Some songs hide emotional uncertainty beneath a cloud of melancholy, but Martin Kuiper does something far more interesting on ‘Still I Promise’. Here, he wraps doubt, vulnerability and the fear of commitment inside one of his brightest and most immediately appealing rock songs to date. The sixth single from forthcoming album PrisonContinue Reading
There’s an unsettling contradiction at the centre of ‘Plastic Ocean’. The new single from Chicago trio French Inhaler arrives wrapped in bright synthesisers, melodic bass and propulsive rhythm, yet beneath that polished surface sits the creeping normalisation of environmental decline. Comprised of singer and keyboardist Ashvin Prakash, bassist Adam O’Leary and drummer Zane Chao, French InhalerContinue Reading
Some music belongs unmistakably to a place. While ‘À Procura’, the new single from London and Zürich-based flutist, composer and producer Lucas F. Jordan, seems more interested in what happens between places: the uncertain territory where cultures meet, familiar traditions lose their fixed meanings and identity becomes an ongoing act of discovery.Continue Reading
Some relationships begin after the damage has healed, while others arrive while the past is still moving beneath the surface, asking two people to decide whether uncertainty is reason enough to turn away. And on their new collaboration ‘Dark’, Montreal’s Madrid Exit reunites with Delachute for an atmospheric indie-pop single about choosing intimacy despiteContinue Reading
Perfectionism often disguises itself as discipline. It asks for one more edit, one more correction, one more reason not to let the work leave the room. And on their new single ‘Anti’, Atlanta-based Pterocat confront that trap directly, turning the language of self-censorship into a fluid, rhythmically adventurous piece of art-pop. The firstContinue Reading
Healing is often described as a return to stability, but ‘pollen’ understands it as something less orderly. It drifts, catches, irritates and lingers in the air, carrying traces of what came before into places that were supposed to feel new. On the focus single from A River Runs Through Me, Asheville artist i giveContinue Reading
There’s something immediately compelling about a song title like ‘The Boy You Love To Burn’. It suggests affection tangled with damage, desire sharpened by repetition and a relationship sustained partly by the very pain that should have ended it. And on his latest single, Seattle singer-songwriter Brian Noyes draws that tension into aContinue Reading
There’s something especially unsettling about a song that refuses to rush its anger. And on their latest release ‘WHAT YOU LOST’, Rome duo TOTAL REVERENDS build their tension slowly, allowing a descending guitar figure to circle with increasing menace while the rhythm section tightens around it. The result is a piece of heavy,Continue Reading
The organizing principle behind Lisa B’s ’60s Magic Now!: The Y-Verse began with wordplay. Every cover on the album has a title containing the letter Y: “Ruby Tuesday,” “Spooky,” “Windy,” “Everybody Get Together,” “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” and “Dear Mr. Fantasy.” From that simple observation, Lisa developed an entireContinue Reading
Vered Benhorin’s work begins with a modest observation: the moments that build a relationship between a parent and child are often difficult to recognize while they are happening. A baby looks up during a diaper change. A familiar song helps ease the transition into morning. A parent and toddler repeatContinue Reading