Anniversary records are often exercises in preservation, but here, Occurrence take the opposite route. For Anniversary, the New York trio of Ken Urban, Cat Hollyer and Johnny Hager return to five songs from their earliest releases and deliberately pull them apart. Vocals are rerecorded, synth parts are replaced or expanded, arrangementsContinue Reading
For a band that has spent years operating quietly at the edges, The Elusives arrive at their official debut single with a sense of long-delayed momentum. ‘Run Away Into the Night’ introduces the Irish trio’s current form, pairing the longstanding creative partnership of Paul Gilligan and Joe Brady with vocalistContinue Reading
‘Walk You to the Altar’ takes one of childhood’s simplest phrases and gives it an unexpectedly heavy emotional life. Built around the recurring refrain “Ready or Not”, Meaney and the Misfits use the language of hide-and-seek as a thread through fatherhood, memory and the speed at which life moves. WhatContinue Reading
Tallulah Rendall’s new album ‘Only Human’ is built around the unusually open admission that healing is rarely graceful, linear or complete. Across its twelve songs, she moves through shame, panic, grief, self-worth and belonging, drawing directly from experiences that include a toxic relationship and the death of her father. The album isContinue Reading
On his latest cut ‘American Dreams’, the third single from Drew Thomas’ forthcoming EP looks at fame, money, beauty and success through a deliberately sceptical lens, asking what happens when the pursuit of an idealised life begins to demand too much in return. The song’s imagery is immediately direct: billboards,Continue Reading
On their new single ‘It’s All A Show’, Madrid five-piece FUET! channel frustration, exhaustion and self-erasure into a track about the pressure to become whatever version of yourself a particular room seems to demand. The song forms the first half of a two-part story completed by June release ‘Roll WithContinue Reading
Melinda Joy’s ‘Deadly’ approaches change from a calm, reflective angle. By blending jazz-pop and indie-folk, the single considers the idea that endings can create the conditions for something new. But rather than presenting impermanence as either tragic or liberating, she allows the song to sit somewhere between those positions, acknowledgingContinue Reading
ALEX PETION unleashes an exhilarating burst of musical imagination with ‘BABY GIRL!’, a wonderfully unconventional new single that captures the intoxicating excitement of falling completely and unexpectedly in love. The New York City musician steps confidently into the spotlight, combining his adventurous production instincts with a charismatic vocal performance that radiates personality.Continue Reading
There’s something wonderfully timeless about Cris Cap’s latest single ‘Back To California’, a sun-drenched celebration of youthful ambition that effortlessly bridges the golden age of soul with contemporary pop sophistication. The Düsseldorf-based musician delivers a glorious fusion of silky melodies, infectious basslines and beautifully orchestrated harmonies, creating a vibrant soundscape that recalls theContinue Reading
‘Bachke’ brings together two established voices from neighbouring South Asian hip-hop scenes and, importantly, allows both to remain distinct. Eva B, representing Pakistan, and India’s AGSY approach the track from different linguistic and stylistic directions, but the collaboration works because it gives each rapper space to establish her own characterContinue Reading