Tag: First Listen
First Listen: Elaine Palmer – Wanderlust
Elaine Palmer delivers an angelic performance with her new single titled 'Wanderlust'. The song gives a small town/big dreams jab to the feels with Elaine's beautifully weathered voice as she sings with a passion...
First Listen: Faux Ferocious – Good Times Ahead / No Pressure
Faux Ferocious drop their groove-based double 7" in the form of their new double singles titled 'Good Times Ahead' & 'No Pressure'. This 7" sounds like a big 10" by way of a hot...
First Listen: Elizabeth The Second – No One Cares
Elizabeth The Second drop a dirty bomb in the form of their new single titled 'No One Care'. Well, I hope someone cares because this is a gritty grimey track that chugs along like...
First Listen: Firewoodisland – Hollow Coves
Firewoodisland has dropped their memorable new single titled 'Hollow Coves' on Friday. The Norwegian. Welsh Bristol, UK based duo, aka Stian Vedøy and Abi Eleri, has a vivid history in music and continues with...
First Listen: A Permanent Shadow – Now
This pretty much sums up Songs of Loss, the debut album by A Permanent Shadow, out as of September 20th, 2019. The ten songs on the album take us on a musical journey through...
First Listen: Callow Youth – Red Leather
Callow Youth dropped their new single titled 'Red Leather' yesterday along with a stellar remix courtesy of Dave Pemberton. To me, this is a continuation of that remarkable sound that is Callow Youth, with...
First Listen: Beatific – She Loves Him
Engulfed in serenity and drenched in creativity, Beatific offers their terrific new single titled 'She Loves Him'. The title more than fits the music with this soothing late summer/early fall splash that delves into...
First Listen: Tombstones In Their Eyes – Open Skies
Opening almost like the score for a post-apocalyptic film and transcending into a dreamlike state of musical madness, Tombstones In Their Eyes triumphantly return with their new single titled 'Open Skies' from their upcoming...
First Listen: Aliens – Turned To Flame
Songwriting collectives are often creative melting pots in and of themselves, but when that melting pot includes the ingredients Tima May and Iain Harvie among others, that melting pot becomes volcanic. Check out this...
First Listen: Medicine – Sentimental Lady
Medicine is set to drop their first album in half a decade in the form of 'Scarred for Life' on October 4th. In the meantime, we bring you the new single off of that...
First Listen: Gerry Gareau – Feet Off the Brakes
Gerry Gareau is a modern-country singer-songwriter based in Montreal, Canada. The artist is gaining national recognition for his debut single “Feet Off The Brakes”. This beautiful song explores the moment when you take a...
First Listen: Vix 20 – Hashtag Change/Me Gwanishi
Vix 20 release a double dose of aonic assault in the form of their AA singles 'Hashtag Change' and 'Me Gwanishi'. The former is a power rock/pop mix and blend of crunchy guitars and...
First Listen: Norman Kim – Just Like You
With a lush and diverse voice, Norman Kim proves his multi-instrumentalist worth with his new single titled 'Just Like You'. A wonderful blend of an anthem, rock, pop, and vocal bliss, Norman really displays...
First Listen: River Drivers – Isn’t It Grand Boys (Look at the Coffin)
River Drivers deliver their signature melting pot of original music with dashes of folk, Celtic, Americana and more with their new single titled 'Isn't It Grand Boys (Look at the Coffin)'. Recorded more like...
First listen: Cellista – Confessions + Tour Dates
Cellista brings the listener into her dark, almost cinematic musical universe with her new single titled 'Confessions'. Starting almost like somewhat of a proclamation, Cellista brings forth her lyrically lucid, musically ethereal and haunting...
First Listen: Owen Denvir – Ghost
Owen Denvir is quickly setting the launchpad for his inevitable rise to superstardom with his introspective new single titled 'Ghost'. Owen combines his seemingly natural style of songwriting and his penchant for setting little...
First Listen: Eyeball – Crawling Creatures
Eyeball delivers a massively original epic space rock opera juggernaut with their new single titled 'Crawling Creatures'. The track is a densely filled thematically continuous hook with quasi eerie vocals in dissonant harmonies that...
First Listen: The Cathode Ray – Heightened Senses
The Cathode Ray return with a vengeance with their new single titled 'Heightened Senses'. This track features a refined incarnation of the band but with that solid Cathode Ray sound intact. From a band...
First Listen: Otis McDonald – Body, Mind and Soul
Basked in originality and drenched in progressive creativity through a soulful sensuality on steroids comes Otis McDonald with his future classic titled 'Body, Mind and Soul'. While harking back to the giants of Soul...
First Listen: David Baron & Donna Lewis – Running Up That Hill (A Deal...
Following on from the success of ‘Bad Bad Love’ - incredible review by The Lumineers on Facebook and Instagram, feature in Clash Magazine, opening track of Chicane’s Sunset radio show to 6 million listeners...
First Listen: Desensitised – Emily
Desensitised has released their new track titled 'Emily'. 'Power trio' is a term that, sometimes I feel is overused when it comes to a band with three members, however, it truly fits here with...
First Listen: Resurrection Fern – Savanna
Resurrection Fern is one of the many new and up and coming artists promoting their music on Twitch, which is a brilliant idea considering the white noise that Youtube and Spotify have become. She...
First Listen: Peter Saputo – Let Me, Please?
The first thing that caught my attention about the new Peter Saputo single titled 'Let Me, Please?', released today, is his voice. His voice is such a beautiful monster that simply soars over the...
First Listen: James Aaron – Feeling
Emmersed in true soul and filled with originality, James Aaron delivers a smooth ode to love with his new single titled 'Feeling'. It's utterly refreshing to listen to a soulful track like 'Feeling' with...
First Listen: Nic Rollo – Feel
Perth based singer-songwriter and producer Nic Rollo makes his return with the emotive indie-pop anthem ‘Feel’ September 13th. Pulling influence from artists across a variety of genres such as The Weeknd, Tears for Fears...