Envi Jordan swaps romantic longing for reckless summer fun on ‘WooHoo’, an electrifying new dance-pop single packed with pounding beats, enormous synths and infectious energy. The Seattle-based artist’s latest release deliberately flips the mood of previous single ‘Somebody To Love’. Where that track explored loneliness and the desire for connection, ‘WooHoo’ isContinue Reading
London singer-songwriter Tom McQ takes a thrilling step forward with new album Lonely Revolution, expanding his troubadour roots into a sweeping collision of indie-folk, acoustic rock ’n’ roll and full-band grandeur. The record retains the storytelling instincts behind comparisons with Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Paul Simon, but dramatically widens the canvas. Bass, drums,Continue Reading
Delta Fire slow the pace without losing any of their weight on fourth single ‘The Worst of Everything’. The Glasgow four-piece lean into something closer to a ballad this time around, using a tightly wound rhythm section and increasingly raw emotion to show a more vulnerable side of their alt-rockContinue Reading
CAPYAC have always been at their best when things feel just a little out of control, and ‘Big CrUsh En3rgY’ leans gleefully into that instinct. Funky, flirtatious and packed with movement, it finds the Berlin and LA-based trio turning fleeting attraction into something loose, colourful and irresistibly physical. The trackContinue Reading
Body’s ‘Building A Building’ takes one of the least romantic settings imaginable, the car park, and somehow turns it into something strange, hazy and emotionally charged. The Kelowna-based project, led by former Hot Hot Heat member Paul Hawley, has built a reputation around skewed synths, odd textures and left-field atmospheres,Continue Reading
There’s a quiet confidence to Kate Solmara’s debut single ‘Ease’. Instead of announcing herself with something oversized, the singer-songwriter begins with a song about loosening your grip, stepping away from constant pressure and allowing rest to become part of the process. That makes the track feel especially well judged asContinue Reading
OpCritical continue their run of overtly political releases with ‘Guillotine’, a track that uses the imagery of revolutionary France to frame a wider argument about wealth, inequality and the consequences of social division. Musically, the band approach the subject with scale as guitars sit alongside alt-pop elements and orchestral flourishes,Continue Reading
Saline Grace have spent years cultivating a sound that thrives on atmosphere, and ‘Weeping Wounds’ continues that tradition with a sense of brooding patience. Taken from the album The Tree of Knowledge, the track slowly draws us into its shadowy world. Ricardo Hoffmann’s background across darkwave, gothic rock and sinister AmericanaContinue Reading
They Owe Us sound most convincing on ‘There Goes My Fairytale’ when the song feels slightly frayed around the edges. The latest single from Kristoffer Ragnstam’s project takes a fading relationship and letts the roughness in the performance mirror the feeling of something already coming apart. The verses have aContinue Reading
Victor V. Gurbo’s ‘The Ballad of Renée Nicole Good’ deliberately reaches back to the older American songwriting tradition of the topical folk song, written quickly, plainly and with little attempt to separate music from the events surrounding it. The song responds to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renée Nicole GoodContinue Reading