‘Mama’ by Sacramento made me long for a cowboy to show up at my door. He’d tip his hat, call me ‘ma’am’, and spirit me away upon a fine chestnut horse. We’d ride the open road, going everywhere and...
‘I’ve got the medicine man fooled,’ sings Ophelia Ray on their new single ‘Medicine Man’, in a joyfully nihilistic take on unrequited love. It’s an interesting and intentional angle - “focusing on empowerment rather than self-pity” as lead singer...
‘Can you keep a secret?’ breathes Barbara Teresa on her latest single ‘Just This One Time’. It’s a lyric full of both innocence and dark undertones which perfectly encapsulates the tone of this song. Who among us hasn’t held...
“An echoed voice, far away, takes me back to the old days…”. So speak the opening stanza of ‘Až Príde Večer’, but unless your Slovak is good, you won’t understand them - and yet you don’t need to. Daša’s...
Wrapped in a delicious synth wall that accentuates its quiet, introspective lyrics, here comes StanLei’s latest single “Love + Belief”. This is the third and final release off her upcoming debut album AIPOD, out in July.
StanLei - Love +...
Young Fatigue pull no punches in titling their latest release ‘Am I Pretty Now?’ - a question that wriggles in the crevices of all our brains, even if we’ve never actually said it out loud.
Young Fatigue - Am I...
Get out your synth pad, tease out your hair, the 80s are back! Well, they never really left, did they? Only a fool would try and deny the joys of artists such as Prince, Duran Duran, and hey, even...
Fearless 17-year-old rocker Viia has released her debut single titled ‘Falling’ and it needs your ears.
Viia - Falling
Diamonds aren’t a real girl's best friend, ‘Falling’ is. Viia's debut single is a dark-pop anthem that truly embodies the feeling of...
During the tail-end of a pandemic, as well as Mental Health Awareness month, it’s worth sitting down and giving a thought to self-care. Whether it’s social or solo activities, doing little things for oneself can make a surprisingly big...
‘Nothing2’ begins with a classic singer-songwriter guitar strum, and some jangling piano. You might be forgiven for expecting a mellow, 1970s influenced ballad. But as the song builds with uncomfortable intensity, and ends in a majestically unhinged finale, it...
Everyone loves a good villain. We might boo and hiss at them, but we also know that they get the best outfits and songs. There’s something so vicariously satisfying about watching someone revel in evil, and it’s this gleeful...
With a title like ‘Dark Room’, one might expect this track to be all angst and crushing loneliness, a sobbing figure buried under bedclothes. But Arulei instead chooses to touch on the lighter side of darkness - the peace...
