Majestic production and passionate vocals unite with increasingly immersive songwriting, as Sandor Gavin and Weldon collaborate for the beautifully evocative Ghost Of A Memory.
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Taking the writing of love songs back to the bare essentials, Joseph Rutakangwa simplifies with poetry and piano-led warmth, throughout the celebratory and intimate I Am Meant For You.
Just one single from an undoubtedly eclectic debut EP, the new project Love, Cry, Repeat Vol. 1 will release towards the end of 2023, and will likely raise the bar further still for Leon Hesby’s uniquely infectious approach to creative pop.
To give a little context for the non-German listeners, löse den Knoten im Taschentuch refers to loosening the knot in the handkerchief; such knots being used in Germany to remind the owner of something they don’t want to forget…
Conceptually devoted to the turmoil of poor mental health, Listen To Me proceeds to detail our protagonist’s struggle with self and the desire to escape from the weight of uncertainty, isolation and pain.
Berlin-based four-piece 5ON5 keep things organic and tuneful, with their latest acoustic release Discover.
An unrivaled solo artist, Dscales offers a sense of creative entrepreneurship that is a self-made multi-layered sound both audience-aware and decidedly unique to a true identity.
Just 15-years-old and already boasting over a decade immersed in the joy of making music, Seraphina Sanan hits the scene with an impressively honed, endearing and distinct style.
Fusing world-music flavours, retro electronic rhythms and extensive vocal threads of melody and lyrical depth, UK songwriter and artist TaniA Kyllikki delivers a boldly unique overall style.
Circling back a little for an impressively timeless collection of tracks, Colorado rock project Lion Drome delivered an unexpectedly epic and raw debut album, in 2014 – the mighty and mesmeric Curve Of The Earth.
Grammy-nominated producer, drummer and guitarist Michael Marquart – first known for his work with eighties band A Flock Of Seagulls – fronts the musically eclectic project A Bad Think.
Extending its warmth and wonder by way of cultural and musical vastness and connection, SPRUCE RITUAL: THE WAY THE EVENING SPEAKS is a wonderfully original, musically masterful and evocative album.