Bruno Arredondo is an alt-rock musician, songwriter, and creative leader of NYC cult band The Dye. Clouds is a deeply introspective work, which, in my view, blends a kind of contemporary jazz vibe with something more cinematically niche and noir.
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Lush lo-fi soul and jazz meets crisp contemporary drum and bass – an immersive and sublime listen, with distinct and quiet yet boldly mixed and beautiful vocals – all makes up the ambient and ethereal new release from French artist and songwriter Ua.
This melodic and soulful electronic track is a dream to let rain down at volume, and can be either calming or euphoric, depending on what you need from it.
Simple acoustic good vibes and great rhythm brings soul and songwriting together in a likable way. Texas-based artist Carl Scogland is a pleasure to let guide you into a joyful mood, and HoneyBee is a beautifully timeless folk-pop single with a twist of something Americana-like in its confidence and character.
The Habit is a great song, one of the most engaging of the year, with dreamy rising vocals, unique storytelling, and a huge rock crescendo to finish. It’s one of several slowly emerging releases from The Marches.
Uniquely ethereal layers of breathy vocals, synths and keys, lead us into a starkly contrasted rap vocal, as London artist Anoushka Hem captures a fearless fusion of fast-paced electronic production and long-form lyrical outpourings, with Enough For Me.
Love It Or Lose It is the brand new album, from which the songs take subtle influence from pop and pop rock, with the likes of Would You promising a nineties-style arrangement with a heartfelt but ultimately confrontational and confident hook.
Atmospheric live music and lush vocals present a gorgeously soothing EP. Jazz-rooted vocalist and songwriter Heather Ferguson collaborates with a talented band of musicians, for the five-track project Jammin’ Under Jack.
When an artist makes music because it’s the kind they actually want to hear, a certain authenticity and heart emerges, which can’t be found in the more methodical, stream-chasing releases more commonly stumbled across.
The band move from strength to strength without a doubt, but there’s something truly captivating, relatably claustrophobic, uncertain and yet calming, about this poignant display of introspective suffocation.
There are 12 brand new songs on FunkTheAI’s Dive Deep Into Love, and just in case the title and artwork didn’t confirm it – this is a genuine deep dive into all things relating to the power and necessity of love.
Mutevole writes songs from the heart and mind combined, a sort of reactive, freely creative approach to modern music, and the results are mysterious and interesting, musically satisfying, catchy, and cool; to say the very least.