Organic instrumentals and cleanly-mixed, dreamy live vocals introduce the haunting yet intimate sound of songwriter and artist Downcutting Streams.
Acoustic
Delicate acoustic finger-style introduces the intimate and deeply moving new lullaby from The Duke Western.
Growing Pains hits with a Cranberries-esque haunting vocal presence, and progresses with emo-rock verses that build beautifully towards the lingering question; ‘am I bitter, or just feeling better?’
Blissful acoustic delicacy of tone and recording pour through as Denver guitarist and producer Royce DeZorzi introduces his sublime new instrumental album.
What begins as a mildly mysterious, alluring soundscape, soon progresses to offer the high-octane bounce of a festival favourite ready and waiting.
Just in time to round off the summer beautifully, the unmistakable Carnival Mind return to light up things up in their authentically raw, unedited and honest way, with the wonderful single Remember.
Enchanting from the outset, blending delicacy and passion by way of acoustic fingerstyle and soaring electric solo-work.
Beautifully written, in short – honestly captured, lyrically relatable yet original and increasingly compelling. Perhaps his best work yet.
Always an artist of ability and purpose combined, Poland’s Ludwik Konopko takes listeners down a purely acoustic pathway, of refreshingly tuneful optimism and hypnotic stillness
Leading with the stripped-back presentation of that rhythmic guitar, amidst subtle flickers of additional fingerstyle notes, Leah’s voice softly guides listeners through the longing and imagery of the song.
Offering precisely what its title implies, Love Song to a Song openly celebrates the escapism that effective songwriting delivers to listeners – the way the mind wanders when the music really connects.
While there’s eclecticism to the overall lyrical presence, lines like ‘It’s time to flee’ bring home the poignancy and pain of the war, along with ‘rage fuels blame, desensitized, lives in flames’.