucent, …
Track: Tender Glue Shares Warming & Atmospheric New Single “My Sweetest Tone”
Tender Glue, the brainchild of Poland born and raised, now New York based Tom Gluewicki, shares the floating new single “My Sweetest Tone”. A melting pot of modulation, fuzz and reverb, the track is a musically rich and emotionally affecting experience. Awash with swirling and at times grungy guitar lines, “My Sweetest Tone” creates a …
Album Review: Ben Cipolla – Casa Mia
Warming, subtle and romantic, the new album from Ben Cipolla, Casa Mia, is an absolute joy. Showcasing musical maturity, and excellent ideas, this an impressive collection of tracks from an artist who comes across very confident in his own abilities as a writer and a performer. Somewhere between Jordan Rakei, Vampire Weekend, Leon Bridges and …