Valerie Chanelle refines her sound on ‘Forever and Tomorrow’
‘Forever and Tomorrow’ finds Valerie Chanelle continuing to develop the balance between contemporary R&B, funk and pop that has shaped her recent work. The Swedish-born, LA-based singer-songwriter approaches the track with a controlled, understated delivery, allowing the vocal performance to carry much of the song’s character. Her phrasing is smoothContinue Reading
Samaistha and Sue Dhaibi explore a deeper connection on ‘Sacred Soma’
Samaistha and Sue Dhaibi reunite for ‘Sacred Soma’, an immersive new collaboration that transforms meditation into a deeply atmospheric journey through nature, consciousness and inner connection. Following their Spirit Flux project, the single forms part of the pair’s ongoing Pure Meditation series. Its title brings together two complementary ideas: ‘Sacred’ represents connection with nature, the universeContinue Reading
Keesha Blair lets intuition lead on the soulful ‘Truth Always Shows Its Face’
Keesha Blair turns a moment of difficult self-realisation into something beautifully uplifting on new single ‘Truth Always Shows Its Face’. Released through her Divine Purpose Music project, the track blends contemporary R&B with classic soul warmth, pairing gentle keys and a deep, grooving bassline with soaring melodies, layered harmonies and wonderfully expressive ad-libs. ItsContinue Reading
17AD creates a mesmerising world of sound on ‘WATER’
Independent composer and songwriter 17AD dives into beautifully immersive territory with ‘WATER’, a cinematic new single centred around healing, renewal and finding calm within life’s turbulence. Written and composed by Abez David, the artist behind 17AD, the track unfolds with an almost weightless quality. A glowing synth motif flows through its centre as warmContinue Reading
Mali delivers a brilliant burst of pop with ‘Saviour Complex’
Mali is back with ‘Saviour Complex’, a wonderfully infectious new single that turns the uncomfortable pressure of being somebody’s hero into one of her most immediate pop moments yet. Drawing directly from her own experiences of not wanting to be the person responsible for saving everything, Mali approaches the subject with anContinue Reading
Noel Johnson NDJ finds a hymn in the darkness on ‘Lord Look After Me’
There’s something immediately striking about ‘Lord Look After Me’: it sounds less like a song seeking salvation than one trying to survive long enough to believe salvation is still possible. Drawing from southern gospel, old hymns and the darker storytelling traditions of artists like Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen, NoelContinue Reading
No Drinks For Jimmy hit rock bottom hard on ‘Broken’
No Drinks For Jimmy have always understood that the best modern rock works when melody and impact arrive together, and ‘Broken’ pushes that balance with real conviction. Built around the idea of reaching rock bottom and trying to find a way forward, the single turns emotional collapse into something forcefulContinue Reading
I Plead Irony’s ‘This Monologue Conversation’ is the difficult third album finally let loose
There’s this great line running through This Monologue Conversation. For all its anxiety about conformity, fear and human contradiction, the record itself only exists because three friends refused to let it disappear. It’s an angle that gives I Plead Irony’s third album a satisfying sense of stubbornness. Rauf Jordan, Paul McDonaldContinue Reading
Lawrence Timoni lets the cracks show on ‘Cheap Glass Halo’
Lawrence Timoni’s ‘Cheap Glass Halo’ is built around the deceptively simple trick to make the music move even as everything inside the song starts to fall apart. The Berlin-based artist begins with claps, snaps and percussion struck directly on an acoustic guitar, giving the track an immediate, tactile pulse. VibesContinue Reading
Cosmic Souls conjure a dark, defiant anthem for ‘Three Things’
‘Three Things’ isn’t a track that eases its way into view. Here, Germany’s Cosmic Souls frame the song as a bleak, searching response to a world they see becoming harsher, more conformist and increasingly comfortable with authoritarian impulses. Inspired by a quote from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and written in the aftermathContinue Reading