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Denney – Love Me Not (Spotify)
Love Me Not is a delicate bittersweet story of being too afraid to tell that person how you feel about them, and wondering if any feelings are secretly reciprocated. The lyrics unfold like a diary entry, exploring the possibilities of opening up to love, or keeping it all inside and never taking that chance.
Lists – In the Breeze (Spotify)
New single from Scottish singer/songwriter/producer, Lists.
Gone Gone Beyond, Moontricks, The Human Experience – Coast (Spotify)
Looking back at the night we wrote “Coast” with our friends Moontricks. We were on a tour stop in San Francisco and decided to take some time to sing under the moon. The lines of the chorus “it’s out of my control, so I’m gonna coast for a little while,” were a reference to our gypsy lifestyle. Little did we know that 7 months later, on the day we release the song, they would be emblematic of our collective psyche.
While we firmly believe that there are things you CAN control (your heart, your mind), the lyric serves as a reminder that sometimes you need to put down the paddle and let the river take you where it leads. And that’s something a lot of us need to hear right now. ❤️ -Gone Gone Beyond
Alex Stolze, Ben Osborn, Anne Müller – Babylon (Spotify)
New single Babylon sees songwriter and producer Alex Stolze at his starkest, with a sparse arrangement led by a soaring vocal melody, pulsing piano chords and haunting deep cello tones. A collaboration with British lyricist and pianist Ben Osborn, Alex set Ben’s words to an original melody and arrangement. Approaching the song with a highly cooperative process, Alex asked Ben to play the piano part and added a cello line for his long term collaborator Anne Müller. In this way, Alex, explains, "the song is tribute to community."
“Ben's lyrics talk about what’s happening in Europe at the moment, and all over the world,” says Alex. “My favourite phrase is I was walking home through the streets unknown when a fist struck out of the silence, and a voice called ‘yours is to walk alone’. It’s an image our time, when nationalist and far right fear coincide with stock market crashes and it feels like we’ve gone back to 1929.”
Known for his blending of classical violin, electronica and alternative pop, here Alex put aside his violin and reduced the electronic elements of the track to a minimal layering of ambience. A complex, shifting harmonic structure shows the influence of classical and renaissance music alongside contemporary alternative music, resulting in a sense of symmetry: while the lyrics describe a contemporary Europe in need of rebirth, the music draws on a time of rebirth in Europe. In this way, Alex has crafted a protest song for our time that still manages to feel timeless.
Alex Stolze has generated a well-deserved reputation for his unique blending of different musical worlds, shifting seamlessly between stark modern classical works, fiercely intelligent electronica and off-kilter indie pop. Already widely acclaimed for his work with electronica acts Bodi Bill and Unmap, and the experimental avantgarde trio Dictaphone, his emergence both as a solo artist and as head of new label Nonostar Records has opened up a range of new musical possibilities.
Reina Mora – Dead Weight (Spotify)
"Dead Weight", the new dark indie electro-pop infused new release by LA-based singer-songwriter Reina Mora chronicles the rise up possible when remove toxic people from your life.
"The song was inspired by people I have had to let go in order to grow and move forward", says Reina. "Not stating names, but the message from the song is powerful and uplifting all at once. Sometimes the only way to move forward is to get rid of the Dead Weight that is holding you back."
Her favorite lyrics from this anthemic melody sum it all up perfectly “I’m breaking free- I win all by myself - Cause I buried you”. While both catchy and cathartic, "Dead Weight" will hit home for many who have experienced this challenge before.
The success of her last release "Temporary Fix" inspired Reina to team up again with talented producer Dylan Emmet. "We work so well together and he brings out the best in me. I am so proud of this song and the work we produced" said Reina.
Reina Mora is a singer-songwriter based out of Los Ángeles. Her songwriting roots run deep ever since she was 8 years old. Her music style is characterized as Dark Pop and weaves messages of pain and hope in a music style with influences by Tove Lo, Sasha Sloan and Fiona Apple.
Jessica Farren – Remember to Forget (Spotify)
a more broken down, honest/lyric forward, yet still (dark) pop breakup song.
Kelsey – Cold Rain (Spotify)
Kelsey's debut single, Cold Rain, is a pop soul anthem about making things work in a relationship when things get hard. Cold Rain as an element is used to symbolize tough times. In Cold Rain, Kelsey describes the frustration of a new relationship. She asks herself whether love will last as life gets harder. The song builds dynamically from the initial storytelling of a relationship in the verses turned to a cry of desperation by the final chorus. Cold Rain is rhythmic yet simple with distant claps, deep drums and ambient piano driving the energy.
Gaijin – Between (Spotify)
Between is the final single from the forthcoming EP "Rose Quartz". This song features an ambient build that takes you somewhere unexpected. Please enjoy this final single before the full EP is released. Thanks for listening!
Nervous City Nervous Self – G-d knows what (Spotify)
Nervous City | Nervous Self is the English language debut of Swedish singer/songwriter and poet David Josephson. Josephson, who recently released his third album in Swedish, Misslyckandets estetik (The Aesthetics of Failure), has with the single “G-d knows what” created “a beautiful song, full of wistful melancholy […] and quite unlike anything around”, according to Huffpost. The poetic lyrics appears to be “a reflection of what it means to embark on this journey called artistry”, which Josephson told Nordic Music Review, and it has also been described as a “song about faith and fate”.
Steve Atkins – Boston (Spotify)
This song slowly builds with increasing instrumental punctuation, and evolves from a slow ballad to an upbeat folk-pop story of finding yourself in someone else while passing through an unfamiliar place. This song evokes feelings that all 20-somethings have about finding your place, finding your person, and finding yourself.