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‘August Came’- GISKE, capturing the golden fade of summer
Some songs arrive like a season changing outside an open window. They feel warm at first, bright with possibility, before revealing the faint sadness that comes from knowing the light will not last. And ‘August Came’, the latest single from Norwegian guitar-pop trio GISKE, appears to live entirely within that beautiful moment of transition. Built around chiming […]
‘PROMISES’- CRYSOFTLY, pushing melodic rap into bold new territory
There’s a compelling contradiction at the centre of ‘PROMISES’. Created within the close confines of a Vancouver bedroom, CRYSOFTLY’s new EP carries ambitions that stretch far beyond those walls. The project is intimate in construction but expansive in intent, bringing melodic rap into contact with jersey club rhythms, seductive drill textures and the polished emotional drama […]
‘I Don’t Want To Know’- Faint Halos, reconnecting with a human pulse
There is an important difference between returning to music because you miss it and returning because silence no longer feels acceptable. For Philadelphia-based Faint Halos, the second route appears to have been the more urgent one. At the centre of the project is songwriter Paul Hashemi, who stepped away from making music for more than a decade […]
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James Bruner: Injecting rock’n’roll swagger to the masses
Following years spent touring across the UK, Europe and the United States, Illinois-born, Nashville-based artist James Bruner arrives with his debut album ‘Can’t Keep Wanting You’, a high-energy collection of songs exploring love, desire, empowerment and defiance through a lens of honest songwriting and swaggering rock and roll, set to land on the 4th September. Produced by Nashville’s […]
Oriana Gidi: Breathing fresh life into an alt-pop aesthetic
Mexican composer, producer and multidisciplinary artist Oriana Gidi returns with ‘iloteca’, a richly detailed and deeply imaginative album that dissolves the boundaries between pop songwriting, experimental composition and cinematic sound design. Entirely self-produced, the record reflects an artist equally comfortable working across music, film, theatre and contemporary art. At just 23 years old, Gidi has already built an […]
Ka Ma: mixing vibrancy with a soulful attitude
Ka Ma returns with ‘I Will Sleep When I Am Dead’, an uplifting contemporary soul single infused with the warmth and groove of classic Motown. Lifted from her forthcoming album ‘Picasso – The Art of Loving’, the track pairs infectious rhythms and rich instrumentation with a powerful message about embracing authenticity and living life on your own […]
