pop tracks
Track: Erasure – It’s Still Not Over (rework)
In LGBT+ History month Erasure celebrate their role in the struggle with a classical reworking of ‘It’s Still Not Over.’ I don’t know when it began, but there has been an epidemic of classical versions of pop songs recently. Even so, it is very unusual to do it with an obscure album less than a …
Track: Lucy Rose – All that Fear
Off the back of her recently released track End Up Here, Lucy Rose has released another track recorded during the sessions for her recent Something’s Changing LP, out now on Communion Records / Caroline International. Called All that Fear, it’s this comfort blanket of a pop song, something you can grab onto when everything outside …
Track: Kali Uchis – After the Storm
“We can find solace in the fact that we have to go through the bad stuff to truly get to the good,” says Kali Uchis of the title track to be taken from her forthcoming ‘After the storm’ album. “Just because you’re losing at the moment doesn’t mean you’ve lost yet. The storm may be …
Track: Squeeze – Rough Ride
Taken from their 15th studio album, The Knowledge, ‘Rough Ride’ is the new single from Squeeze, and its an ode to the current state of the welfare state, the health service, and a lament to living in the capital (it features the Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir and the Thorntree School Choir) in these times …
Track: Chloe Black – Waterbed
Upcoming pop vixen (I actually stole that from the press release, don’t shoot the plagiariser) Chloe Black has revealed her latest single, following on from ’27 club’ and ‘wild at heart’. Called Waterbed, it’s glitzy, shimmering pop thats packed tight with attitude as it stutters through, Black’s vocal cajoling and oozing sassiness. If the first …
Track: Bipolar Sunshine – Major Love
We’ve had dealings with the shimmering electro-led pop of Adio Marchant AKA Bipolar Sunshine before. Well, he’s back after moving from his native Manchester to LA, and fresh from last years huge collaboration with DJ Snake, he’s back with a new track, ‘Major Love’. He’s grabbed what he can from his surroundings with mellow Manchester …
Track: Lawrence Rothman – Stand By
Taken from the new album ‘The Book of Law’, released on November 3rd through Downtown / Interscope, Lawrence Rothman’s new single, draped in a slick R&B covering is called Stand By, and it’s an expression of pain, wrapped up in rather lovely electro-pop clothes, with just enough of melancholy in his words and melodies to …
Track: Holy Boy – Lay Your Hands
Norwegian-born, LA based singer songwriter Helene Alexandra Jaeger garnered some serious interest in her previous guise as Her Royal Harness, and is about to release a new EP under her new guise as Holy Boy. Produced by Ben Hillier (The Horrors, Depeche Mode, Blur) at The Pool Studios in London 2016, the first single taken …
EP Review: HEL! – Romantically Stunted
HEL! is the stage name of a dungaree-clad 20-year-old singer-songwriter from Liverpool, otherwise known as Helena MacCormack. Her debut EP, Romantically Stunted, released on 23rd April 2017, shares optimistic melodies with revealing and amusing lyrics to construct songs which are both catchy and thought-provoking. The EP opens with ‘Confession’, a stripped back and simple song …
Track: Rina Sawayama – Cyber Stockholm Syndrome
East London based, Japanese born artist Rina Sawayama’s breakout single – last years ‘Where U are’ peeked the interest of many, and she’s back with a new single Cyber Stockholm Syndrome. Produced by Clarence Clarity and Hoost, the track has this ice cool glitchy feel about it, Sawayamas vocal standing out with its warmth, telling …