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‘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 […]
‘How You Left Me Still’- Mark Cee, giving sudden absence a lasting weight
Grief rarely begins with understanding. More often, it arrives as interruption: a conversation unfinished, a familiar presence removed without warning, or the unsettling realisation that the chance to say goodbye has already passed. And on his new single ‘How You Left Me Still’, New York artist Mark Cee remains inside that first stunned silence, creating an intimate reflection […]
‘Dance Again’- Patti Zlaket, returning with a renewed purpose
Twenty years between albums can sometimes turn a return into an exercise in nostalgia. On ‘Dance Again’, however, Patti Zlaket sounds less interested in recreating an earlier chapter than in discovering what remains possible after time, experience and circumstance have reshaped the artist behind the songs. After watching Immediate Family, the documentary centred on the musicians whose […]
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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 […]
