Diversifying an already colourful repertoire, cmon3tta delivers a totally different vibe for this single, channelling a lifelong adoration for eighties stars like Whitney Houston and Betty Who, for the disco-soaked stylistics of 98.6 Degrees.
Music
Celebrating the freedom and excitement of travel, Desert Road features slick and distorted blues-rock guitar lines, and a beautifully passionate and catchy hook resolve, as we’re led into a realm inspired by the crossover points between seventies blues-rock and pop.
Nostalgic folk pop with a calming summertime arrangement of organic guitars, bass and rhythms – m4rs Home leads with breathy and breezy vocals, as we’re led through a timeless and hopeful melodic progression.
Heavy rock riffs and lush drumlines, high-energy rock and roll songwriting with pop-punk vocals that sound refreshingly genuine in the modern music climate. The Known Afflicted deliver an anthemic earworm of escapism, with the euphoric distortion and passion of RUN.
Deeply evocative songwriting and arrangements, a sense of rising passion that’s heart-breaking and poignant, performatively unique and ambient – soulful and extraordinary. Denver creative Donaven presents an intoxicating level of introspection and melodic escapism, with the depth and poetry of brand new EP meet the beast (a love letter).
Bringing story, sentiment and authenticity back to hip hop, leading with scene-by-scene depictions of real-life experiences, hardship, and empowerment – founder of Ill Abstract Minds Traé Scott delivers the project of his life this summer, with the depth and dynamic of The Art.
Fresh summer vibes bring together reggae and rap, as BGS WOP delivers a rhythmically addictive new anthem, for the sharp bars and carefree genre-fusion of No Speed Limit.
Stylistically unique in everything from the string solos to the spacious whispered verses and the hugely celebratory hook crescendos, Little Gold Spark is more of a massive gold spark, in terms of its sonic brightness and the absolute energy and bravado of Melissa’s faultless vocal range.
Something sonically consuming, energising and colourful – an uplifting bounce of a track, with a circus-like energy, and seductive spoken vocals from a French duo with a uniquely creative approach to music.
Soul-funk aspirations and a live band arrangement back up empowering sentiments and smooth, stylish vocals from Lael Summer – The Lael Project delivers a classic but fresh fusion of traits, for the timeless new single It’s About Soul.
Delivering a summertime floor-filler that perfectly blends the euphoric escapism of EDM with a clear and catchy pop sentiment and sound, cmon3tta presents a lush fusion of layers, melodies, rhythms and synths, for the immersive new single Checkm8.
These back and forth dynamics represent two sides of the same soul, the journey of DaiSY Gee in seeking a fresh start in Japan – some nights wandering train stations and side streets as a dreamer, other nights immersing herself in the hidden clubs and basements of the city as a dancer, and the stylistic variety of Midnight Tokyo captures that duality perfectly well.