I U ME is brilliantly captivating, an intriguing to rather epic modern single, with a fascinating long-form melody that’s both heartbroken and dreamy as it meanders through almost two minutes of expression towards the hook’s peak.
Electronic Rock
Soaring electric guitar kicks up a nostalgic rock edge from the outset, before contemporary programming injects a sense of theatre and poetry, for a progressive pop-rock arrangement with a fiercely snappy hook.
Conceptual depth, poetic insights, and a melodic but progressive metal core – Hermetic Sage delivers a multi-faceted new album, brought to life with equal parts contemporary programming and heartfelt intentions.
Great music and purposeful songwriting, interesting structures that feel both satisfying and unpredictable – MICKELSON fights against the quiet voice of modern pop and rock, with an album that fearlessly unites creative freedom and intentional songwriting, throughout 10 striking originals.
From the two-track release Nyxora, Shivaansh Narendra introduces a wholly immersive modern style, fusing electronic and AI production details across an apocalyptic and evocative story and sentiment, as Neon Gods lights up a distinct and hypnotic new sound.
Superb guitar, bass and drum unity at a high-octane pace storms into view – nostalgic and original melody and vocal dynamic quickly capturing attention from afar. Captain Graveyard delivers a boldly unique yet perfectly structured and satisfying ode to timeless hard-rock, with the precise complexity and weight of Tragedy of a blood romance.
This World Belongs To Everyone is everything its title implies – a song devoted to unity and community, but also directly addressing the individuals who listen; there is time to change, there is always more, and regret is a heavy burden to carry.
Fully immersive synth rock and conceptual depth unite beautifully, across a repertoire of superb songwriting and a fearlessly unique, impassioned style. Emily Kinski’s Dead are a fantastic indie band of our time, and their music is connecting far and wide.
Exactly the kind of set-up and song that draws you in as a post-trip-hop and alternative music fan. UK fourpiece Dissolved Girl capture an intricate balance between depth and delicacy, for the vastness and intimacy combined that is Dirty Tricks.
Fiercely beautiful, cinematic and empowering modern metal, with a clear sense of emotional purpose – Amerakin Overdose crack the code with this release, immersing listeners in the rightful depth and detail of The Gray.
Beginning with a Content Warning, the album sets out to explore the story of a girl who attempts to commit suicide, but winds up immersed in an Alice in Wonderland-style adventure – within which she’s forced to confront her mental health demons. It’s a dark topic, but broadly relatable, and the album is loaded with imagery and ideas that feel hopeful and optimistic in contrast with the desperation at its core.
Ground-breaking creative project Emotion 8 takes to instantly immersing listeners in a powerfully complex, chaotic and energising realm of sound.
Seamlessly intertwining aspects of electronica, rock and catchy dance-pop, with the occasional twist of rap, their sound is all at once cinematically vast and conceptually sharp. Nowhere do these qualities present a greater crescendo of impact than throughout the brand new single Night Rider.