Raw indie pop-rock with scene-by-scene storytelling and a likable groove – established Connecticut songwriter and musician Adam Lippman reflects on mismatches in romance, with Wasted.
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Celebration and sorrow walk hand in hand, and rightfully so, as Black and Blue delivers one of the most fitting and memorable tributes ever to the iconic Amy Winehouse.
Imaginative instrumental guitar music gets the mind wandering to blissful new plains – established guitarist Mark Leedham blends strong grooves and hypnotic melodies, throughout Towers Of Plain.
The album as an artform, true rock as a force of undying escapism, plus lyrical sensitivity – it’s a rare combination, but Edge have captured the essence of all of this, with the superb new album Latency, Vol. 1.
London songwriter and artist Jennifer Juan brings a unique fusion of traits to modern music, as the seductive tones of First Love softly pour through the airwaves.
Carving out their own distinct sound and style as thoughtful songwriters and alternative rock musicians, Washington DC band Waking Stone release the riff-strong and heavily impactful Ashes to Ashes.
Completing the band’s album trilogy, the highly-anticipated Trails Of Gold wraps up a noteworthy journey for alt rockers Deaf Whale, and yet at the same time, marks a beautifully enchanting introduction to their music.
Irish fourpiece Chiral note hints of influence from the likes of Tool, Rage Against the Machine and The Prodigy, but ultimately carve out their own unrivaled art-rock alternative, which proves both seductive and unsettling in its gentle to explosive unpredictability.
Simple by design, complex in the depth of its cinematic, imaginative embrace – composer and pianist Angelo Nicola Giuliano captures the raw essence of intimate piano playing, with the beautifully authentic Whispers Of Love.
Colourful pop production though stripped back and simple in essence, meets with a confident and rhythmically distinct rap outpouring, as Marcus Porter releases the aptly joyful new minimalist party anthem Celebration.
Diary-like lyrical vulnerability meets with a poetic metaphorical overtone and edgy pop production – songwriter and artist klaud explores the depths of isolation and loneliness, with mad king.
Throughout twenty tracks we’re blessed with lashings of neo-electro sounds and captivating melodies, strong grooves and seductive lyrical journeys. The set can be pieced together like pages of an enchanting story – within which a plethora of individually enthralling tales and ideas relating to technology and love; to AI and humanity – to the static and the silence, all feature.