Fusing the utter high energy of EDM, synth-soaked and fast-paced, with the anthem-like backbone of authentic hip hop, Win Win breathes creative life into the concept of hard work and dedication as a means for success.
Music
Brilliantly nostalgic, industrially crafted, rhythmically engaging and just theatrical enough to hold attention and keep the energy rightfully high. A passionate and cleverly written piece of modern hip hop. Listen loud.
HeidiBe’s latest single is an outright ode to hard-work and dedication. Leading with a catchy RnB hook, and offering effective contrast between this and a gritty, clean-cut rap verse, I Put In is something of a hustler’s anthem.
Kamryn Marie juxtaposes heavy, retro beats with a uniquely delicate, almost whispered leading vocal, and skillfully demands attention with her fine use of progressive melodies and poetic intention.
Storming through with a seventeen-track-deep collaborative project, Lk Tha Goon brings a fine collection of original songs that make for a refreshing and professionally smooth playlist as 2019 approaches its end.
The Persian Leaps are an alternative rock band offering high energy and anthem-like, almost noughties indie or BritPop songwriting that runs riot through this new album.
The project’s title-track takes up nine minutes with its powerfully atmospheric intensity and story-line. Layers of heavy metal meet with a tribal rhythm and a vocal soaked in theatrics and strangely intriguing references.
Neill’s story is intriguing from the offset, these three-word phrases rise up and fall down every step of the way, hypnotically laying out the details, setting the scene, to ultimately resolve at the creative peak that is the song’s questioning hook.
Back with another quickly impressive collaborative effort, OpenSoul’s latest single Good Time is a brilliantly anthem-like, energizing and summer-soaked hit that proves increasingly likable as it pours through.
There’s a certain vulnerability and juxtaposing passion to everything they do, which ignites a sense of nostalgia and a renewed belief in the power of alternative rock music.
It’s often difficult to meet creative desire with genuine talent, not to mention impressive songwriting. Jane Q ticks a whole lot of boxes with this project.
Even during the final few weeks, these last gasps from a long year, some of 2019’s very best songs still seem to be just now emerging. Kris Angelis is an artist whose music always impresses – engages, calms, fascinates. This particular release though, seems to be in its own league entirely. Offering a fine balance … Continued