Album Review: Snowfish – The Monster Upstairs
Alt-rockers Snowfish deliver the 11 track new long listen ‘The Monster Upstair’ a dystopian exploration of the band’s dark, muddy, multi-faceted sound. Setting the scene with the intense, overbearing ‘The World Is Burning’ the band quickly introduce their unique blend of rock elements with subtle – intricate acoustic guitar and synth lines. Instantly comparable to …
Track: Singer-Songwriter Natalia Salter Shares Emotive & Delicate New Single ‘Million and One’
Folk-pop singer-songwriter Natalia Salter shares the emotive new single ‘Million and One’. Blending strummed acoustics and piano, the track starts with a simplistic yet warming backdrop under Salter’s silky, melancholic vocal deliver. As the track progressing, atmospheric reverberating guitar lines float around the soundscape before driving drums pull the track forwards. The singles reflective lyricism …
Track: Sam Himself Shares Atmospheric Grower ‘Mr Rocknroll’
Sam Himself returns with the atmospheric, synth heavy and ever cool new single ‘Mr Rocknroll’. Sonically comparable to Future Islands with driving live drums and bass under a swelling sea of warming synths, Sam’s silky, melancholic, delicate and pleasingly gravelly lead vocals glide effotlessly with an air of ease and confidence. As the track progresses, …
Premiere: hundredmillionthousand Shares Visuals For Beguiling New Single ‘One’
Neo-Classical experimenter hundredmillionthousand shares the new video for the haunting, beguiling new single ‘One’. We’re very pleased to be running the premiere! A haunting and hypnotic blend of intertwining, delay soaked piano under the soaring improvised vocals of Amara Mcphail, the track s at once unsettling and beautiful. As the track builds and progresses, biting …
Album Review: Giss – ‘II’
Indie explorers Giss cover a lot of musical ground on their new album ‘II’, from indie-rock, to psychedelic, to electronic, all delivered with a freeing ease and a shimmering confidence. Opening with the high octane, beguiling and psychedelic ‘Morning Battle’, Giss open the album in an energetic, hypnotic fashion. Riff heavy with crunchy guitars and …
Track: Alt-Rockers E-PO Share Second Single ‘Outcry’
Capturing an essence of early 2000’s emo rock whilst retaining a biting freshness with a tint of garage rock to their sound, E-PO share their biting, high octane second single ‘Outcry’. Blending boxy, high energy drums with driving, distorted guitar riffs and grounding bass, the track quickly captures a biting, overbearing intensity. The silky, beautifully …
Track: Mikano Shares Vibing New Single ‘Touché Coulé’ From New EP ‘AKWA II’
Blending his silky flow and an ultra catchy chorus line with a swelling, warming soundscape of atmospheric synths and shuffling beats, the new single from Mikano, ‘Touché Coulé’, is a brilliant example of his unique, yet relatable and strikingly current Hip-Hop-come-R&B sound. Taken from the new EP, ‘AKWA II’, the second in a series of …
Album Review: Tin Man Falls – Tin Man Falls
Vienna-based music collective Tin Man Falls have unveiled their debut album, an enigmatic 10-track offering that levitates the listener with its rich layers and spatial sonics. The indie-electronic project is fronted by singer Joseph Robinson, who describes the album as a “reflection on the experiences of loss, letting go and stepping into our power that …
Album Review: The Barefoot Bandit – Hello Welcome
Blending elements of Ska, Dub and Rock, The Barefoot Bandit have a brilliantly unique and excitingly original approach to their music – referencing the likes of The Specials with their ska rhythms while encompassing elements of rock guitar and dub production. Opening the witty, understated intro ‘Hello Welcome’ a simple field recording of a shop …
Album Review: Shady Oaks – MAD
Psychedelic, garage rockers Shady Oaks share their riff heavy, head banger of a debut album ‘MAD’. Opening with a tight fuzzy guitar riff of ‘3AM’, to my ear the unmistakable sound of a Z.Vex Fuzz Factory (I might be wrong but just thought I’d bizarrely flex some of my guitar pedal obsession), the band quickly showcase the …