Laura Ampersand falls between goodbye and becoming on ‘Middle’
There’s something immediately affecting about a song built around the fear of moving on before you are ready, and Laura Ampersand captures that feeling with remarkable sensitivity on ‘Middle’. The latest single from the Irish songwriter, composer and pianist explores the strange emotional space between endings and beginnings, where theContinue Reading
Ray’s Music Exchange turn thirty years of chemistry into ‘A Live Family Rayunion 2025 LP’
Some bands are best understood on record, but Ray’s Music Exchange has always sounded like a group that needs a room, a crowd and enough space for the music to stretch. And their new collection A Live Family Rayunion 2025 LP captures exactly that. Recorded during a sold-out performance at Cincinnati’sContinue Reading
Firefly Search Party turn the search for meaning into something joyful on ‘Sing Me A Song’
There’s an easy warmth to ‘Sing Me A Song’ that makes its bigger ideas feel wonderfully approachable. Firefly Search Party’s second single from forthcoming debut album Prism of Dispositions is built around the simple but resonant thought that if life is uncertain, then perhaps the best thing we can do is shareContinue Reading
Fierce Friend turns Amelia Earhart’s disappearance into a hypnotic descent on ‘Tokyo Rose’
Fierce Friend’s ‘Tokyo Rose’ begins in familiar territory and then slowly dismantles it. At first, the Brighton artist’s third single from forthcoming album Blood Red Hills & The Uncanny Valley feels almost restrained: sparse piano, intimate vocals and a sense of quiet uncertainty. But Alan Grice has little interest in keeping theContinue Reading
Awake & Dreaming sink into the weight of letting go on ‘Underwater’
Awake & Dreaming have always been interested in contrast, and ‘Underwater’ leans into that instinct with particular clarity. Taken from forthcoming debut album Inevitable, the single feels like a 2am conversation with yourself about what you keep carrying, what needs to be released, and what happens if you refuse. Throughout, ‘Underwater’Continue Reading
The Venus Children find their shape on ‘The Ingredient’
There’s a satisfying sense of progression running through The Ingredient. The Venus Children’s debut album begins with urgency and impact, then gradually turns inward, allowing its harder edges to give way to something more reflective and emotionally exposed. Throughout this new collection, the band have built it to move through differentContinue Reading
Baldy Crawlers let ‘Waterfall Laughter’ spill into the dancefloor
There’s a lovely sense of movement at the heart of ‘Waterfall Laughter’. What begins as a relaxed Latin-folk groove gradually opens outward, gathering warmth, rhythm and momentum until it feels like a musical landscape changing around you. As the second chapter of Baldy Crawlers’ forthcoming Fais Toi Plaisir, it also worksContinue Reading
Amana Melome’ reframes ‘Recalibration’ through rhythm on ‘RECALIBRATED’
With her new collection ‘RECALIBRATED’, Amana Melome’ revisits the material from Recalibration from a noticeably different perspective. Where the original album focused on reflection, reconnection and personal change, this companion project is lighter on its feet, using rhythm and reinterpretation to explore what comes after that process. The collection moves across deep house,Continue Reading
Glass Rabbit let the pressure break on ‘Damn Shame’
Glass Rabbit understand that tension is often more effective when it is allowed to build slowly. And on their new single ‘Damn Shame’, the Portland quartet begin in a hazy, almost weightless space before gradually allowing that restraint to fracture. The result is a track that moves convincingly between dream-pop,Continue Reading
Flame bring their live identity into focus on ‘Medea In Blue’
Flame’s debut live EP Medea In Blue offers a straightforward document of a band whose music appears to depend heavily on interaction, dynamics and atmosphere. Recorded live in a rehearsal studio in Edinburgh, the six-track release avoids excessive polish in favour of preserving the feel of a shared performance. Across theContinue Reading