Heartbreak Satellite are made up of Ragnhild Jamtveit (Pom Poko), Håkon Kjenstad (Tuvaband, Panda Panda), and Tobias Pfeil (Tobi’s World). This new project gave the trio an experimental outlet that allowed them to test out new sounds independent from their own projects. Based in Berlin, Trondheim and Oslo Heartbreak Satellite’s influences are as varied and…
Category: Indie
Quote Club: Until The Ribbon Breaks reveals a darker side on ‘One Match’
“It was a reality check, a cry for help and a personal account of the very worst moments in a long period of addiction and substance abuse. I always knew that one day I would have to get clean, I just had no idea how. This is a diary entry from the middle of that mess.”…
Haux releases Heartbeat, an intimate expression of lost love
Haux’s new single ‘Heartbeat’ with have you feeling all kinds of things; heartbreak, loneliness and longing. The production is subdued, with a few carefully selected synths accompanied by a minimal beat. It leaves space for Haux’s beautifully haunting vocal melody; peppered with reverb and echoey delay the song will take you back to a familiar…
Dan Bettridge emerges as an alt-pop force on new single ‘Blame’
Dan Bettridge is an emerging British songwriter who hails from Ogmore-By-Sea in the Vale Of Glamorgan. His genre bending indie-pop has seen him pick up support from BBC Radio 1 and Dermot O Leary over at BBC Radio 2, whilst gaining recognition amongst tastemaker blogs such as The Line Of Best Fit. His new single…
Run Rivers release their sumptuous debut indie-folk single ‘Lost Love’
FFO Fleet Foxes & Bon Iver: Run Rivers are a new electro-folk project fronted by Chris James, the former frontman of ‘Stateless’. The debut single ‘Lost Love’ is a stunning, cinematic piece of powerful folk-pop, with a rousing chorus and delicious harmonies that sit right in the pocket. The official video features Joni Kamen, and…
Jalen N’Gonda – I Need You
R&B meets the indie rocking of Merseyside on Jalen N’Gonda’s ‘I Need You’. Drawing upon the subject of a man, feeling blue, Jalen croons over a rhythmic bed of guitar. “The idea was to shoot a video about a guy not wanting to be on a film set…quite up to its contrary. It’s some soul,…
Quote Club: Tanjier
“The track is about a married man lusting for a prostitute, even though he has a family. The track is called ‘Hymn’ because it is the protagonist’s song of worship to this sex worker that he is infatuated by. It explores the grey areas between what we want and what we need. We had the idea of…
Launchpad: BRYTLY
Twenty-year-old singer and songwriter, Codi Lester A.K.A. BRYTLY, is a native South Carolinian who is finding her artistic footing in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. Armed with her guitar, BRYTLY is beginning to showcase the writing talent that lays the foundation for her single ‘Are You Out There’. Surrounded by low-key production, Lester’s vocal shines…
Quote Club: The Land Below
The Land Below were previously a member of the electronica duo Wild at Heart (Kitsuné records). In 2014 he went solo as The Land Below and self released a cover of The Presets – “This boy’s in love”. It garnered attention from blogs, music press and he was consequently signed by Hybris. “What began as…
Beta State – LMK
San Francisco natives Beta State are a genre defying cocktail of seemingly disparate influences. Heavier indie rock, meets dreamy synth-wave pop and bold hip-hop beat-smithery; whilst it’s hard to pin Beta State down their appeal is undeniable. Energetic and focused in equal measure, their new single ‘LMK’ shows that they’re here to stay. Follow: Website…
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