For their debut single ‘High Horse’, Irish five-piece Lady Synott resist the temptation to overcomplicate things. Instead, they focus on the chemistry of five musicians playing together, listening to one another and knowing exactly when to hold back and when to push. ‘High Horse’’moves from relatively sparse, melodic verses intoContinue Reading
Joyce Tratnyek has found a wonderfully sharp way to describe toxic love. On her latest offering ‘Final Girl’, the NYC-based singer, songwriter and producer takes the language of slasher cinema and folds it into a song about emotional imbalance, obsession and the exhausting act of giving everything to someone whoContinue Reading
MUTE TV sound at their best when everything feels as though it might fall apart without ever actually doing so. And on their new single ‘Broken Drum’, the South West three-piece turn relationship tension into a jagged rush of post-punk, noise-pop and alternative rock, balancing melody against abrasion with theContinue Reading
CMON CMON have a knack for writing songs that sound instantly welcoming while carrying far more emotional weight than their hooks initially suggest, and ‘New England In Fall’ may be their clearest example yet. The Belgian power-pop trio return with another finely balanced mix of melody, harmony and rock-driven momentum,Continue Reading
Coffey’s ‘Feel It All’ is built around the deceptively simple idea, that after grief has numbed everything, learning to feel again can become its own act of survival. The LA-born Chinese-American singer-songwriter pairs that emotional premise with a synth-pop arrangement designed to move. Momentum-filled synths, a driving bridge and anContinue Reading
On their latest single ‘HAUNT YOU’, Chicago trio French Inhaler turn lingering memories and emotions into something propulsive, melodic and strangely energising. But instead of sinking into pure melancholy, the track moves with the tension of something unresolved; carried by bass, live drums and shimmering synths that keep pushing forwardContinue Reading
On their latest single ‘Only For Today’, Seattle trio Map of the Woulds wrestle with impermanence, memory and the uncomfortable knowledge that almost everything we try to hold onto eventually changes or disappears. In another band’s hands that could become unbearably solemn. But Map of the Woulds wrap the ideaContinue Reading
Liam Mour’s ‘Into You’ works in the space between intimacy and momentum. The Berlin-born, Porto-based producer builds the track around a raw two-step pulse, but the arrangement never feels purely functional. A deep, shadowy synth opening gives way to Reese bass, broken beats and Kind’s serene vocal, creating a trackContinue Reading
After more than a decade away from releasing music under his own name, Cameron McLain returns with a track that feels appropriately expansive. ‘All the Light’ is built around connection: the invisible pull between people, the memories shared between them, and the brief moments when music seems capable of makingContinue Reading
After the philosophical weight of the earlier singles from Lion Dance, Dan Webb’s ‘Thai Basil’ feels like a deliberate release of pressure. This new track swaps questions of identity, displacement and reinvention for movement, colour and the pleasure of being fully present. Inspired by the flavours of Southeast Asia, it’s aContinue Reading