designed so as to fill the room with a perfect fusion of lightness and contemplation, Essence captures precisely the implications of its title and lyrics with everything from the piano-led ambiance to the passionate and focused bars of the verses.
Rebecca Cullen
Time Machine is the kind of project that really lifts you out of your lull. Get thus collection in your headphones and start walking – just set the pace and go, keep going. See where the music takes you.
At the peak of an unrivaled year of solo musical success, the mighty LAZORE kicks things up a few notches, for the fast-paced and addictively melodic pop-punk-style Searching For Something.
Underling hints of influence from the likes of Bowie in certain vocal tremors and inflections, alongside an otherwise folk-pop writing style akin to The Beatles, Toxicon utilizes classic doo-wop vocal harmonies and colourful keys riffs, to maintain a sense of bounce and beauty that’s consistent with the lyrical reflections.
“I am so grateful for ANYONE that listens to my music – friends, family, strangers, fans, everyone! THANK YOU. Don’t forget to do what you love and love what you do!!”
“Wonder has returned and I am here to stay. WELCOME TO WONDERLAND.”
Bars for miles but not that sheer confident and quirky kind, more the profoundly thoughtful, fearlessly gritty, scornful and painfully relatable. giveuppulp is onto something impressive with this approach to modern rap.
Sid Hagan, Marvin Taylor and Brian Wooten light up the space as ever, collaborating remotely for the virtual yet beautifully organic project Right Click.
Supreme Metal musicianship elevated by outrageously faultlessly production leads us into this latest masterpiece from Tulsa’s unmistakable 3mind Blight.
Featuring an instantly likable leading riff, blending melancholic twists and turns with a high-energy and fearlessly creative backdrop and beat, Let’s Go Go Go Go Dance DJ is far from the purely explosive implications of its title, and instead showcases an artistically uninhibited approach to production and song structure.
浮世幻想 (Floating World Fantasy) offers up an impressive collection of songs, effectively both familiar and fresh in everything from structure to the subtle character and faultless ability of the soulful, mildly raspy but still comfortingly smooth leading voice.
Classic pop meets with contemporary design, as Canadian songwriter and artist Chayce Kennedy delivers a quickly catchy new single, for Mr. Super Fine.