Matt Tarka has never seemed especially interested in writing around uncomfortable subjects, and ‘Letter to the Editor’ finds the Lancaster singer-songwriter at his most pointed. Built around his reaction to The Washington Post’s decision not to endorse a presidential candidate in the 2024 election, the track channels political frustration into somethingContinue Reading
‘It Will Only Hurt Once’ begins in a state of pressure and seems determined to keep tightening the grip. The third single from Conchis’ forthcoming album Gravity finds the Finnish artist building a dense electronic backdrop around one of the most difficult moments in a failing relationship: recognising that walking away willContinue Reading
‘Let’s Talk’ works because Devon Morris understands that obsession is most unsettling when it doesn’t announce itself immediately. The New York-based singer-songwriter builds the song around an unreliable narrator whose behaviour initially feels almost defensible. There’s concern, persistence and emotional urgency on the surface, but that impression slowly begins toContinue Reading
‘Lost Literature’ finds The House Flies refining the balance between atmosphere and immediacy. As the second single from forthcoming album Lions and Ore, the track keeps the darker post-punk character that has defined much of the band’s work to date, but presents it through a more direct and rhythm-focused arrangement. OzzieContinue Reading
‘Elongated Time’ feels like the moment a memory stops behaving like the past and starts occupying the present. On the fourth and final single ahead of his forthcoming EP, LA artist vincethealien leans fully into that strange emotional territory, creating a track that’s as unsettling as it is beautiful. AlternativeContinue Reading
Some songs feel as though they have been waiting years for the world to catch up with them. ‘Delphinus and Dippers’ is one of those songs. Originally begun by Pisgah’s Brittney Jenkins in 2016 and later recorded during the sessions for Faultlines, the track carries the strange weight of something writtenContinue 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
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