Great style and songwriting unite beautifully for the dreamy shoegaze tone and vocal personality of BlvckBvrn.
Music
Vulnerability and poetic wonder unite as Alex Kerry brings back the guitar-led tones of retro emo rock, for Bad Skies.
Freshly released from the album Beyond Illusions, the collaborative sound of Kaiserin Rebecca, Denis Couture and Yuka Sekine delivers a cinematic and evocative journey, for Irreplaceable.
From one track to the next things continue to shift gears – heavy fuzz and distortion, melody and poetic wonder, moving into arbitrary statements and ambient space.
Re-crafting the space around you with faultless attention to detail, as ever – CRS-1 takes listeners down an entirely new audio pathway once again, with the depth and dramatic edge of SPACETIME.
Masterful folk-rock and blues meets with instantly likable songwriting, as Ben Stubbs offers up a sensational collection of originals.
The new-age freedom of Dream Oasis shines with subtle confidence, in relaying this heartfelt and evocative journey through various highs and lows.
CaliStar has mastered a handful of styles within this short project, yet manages to hold onto a clear sense of identity and integrity along the way. Well-worth a few streams this summer.
The UK’s own Keeper reignites the distortion and pace of pop-punk, with a fully-loaded story and song united in anthemic form.
World Away has the effect of instantly putting the breaks on – stopping you in your tracks and calming the soul to a point of deep contemplation and wonder.
Acoustic pop-rock, with long-form vocals and a rise-up for the distorted hook – Joe Bland hits the scene with a metaphorical anthem of uniquely characterful origins.
Piano-led simplicity lays bare a ballad-like setting, as songwriter and artist Peace Simon delivers a heartfelt ode to spirituality.