There’s a crucial difference between wanting to escape a destructive relationship and wanting to disappear inside it, and ‘Like Moths’, the new single from Hermidgets, is more interested in the second possibility. The song approaches emotional dependency as something disturbingly seductive, where surrender isn’t simply a consequence of the relationshipContinue Reading
Futurecop! has always understood that nostalgia works best when it is moving. And on new single ‘One Last Time’, Manchester-based producer Manzur Iqbal takes the emotional pull of memory and pushes it through French electro, indie-dance and shimmering synth-pop, creating something that feels euphoric on the surface while carrying aContinue Reading
The Lunar Keys have always favoured songs with scale, and ‘Sinner’ gives that instinct a particularly sharp subject to work with. The Guildford alt-rock band’s latest single takes aim at morality, public identity and the uncomfortable gap between appearing good and actually being good. Built around the pointed refrain, “SaintContinue Reading
‘Trauma Removal Machine’ finds Def Nettle using the language of therapy, spirituality and self-help as the basis for a tightly constructed piece of post-punk-inflected indie dance. The Irish outfit have always drawn from a wide range of influences, and this single continues that approach without sounding overly busy. New wave,Continue Reading
‘Social Skills’ is a restrained but pointed second single from Istanbul-based artist Atomic Cherry. Following the dreamier alt-pop of ‘Somewhere in Between’, this new track moves into darker alternative hip-hop and neo-soul territory, using a moodier backdrop to explore people-pleasing, social performance and the pressure to appear comfortable in environmentsContinue Reading
Mark Lower’s remix of ‘Disco Lights’ gives Peppermint Heaven’s retro-pop instincts a cleaner, more overtly club-oriented setting. The LA duo have long drawn from 80s pop and electronic music, and this version keeps that foundation intact while moving the track towards contemporary nu-disco. Mark Lower’s production is focused less onContinue Reading
On his new single ‘Plato’s Cave’, Boulder-based artist Robert Jordan takes the philosophical image of people mistaking shadows for reality, and turns it into an energetic rock song about questioning what we think we know. But instead of treating Plato as something distant or academic, the artist makes the allegoryContinue Reading
‘Secret To Tell’ is built around one of the least admirable and most entertaining human impulses: knowing something you absolutely shouldn’t repeat, then immediately wanting to repeat it. Here, Utah alt-rock trio The Sunmills take that weakness and push it into deliciously ridiculous territory, turning gossip into the engine ofContinue Reading
‘Late To It’ understands that regret and hope can occupy exactly the same space. The new single from New York indie-rock band The Goodbye Radio looks at loneliness, missed opportunities and the uncomfortable feeling that certain parts of life should have happened by now. Yet beneath that sadness is theContinue Reading
‘Heaven Was His Name’ finds Lo Barnes working on a broader, more cinematic scale while keeping the emotional core of the song deliberately understated. The Margate artist’s latest single runs for almost six minutes, allowing its story of betrayal and disillusionment to develop gradually. Here, she gives the opening sectionContinue Reading