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Track: Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Amaya Laucirica unveils second single from upcoming album ‘The Blue Hour’, the shimmering ‘Road To Us’.
With a voice of velvet and a infectious yearning tone, Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Amaya Laucirica has just released the single ‘Road to Us’, which follows her earlier release ‘Now Or Never’ (see my review here). ‘Road To Us’ coasts along on a motorik beat and dappling crystalline guitars with Laucirica’s vocals seeped in a reflective melancholia. …
Track: Garbage Unleash Snarling New Single “Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty”
Garbage are back with “Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty” — a snarling anthem for anyone done playing nice.
Track: Empire of the Synth: Nick Littlemore and Ladyhawke Drop First Teenager Single in 18 Years
18 years later, Nick Littlemore and Ladyhawke bring back Teenager — and it sounds better than ever.
Track: NYC Trio The Wants Share New Single ‘Data Tumor’
NYC trio The Wants showcase a gritty blend of post-punk and nu-wave on ‘Data Tumor’. Taken from the upcoming sophomore album Bastard, due June 13th, the new single bridges the intense math-rock-come-atmospheric-indie urgency of their 2020 debut Container with broader and more cinematic soundscape. Tight live drums, accentuated by little drum machine flourishes and surrounded …
Track: Jesse Will Unveils Stirring New Single ‘Puddles’
Following a string of critical acclaim and a growing international fanbase, Jesse Will returns with the intimate new single ‘Puddles’. An emotive and warming soundscape of piano, reverb drenched percussion and gradually growing backdrop, strings and deep bass. Emotionally-charged through its cinematic arrangement and heartfelt, considered vocal performance the track is comparable to the likes …
Track: Pop Riser Ines Rae Delivers Vibrant New Single ‘Miniature Man’
Rising pop solo artist Ines Rae shines on the new single ‘Miniature Man’. Capturing an essence of benny blanco through its tight blend of clean guitar tones, bright synths and radiant melodies, the track opens as an elegant slice of bedroom pop, before bursting into an expansive, anthemic chorus which hammers home the commercial appeal. …
Track: Indie-Folk Riser James Lloyd Smith Shines On Elegant And Lo-fi New Single ‘Lake Walk’
Kent-based indie-folk songwriter James Lloyd Smith releases the elegant and understated ‘Lake Walk’. Bringing an instant lo-fi warmth comparable to Sufjan Stevens from its opening, the track quickly introduces its layered arrangement of intricate guitar piano, double bass and boxy distant drums. Organic and natural, the track manages to capture the earthy sound of Bibio, …
Track: Take Fazerdaze’s ethereal ‘Motorway’ to a dreamy world of love and anxiety, with tours ahead.
The sun always shines brighter and the general misery of the world dissipates somehow when there is new material from the luminescent Fazerdaze (the nom de plume of Amelia Murray). Fazerdaze has just unveiled a new single, ‘Motorway’, out through Buttrfly/Virgin Music Group, a track that is delivered over fuzzy driving insistent guitars before heavenly synths drift in …
Track: Indemon – Necessary Evil
Finnish thrashers Indemon are set to release their debut album ‘Reclaiming Chaos’ on the 27th of June via Inverse Records. The band have shared the second single ‘Necessary Evil’, which follows the album’s first preview with the title track ‘Reclaiming Chaos‘ The band comments: “The album’s slowest, but perhaps heaviest song, deals with a very specific and dangerous …
Track: ‘I’m On The Border’ – MF Tomlinson faces challenges of loss and alienation in a shimmering single.
Australian-born UK resident MF Tomlinson will be releasing a new album entitled ‘Die To Wake Up From a Dream’ on 11 July via PRAH Recordings. The new single of the album, ‘I’m On The Border’, is a deliciously melancholy observation of finding stability, infused with the feelings of alienation and anxiety as a palimpsest for the resilience of …