A refreshingly pure, genuine take on contemporary life and artistry.
Folk Pop
Hopeful by nature yet also consistently genuine in its humanity and heart, Brave introduces a songwriter with a unique balance between audience awareness and fearless integrity.
Joyfully encapsulating the weight of daily frustrations, songwriter and performer Wai Lana delivers the fearlessly colorful, catchy and unexpectedly gripping single River Of Forgiveness.
“On February 24th, 2022, I was returning back from a tour in France when my airplane was turned back because the Ukrainian airspace shut down. I felt lost, I felt despair.”
Conceptually unexpected in its lyrical depth of questions on life, death, and the role of the self, Summer Smile proves a consistently unpredictable, unorthodox yet effective trip hop offering.
Gentle acoustic folk leads with finger-picked guitar and accessible vocals – songwriter Keili Fernando encapsulates poetic expression, with the bright and beautifully inspired The Seedling Song.
LA songwriter and artist Michael Eddy launches an inescapably catchy folk-pop single and groove, with the acoustic and lyrically focused Small Towns.
Easily one of the most engaging indie projects of the year so far, fellow Mancunian and long-time songwriter T.R. Burge follows up his vastly-praised debut release God Ache, with the sublime and poetically powerful new EP Selling You.
Ten original tracks make up the project Moods, consistently eclectic and increasingly engaging. Jake Holder stands out as an intriguing songwriter, crafting works that fall somewhere between Radiohead and Bob Dylan.
An acoustic backbone wrapped in colourful synths, keys, rhythms and harmonies – Aza Brown’s upbeat songwriting and purity as an indie artist shines brightly.
Warm production lights up acoustic finger-style guitar and heavy yet mellow bass, as Shannon Shea introduces the folk contemplations and images of Card Castle.
The song quickly brings through Sherry’s leading voice, a nostalgic depth and soulful melody uniting to add a whole new layer of energy, humanity and heart to proceedings.