***SONG*** Straight from the first few bars, Philip Brooks new single immediately puts the ‘dream’ in dream-pop. A warm synth underbody and reverberated guitar melody are reminiscent of Day Wave- not to mention Brooks’ melancholy and delicate vocals. “spend some time…” may be over in a quick 2.5 […]
Allow me, if you will, to take you on a journey. A journey of what will likely happen the first time you hear “Paper Queen.” A glossy clean guitar fades in, strumming colorful chords with a jazzy undertone, accompanied by tasteful lead accompaniments. The lead vocals enter silky-smooth, […]
Lax like a lazy afternoon and as agitated as they come, Junodream’s “Odd Behaviour” is grunge-punk at its best. The London-based quintet does their best to ruminate over their disjointed feelings, starting “Odd Behaviour” as a slow-paced slice of 90’s grunge complete with chromatic guitar riffs, a fuzzed-out […]
South-coast English punkers Coyote Jungle are staking an early claim in the U.K. punk scene with “Rain Call.” Aged from 16-18, this quartet is just getting started, but they’re already letting us know that they know exactly what they’re doing. Complete with catchy guitar hooks, raw lead vocals […]
Full of clean electric guitars, driving drums, and emotional vocal harmonies, Skip Curtis’s debut single “Messed Up” plays like something that might have come from The Cure’s catalog or a later Anberlin album. A self-described “selfish love song” about internal struggle and degradation, Curtis writes with heart-on-sleeve, grunge- […]
Nothing says Happy Thursday like getting a fresh spin on the love song! Cyberattack takes the age-old adage of contemplating the feeling we call love and manages to make a song that is orignal, catchy, and refreshing. Utilizing synth sounds that have been mangled and broken to the […]
Like Iron & Wine or a dreamy James Taylor, Torontonian singer-songwriter Merival specializes in lulling the mind with song in “I With Mine.” Dreamy, fast-moving guitar arpeggios play saccharine chord progressions with a hint of dissonance that leaves in your mind a sense of melancholic eeriness. Merival’s vocals […]
