The various textures utilised feel decidedly unique – short lines of melody brought to life by versatility of sound and design.
Rebecca Cullen
Brilliantly-captured guitars lead with distortion and heavy riff-work, backed by the equally energising crash of live drums, as hard-rock outfit Signal Static craft an original song of both anthemic and emotionally poignant roots.
Masterful guitar-work incorporates not just a faultless command of the fretboard, but a limitless understanding of space and the emotion required to make music that hits with impact…
Creative tech-house production unites tribal flavours with trippy details and a heavy bassline and beat, as Ibericanism keeps things both soulful and industrially-rooted, for Who’s That Girl.
Organic rock and roll, emotive and raw, pours through with rhythm and blues combined, for the anthemic and passionate I Wanna See You Again.
Remembrance and celebration unite as lifelong songwriter and musician garden on a trampoline delivers an extended album of originals, crafted across 30 years of musicianship.
The welcomed return of Sweet Limb this season brings an aptly warming trio of lounge-style originals, softly fusing jazz-cafe tones with mild-mannered rap vocals and subtle hints of melody, for the well-titled EP Vibes.
Dreamy emo-guitar pairs with a mellow rap delivery and trap rhythms, as Bavaria’s Basement Prophet gets poetic and contemplative, for the ambient groove of Blue Eyes.
After a fifteen-year hiatus from the audio scene, EL Capitan V-Man encapsulates an unrelenting love for the artform, and celebrates the joyful escapism of music in all of its euphoric glory.
An uplifting listen, from the heart and honest yet hopeful at the very same time, and cleverly walking the line between authentically personal and more broadly accessible in its inherent humanity and soul.
“I guess I can’t completely get away from my roots loving power guitar bands. Give me a Les Paul through a Marshall any day!”
Ethereal origins guide us through an increasingly hypnotic realm, as purity of musicianship meets with euphoric electronic embrace, for Blvr’s powerful single Another Thought.