Celebrating collaborative power with a mighty rock arrangement and song, FACE FORWARD brings passion, precision and inspiration to the forefront of modern music.
Music
Dreamy dance-infused synths and a strong groove unite to immerse listeners, as producer and songwriter Holly Ivy delivers her latest captivating single of poetic story-telling and melodic depth.
Fusing synths and bass throughout a warm, multi-layered audio venture, the song reaches the two-minute mark on its looping intricacies alone – an instrumental groove that’s naturally inviting.
Contrast is crucial within the rise, fall and sheer humanity of the 2015 smash hit Fight Song, and Daneka Nation capture it well throughout this emotively-rooted, structurally thoughtful version.
The music energizes further, gathering momentum throughout, and all the while our protagonist continues to weave this web of self-reflective depth and deadly adoration.
Seven minutes of audio exploration uniting relentless House rhythms with cinematic layers of industrial and human intricacies – producer and artist SPENSER M rides the wave of success from his recent mixes.
Brilliantly interesting in its take on the past and present sounds of rock, punk and metal, CoVault is a multi-faceted project, brief yet striking in all that it manages to showcase.
Mildly tropical in rhythm and pace, otherwise employing retro keys for a consistent two-chord rise and fall, TAKE IT EASY openly encapsulates the very implications of its title.
Technical precision and haunting lyrical darkness present a journey from relatable resentment of the rat-race through to the horrors of self-destruction, death and the inescapable grip of time.
As a leading artist, Gripz delivers a subtly recognizable vocal style – conversational and quirky but in a smart, sharp kind of way; nuances and inflections that will prove distinct, without taking anything away from the shared understanding and motivational core of the writing.
All at once we get hints of influence from the depths of metal, progressive rock and even the likes of Radiohead during those verses. The middle-third in particular shifts towards an anthemic, prog-rock vocal thread or chorus, prompting a slick and dreamy guitar solo that helps really secure the effective structure of this post-seven-minute release.
In 2021, Hal and his family hit the road to shoot the docu-series Highway To Hal, and laid down stories and visuals about cross-country live music and touring.