Riverie makes a mesmerising entrance with ‘The Ugly and The Beautiful’, the first glimpse of Canadian artist Caroline Fernandez’s forthcoming debut EP Faded Empire. Created between Goa and the UAE, Riverie marks a striking departure from Fernandez’s previous work with Rivers Below Rivers and Paper Kid. This time, she dives headfirst into trip-hop, surrounding intimate songwriting with theContinue Reading
‘Be Good Tonight’ is a song caught between collapse and momentum. For a debut single, Sonic Anonymous arrives with an unusually clear sense of identity: synth-pop that’s sleek enough to pull you in, strange enough to keep you off balance, and emotionally heavy enough to leave a long and lastingContinue Reading
There’s something immediately affecting about a song built around the fear of moving on before you are ready, and Laura Ampersand captures that feeling with remarkable sensitivity on ‘Middle’. The latest single from the Irish songwriter, composer and pianist explores the strange emotional space between endings and beginnings, where theContinue Reading
Some bands are best understood on record, but Ray’s Music Exchange has always sounded like a group that needs a room, a crowd and enough space for the music to stretch. And their new collection A Live Family Rayunion 2025 LP captures exactly that. Recorded during a sold-out performance at Cincinnati’sContinue Reading
There’s an easy warmth to ‘Sing Me A Song’ that makes its bigger ideas feel wonderfully approachable. Firefly Search Party’s second single from forthcoming debut album Prism of Dispositions is built around the simple but resonant thought that if life is uncertain, then perhaps the best thing we can do is shareContinue Reading
Fierce Friend’s ‘Tokyo Rose’ begins in familiar territory and then slowly dismantles it. At first, the Brighton artist’s third single from forthcoming album Blood Red Hills & The Uncanny Valley feels almost restrained: sparse piano, intimate vocals and a sense of quiet uncertainty. But Alan Grice has little interest in keeping theContinue Reading
Awake & Dreaming have always been interested in contrast, and ‘Underwater’ leans into that instinct with particular clarity. Taken from forthcoming debut album Inevitable, the single feels like a 2am conversation with yourself about what you keep carrying, what needs to be released, and what happens if you refuse. Throughout, ‘Underwater’Continue Reading
There’s a satisfying sense of progression running through The Ingredient. The Venus Children’s debut album begins with urgency and impact, then gradually turns inward, allowing its harder edges to give way to something more reflective and emotionally exposed. Throughout this new collection, the band have built it to move through differentContinue Reading
There’s a lovely sense of movement at the heart of ‘Waterfall Laughter’. What begins as a relaxed Latin-folk groove gradually opens outward, gathering warmth, rhythm and momentum until it feels like a musical landscape changing around you. As the second chapter of Baldy Crawlers’ forthcoming Fais Toi Plaisir, it also worksContinue Reading
With her new collection ‘RECALIBRATED’, Amana Melome’ revisits the material from Recalibration from a noticeably different perspective. Where the original album focused on reflection, reconnection and personal change, this companion project is lighter on its feet, using rhythm and reinterpretation to explore what comes after that process. The collection moves across deep house,Continue Reading