It’s easy to forget the skill and thought that goes into Scoob’s bars and performance style when the majority of indie hip hop continues to flood the airwaves in between listening. This project is a welcomed return from the artist and a fine collaboration that offers hit after hit; always with an alternative, creative twang – the kind of sound that would work beautifully at a daytime festival set.
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Fusing a clear skill and passion for production with a quickly energizing and entrancing style of songwriting, The End Of The World emerges as a partly organic gathering of influences and moments, rising up slowly but surely towards an engaging and easily memorable hook.
Fresh from the album Texas Cactus, Ranzel X Kendrick’s Crazy Love emerges as an acoustic and warm country pop ballad that softly works its magic thanks to Kendrick’s gently expressive vocal and a perfectly supportive, organic soundscape.
Ariza’s Keep On offers music fans a four minute-plus journey through personal reflection and a gentle indie-pop soundscape that’s a pleasure to escape within.
Tomorrow’s Child has crafted an audio experience that takes you right into the heart of a classic, cinematic-EDM night out.
Barcenilla is back with the smooth grooves and soulful vocals on this latest upcoming single. Fallen is perhaps his strongest release to date, a track that stands tall on its own emotion and professionalism – perfectly balancing an increasingly passionate leading voice, with a delicately expressive soundscape.
Tomahawk’s latest single is one that fuses vague details from a Game Of Thrones story-line with a decidedly contemporary, auto-tuned rap sound, a light and colourful beat, and a quickly memorable, rhythmic hook.
The track is not hard-hitting, it’s fairly calming – despite the angst and mild aggression of the key term & many of the lyrics throughout, these hit with subtle impact thanks to how entrancing the synth riff is; and indeed thanks to Dave Rose’s quietly confident vocal delivery.
Michael Joseph’s uniquely creative, off-centre approach to jazz and composition makes for a strangely captivating, emotionally light journey that’s as unusual as it is striking and impossible to ignore.
Fresh from the EP Cultural Art, Scoob Rock’s Stop And Pause is a crisp and classic hip hop track that leans back and forth between nostalgia and freshness.
Experimental music is often the most fascinating to listen to – particularly when its done with such clear musical awareness and understanding. This album is eclectic enough to hold your interest, but it’s also increasingly emotional and a pleasure to connect with and escape amidst for an hour or so.
Fresh from the upcoming EP City Of Lights, expected this July, Umair Ali’s Doldrums makes for a delicately breath-taking audio journey that slowly but surely envelops the listener in deeply human thoughts and feelings.