Albert Hertz turns irony into intimacy on ‘Lucky Luke’
There’s a peculiar emotional space where humour and heartbreak overlap; where something can feel absurd and devastating at the same time. Albert Hertz steps directly into that contradiction on ‘Lucky Luke’, crafting a track that feels like a knowing smile through tears, equal parts self-aware and disarmingly sincere. At itsContinue Reading
Yasu Cub find the infinite in the intimate on ‘picking at grass’
There’s a quiet kind of grandeur at the centre of Yasu Cub’s ‘picking at grass’ that slowly reveals its weight through stillness, patience, and detail. As the emotional anchor of ‘my early years, your spiral arms’, this track feels subtle, steady, and impossible to ignore once you’re within its orbit. WhatContinue Reading
Paper Crown bottle time on ‘Four Leaf Clover’
There’s a rare kind of magic in music that invites you to stay, pause, and feel every passing second stretch just a little longer. And on ‘Four Leaf Clover’, Paper Crown craft a song that feels suspended between memory and motion, like sunlight caught in slow drift. The Norwegian duoContinue Reading
Milkie faces herself head-on with ‘Saturn’s Return Pt. 2’
There’s a quiet brutality to ‘Saturn’s Return Pt. 2’ that reveals itself slowly. Under the Milkie moniker, Millie Phipps has always embraced instinct over formula, but here that approach feels sharpened into something more confrontational. Built around a guitar-led framework, the track carries a sense of directness that feels almostContinue Reading
Bacchanal’s ‘To Do Lust’ watches an affair collapse
Bacchanal, Surrey three-piece, have shared ‘To Do Lust’, their second single release after the debut album DIY Lobotomy dropped last year, following the darker, emotionally charged, riotous path set by February release ‘UNO Reverse Card’. Angsty and full of lingering desire, the brand brings together storytelling and melodic performances withContinue Reading
Ché Aimee Dorval finds freedom in feeling on ‘Carnal Needs’
There’s a quiet electricity running through ‘Carnal Needs’, the kind that settles under your skin, gradually taking hold. Ché Aimee Dorval has always been drawn to atmosphere, but here she refines it into something more intimate, an internal awakening. The track unfolds like a late-night confession, suspended somewhere between clarityContinue Reading
Komok’s ‘Space Commuters’ feels like a transmission from another timeline
There’s a particular thrill in hearing an artist step into unfamiliar territory and sound completely at home. On ‘Space Commuters’, Alessandro Inglima (working under the Komok moniker) does exactly that, crafting a track that feels like a late-night signal drifting in from a parallel version of the future. From itsContinue Reading
Alexander Joseph’s ‘Heading Home’ radiates heart, hope, and humanity
There’s something undeniably uplifting about ‘Heading Home’. Throughout his new offering, singer-songwriter Alexander Joseph leans fully into the emotional core of his songwriting here, delivering a collection that pulses with warmth, purpose, and a quietly infectious optimism. From the outset, the EP feels like a journey in motion. The title-track actsContinue Reading
Gregory Ackerman finds freedom in the fracture on ‘Call Me Crazy’
Gregory Ackerman’s ‘Call Me Crazy’ feels like a moment caught mid-collapse. There’s no attempt to tidy things up here, as the track leans into looseness, allowing feeling to guide form in a way that feels instinctive throughout. From the outset, the groove settles into something hypnotic. Bass and drums moveContinue Reading
Max Threat ignites tension and intent on ‘Thrown’
Right from the off, Max Threat’s ‘Thrown’ hits like a door kicked open mid-thought. From the first seconds, there’s a sense of immediacy that feels almost confrontational, as if the track is daring you to keep up. It’s raw, kinetic, and the sound of an artist stepping out of theContinue Reading