Wilderness of Mirrors is a split concept album with heavy industrial production but a clever sort of ambient escapism akin to trip hop running alongside. Think industrial metal meets atmospheric soundscape design and conceptual depth, as four unique acts join forces to create the perfect creative storm at the start of the new year.
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Indie music raising the bar as ever for the true and expressive creative freedom that drives things forward. Zuko Sian captures something cool and artistic, a sound rhythmically dancing between alt-folk festival vibes, hip hop, RnB and alternative pop or trip hop.
If you’ve ever made the journey home from the rave in the early hours, found yourself mildly tripping on the early morning tube of the London Underground, this one’s for you.
Big indie pop vibes blend multi-layered production with soulful vocals and vulnerabilities that feel authentic and intimate. SHTEEL captures the modern appeal of acts like Rag’n’Bone Man and Alex Warren, but also brings through a twist of something like RnB and dream pop in the stylistics.
On those occasions when we’re gifted the experience of something truly purposeful and moving in art and music, may we seize the opportunity entirely, to speak with truthful enthusiasm, passion, and promise. As such, I can whole-heartedly encourage you to spend some time, and I assure the value of, listening and exploring in full, The Price Of Salt.
Seamlessly uniting the serene and the intense, London-based creative composer IUS explores the depth of the universe and our connections within it, through the spellbinding instrumental project We Are Stars.
Stylish alt-country rock with stunning vocals and a generally cool sense of authenticity to its story, performance, and groove. Jo-Jo & The Teeth keep things slick and satisfying, with the distorted original charm and impassioned chorus of Whiskey Dreams.
Promising a much needed and welcomed change of direction for the modern indie scene, UK songwriter and esteemed live performer Bradly Jago brings the fluidity and emotion of soul music back to the forefront, with the addictively stylish, melodic and – frankly, cool – single Killer Queen.
Bringing anthemic intention and freedom to the conceptual side of creative RnB, ANASTÁZIE delivers an intoxicating blend of afrobeats and soulful jazz, with the ambient warmth and evocative, spiraling vocals of Kiss & Let Go.
It’s a huge moment of vulnerability, subtly meandering between the likes of Imogen Heap and Depeche Mode to an extent, with a hint of Rusted Root to the jitter of the performance. In short though, Frygian captures his own sound and style with this, a genuine moment of artistry, unpredictable and captivating. It’s an intriguing and immersive introduction to his music.
“Sometimes I write to escape what I’ve been through—I write to transform it into something empowering. That’s what gives my music its emotional tone. It’s honest, reflective, and designed to help others find light in their own journey.”
“So many of the ways men are taught to feel—or not feel—aren’t shouted, they’re absorbed in the spaces between words. Static Orders is a reaction to that silence. It’s about breaking through inherited ideas that don’t serve us anymore.”