The song is modest and genuine, easy to listen to but deeply evocative, as it should be, and this gentle soundscape from Stefan Storm and Lovisa Altin together lets the artist’s voice quietly and calmly connect and break hearts.
Music
Letting go of things that no longer serve you – from relationships to ambition, work, self-identity. Creative alt-pop songwriter Lily Franc delivers on both depth and design, with the subtle charm, genre diversity and lyrical brilliance of The Fitting Room.
Getting back to the roots of great music, the kind that we listen to in full – a song that moves us, in the quiet of solitude, in the depths of our own minds; not the sort that needs us to simply repost a short clip and hope for virality.
Bongo Boy Records act Inches From Sin sees dynamic American power duo Robert Brewer and Karen Holtz Holloway Brewer capture a moment with seamless creative charm.
On thoughts of everything getting a return, great music increasingly circles back to the building blocks of deeply evocative sub-genres – the charm and enchantment of trip hop, in example; the uplifting vibrancy of drum and bass, the creative freedom of both, and the intimate, engaging fluidity of honest voices.
An ever-creative Oktavvia delivers one of her most distinct dark power-pop arrangements yet this season, with the darkness, the sweeping synths, the high-octane EDM backdrop, and the anthemic, empowering chorus, of I Decide.
Built around fearless vulnerability and optimism in the face of darkness and turmoil, Lost But Found is profoundly honest in its relaying of struggle and uncertainty, but is ultimately inspiring and motivational in its turn towards possibility and the light found through Faith and good decisions.
Cinematic eighties euphoria with an electro-pop twist of vocal story and a dreamy leading tune. The always creative cmon3tta launched perhaps their most immersive single yet this season, with the admiration and all-consuming escapism of Man.hattan.
Independent music from the creative hub of Paris – Btissam releases a brand new single through Studio BS Music, and it’s a pop-rock and indie-funk fusion of traits that’s both anthemic and empowering. .
Stunning music; piano and strings – euphoric wonder and beauty – a celebratory core but layers of honesty and struggle intertwined. A deeply human perspective as ever. The unmistakable Bad Bubble delivers a two-part album of entirely new experiences and songs, for the exceedingly delectable Regarding Flor.
Distorted and funky dance-pop with a quirky twist of nostalgia and a deeply inspiring true story at its core. Ashleigh Harley takes self-belief and positivity to creative new heights, with the eclectic dance-rock essence and realism of Itsy Bitsy Bikini.
Inspired by a passion for healing and the sudden doorways presented to all music fans with modern production tools, Shaz Marie launches an album devoted to positivity and gratitude, with the colourful and uplifting pop ballads and depth of Messages in Song: A Light In The Darkness.