The Weight is a track about a spiritual connection with oneself, in which one realises they cannot be what their soul isn’t – like people find out about making jobs or relationships ‘work’ at great personal cost. American singer-songwriter Rodney Eldridge experiences this Weight when he pursues a career and education path that disagrees withContinue reading “Rodney Eldridge – The Weight | Disconnect”
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Sven Ross – Blue Birthday | desolation
Blue Birthday is a very evocative song, a rich image of the lowest emotional low but one from which a beautiful pain can be channeled. Dutch singer-songwriter and folk artist Sven Ross uses his gentle voice and delicate acoustic strumming to paint a picture of a lonely birthday in which he must learn to liveContinue reading “Sven Ross – Blue Birthday | desolation”
VISSIA – With Pleasure | Multitudes
I am personally jealous of people who can immerse themselves in every moment, completely absorbed by their experience. VISSIA is one such artist, who is keenly collecting very human moments to transcribe into the language of music. With an almost childlike wonderment, Canadian alt-pop singer-songwriter VISSIA approaches a multitude of feelings across a potluck ofContinue reading “VISSIA – With Pleasure | Multitudes”
Becca James – Perfect Girl | Expectations
Perfect Girl is a new single release from British singer-songwriter Becca James: a sincere song about defying societal expectations to become oneself. She writes, “I wrote Perfect Girl because I was frustrated about the things I felt I had to be and had to change to “make it” in the music industry – much ofContinue reading “Becca James – Perfect Girl | Expectations”
Gabrielle Sey – White Noise | Passage
English singer-songwriter Gabrielle Sey’s latest single, White Noise, fuses some very rich styles: heavily bearing her Ghanian roots in its choir and beats, a contemporary folk sound and a smooth lyrical flow. A phenomenally produced track with a full ensemble of instrumentals and sounds, it only sets the stage for Sey’s captivating voice to lead.Continue reading “Gabrielle Sey – White Noise | Passage”
Danny Guinan – Regards | Warm
Danny Guinan is a singer-songwriter who carries many flavours, from his Irish twang to the salt-of-the-earth folksy acoustic strumming. His new single, Regards, is a similarly pragmatic tribute to the influences that have built him up – his peers, partners, teachers and so on and their schools of thought that have moulded him into theContinue reading “Danny Guinan – Regards | Warm”
Sarah Johnsone – Tonight | Fervent
Tonight is a touching melancholic ballad to absence, one that incidentally stemmed from isolation in lockdown – like our collective languishment. A very raw acoustic track spearheaded by coarsely heartfelt vocals that emulate a 3am bowl of icecream, indie singer-songwriter Sarah Johnsone captures a passionate romantic yearning like no other. She creates a gorgeously introspectiveContinue reading “Sarah Johnsone – Tonight | Fervent”
Eva Snyder – Hometown | Dead-end
Hometown is a tongue-in-cheek commemoration of the people and experiences from, well, one’s hometown. Eva Snyder reflects on her toxic experiences of growing up in a dead-end town and now can celebrate her capacity to move away, leaving behind her negative experiences and jesting at the people who never did. While it might come offContinue reading “Eva Snyder – Hometown | Dead-end”
Alice June – Waterfall | Liberation
Alice June is a debut Italian indie singer-songwriter with her first ever release, Waterfall. Waterfall is an ode to personal deliverance, in breaking free of the labels we fetter ourselves to to truly discover who we are meant to be. She sings of freedom, and the choices one has to be any kind of personContinue reading “Alice June – Waterfall | Liberation”
Sunflower Summit, Lace & Grit – Metronome Heart
Metronome Heart is so titled as it follows a rhythmic repetitive metronome beat guiding the rest of it, a very intimate and personal song not dissimilar to lying in bed listening to your own heartbeat. It carries powerfully evocative lyric and joyfully bliss alt-pop laced melody, that work together to manifest as one’s internal monologueContinue reading “Sunflower Summit, Lace & Grit – Metronome Heart”