The Habit is a great song, one of the most engaging of the year, with dreamy rising vocals, unique storytelling, and a huge rock crescendo to finish. It’s one of several slowly emerging releases from The Marches.
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Uniquely ethereal layers of breathy vocals, synths and keys, lead us into a starkly contrasted rap vocal, as London artist Anoushka Hem captures a fearless fusion of fast-paced electronic production and long-form lyrical outpourings, with Enough For Me.
The band move from strength to strength without a doubt, but there’s something truly captivating, relatably claustrophobic, uncertain and yet calming, about this poignant display of introspective suffocation.
Something like a blast from the past kicks in with the new three-track release from A Project Called Love. Think of the acoustic folk-punk, ska and reggae bands of a simpler era – the daytime festival sets that never quite left your psyche; the indie voices and stories, the good vibes.
The satisfying evocative embrace of soulful pop rock, with a metaphorical edge and melody that naturally draw you in. Benjamin Andrews’ latest release is an impressively clever take on the concept of being attracted to or even loving someone who exists entirely in their own little world.
A beautiful new anthem, a pop-rock classic with live musicianship and lush indie harmonies. Steve Savona and Realistic Maze present a colourful and uplifting ode to the value of real life outside of the digital traps of the modern era, with the wonderful single Scroll It.
Having previously graced the stages of iconic venues and events like Warped Tour, Ron Ritter (Roar Roar Nuggets) has earned his place within the long-time catalogues of rock, first picking up a guitar in the third grade and essentially refusing to put it down from there on in.
From the depths of expressive symphonic metal, a sound uniting the guttural intensity of hard rock, with the euphoric lightness, passion and fluidity of opera. Divine Martyr celebrate ten years as a band, and the sublime arrangement of Bride In Waiting marks a bold and beautiful introduction to their 2026 album Fidem.
From dreamy vocal layers to distorted guitar riffs that kick in at the perfect moment, Love Affair is quite perfectly crafted, noting a nineties alternative aura that’s mildly reminiscent of the likes of Drinking in LA or Steal My Sunshine.
Inspired by the likes of Sajjan Raj Vaidya, Yabesh Thapa, this Hindi folk-pop single notes sweeping layers of reverb, strings and falsetto vocal refrains, throughout an enchanting five-minute listen that’s both deeply moving and soothing to let fill the space around you.
Atmospheric art-pop that’s beautifully euphoric in its intricate blend of passion, delicacy and depth. London’s Lolli Wren crafts something fearlessly artistic, for the conceptually confrontational beauty of are we alright?
Lush indie rock vibes with a certain enchanting balance of the upbeat and the delicate. Calcutta-born artist and songwriter weyvir is a multi-instrumentalist and singer with a beautifully organic and alluring sound, and Streets of Love, Pt. 1 is an uplifting and heartfelt celebration of that truth.