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Salem's Psychedelic Atmosphere
Salem
Salem by MATT TARKA is an evocative and genre-fluid listening experience, capturing the ease of indie rock while exploring the psychedelic influences of artists like The Velvet Underground. Standing on the shoulders of musical giants, they still put their own spin on the tonal palette. The acoustic guitar feels like a guiding light, defining the sound while also introducing us to a rhythmic component. It lays the foundation for the track and allows the other melodic aspects t
Sinking/Floating
Sinking/Floating MAIJAH is an alternative pop power pairing that works like strawberries and cream, delving into the duality of the human experience. As we go through change there are these moments of extreme highs and lows and sometimes the only difference between these states is the way we feel, as opposed to anything external. The nice thing about the poetic way the tracks are written is that they become deeply personal to MAIJAH while also being universal to many people’s
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Burned Romances
Burned Romances by CS HELLMANN is a dark wave post punk extravaganza hailing from Nashville. The track is as enigmatic as it is powerful. It feels like by holding back the emotion and narrative at the core of the piece's DNA, HELLMANN amplifies its power. The track ebbs and flows between the verses and the choruses, opting for a more optimistic and emotionally connected tone in the choruses and contrasting that with this languid miasma of darkness in the verses. The vocals ha
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Broken Love
Broken Love song RICH ALLEN explores the concepts of love, loss, jealousy, and insecurity through an alt folk landscape with some definite indie influences spicing up its sound. This track’s depth is impressive and the vocals stun from the opening. Instead of aiming for pitch perfect vocals, ALLEN emphasises emotion and honesty. The genuine nature of the track shines brighter than any technique. It reminds me a little of Leonard Cohen with this sort of sing-speaking style it
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Bonfire
Bonfire by DANIEL BOHN is a confident and passionate project with emotion at its core and a heavy metal soundscape to back it up. The interesting thing about the timbre of this track is the mix between the guitar and the drums. Unlike many tracks where the guitar takes centre stage from beginning to end, this track shares that responsibility between the vocals, guitar, and drums. Sponsored There are points in the composition where the purpose of the guitar and the drums feels
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Fires Of The Blue Moon
Fires Of The Blue Moon by MEDIVH is an intense and cinematic experience, utilising an alt rock, grunge soundscape to paint this picture of passion and confidence from beginning to end. The track ebbs and flows with tone and energy while also having a consistency of vision that connects and unites its sonic evolutions. The first aspect that stood out to me was the excellent use of harmonies. The lead vocal has a gravelly confidence and charisma that connects each layer togethe
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I Found A Monster
I Found A Monster by SETH SCHAEFFER is a deep and grungey dark pop project with heavy rock influences that define its unique sound. The track conveys a level of power which is hard to come across in modern music. I’m thoroughly impressed with its confidence and commitment to its tone, as well as its style. Despite the weight of the title, this is an inherently positive track, about breaking beyond the expectations of others and finding your own identity. The track is all abou
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Das Geisterschiff
Das Geisterschiff by NORDSTAHL is an alt rock track with some heavy gothic influences that help to differentiate its soundscape from other tracks in the genre and paint narrative pictures with the track’s melodic style. The song is epic and incredibly cinematic. It truly captures the feeling of approaching a haunted ghost ship full of fury, venom, and mystery. Inherently, it is this sense of uncertainty that makes the track as enthralling as it is. You always get the sense th
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Remember Me. Theme
Remember Me. Theme by GATIS is a track that refuses to be categorised, dancing between classical, cinematic, and experimental, the track carves out its own sound which is especially hard to do in this saturated music market. The track explores ideas, concepts, and themes that are deeply personal to GATIS but because of the way they are explored, they allow each concept to come across in a way which applies universally. Sponsored This mix is a hard line to strike but GATIS e
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Spirit Box
Spirit Box by LOVE GHOST is an ethereal and bold rock banger with a slow build and an enigmatic core. The track opens with this slow piano part that develops the track’s sound without distracting with bold and energetic delivery from the beginning. The fact the track is still enthralling at this early stage of its sonic journey shows that the inherent core narrative and melodic building blocks that make it up are beautiful. Sponsored The slow start also allows the vocals to m
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No Mercy
No Mercy by BLOODLIN3 describes itself as a hip hop project but there are so many different layers to it that it almost transcends the genre into some miasma of gothic hop hop and rock. Its sonic influences are so varied and deep it truly feels like a unique sound that stands on its own. With that being said, there is clearly a lot of respect for the hip hop genre from the flow and cadence of the lyrics from track to track. Sponsored They feel effortless yet meticulously craf
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Aunque sea por una noche
Aunque sea por una noche by MICHELLAR is a beautiful and deeply personal track about how a single night of passion and love can change your outlook on life. These fleeting moments are that much more important because of how quickly they pass. It feels like MICHELLAR is looking back on these moments with a sense of rose tinted spectacles throughout the track. Sponsored The sparkles and embellishments added throughout the mix hint at the magic at the core of the track’s narrati
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Hey Hey Hate!
Hey Hey Hate! By ENERGY WHORES is an incredible mix of joyous dance fun and an intelligent, cutting, and acerbic take on the division inherent in modern politics and life. There is a long and storied lineage of tracks with a positive sound and a serious, cerebral message behind it. Sponsored Songs like Hey Ya and Pumped up Kicks spring to mind. Although the concepts explored in Hey Hey Hate! are not necessarily as dark, they do express serious themes without compromising the
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The Dinosaur's Skin Review
The Dinosaur's Skin establishes their developing tone with this brilliant new alternative dream pop track. Full of sunbleached melancholy, this nostalgic banger walks the line beautifully between happy and sad. The Dinosaur's Skin’s signature mellow vocals are on display throughout, going from strength to strength, stretching and moulding the lyrics to fit within their lethargic but deeply emotionally potent style. The track bounces tonally between two major melodic devices.
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