Miami based songwriter Brika is beguiling us again with her exceptional new single ‘Don’t Want Your Love’. There are Corrine Bailey Rae vibes in the tone of the vocal and the soulfulness of the instrumental, with enough contemporary seasoning to ensure it sits nicely in today’s big playlists. Follow: Facebook Twitter Instagram
Category: Pop
On The Record: Drinker
This is your second single now, how do you feel the response has been so far? Aaron: Great, actually. This music is something completely new for both of us and I really didn’t know what to expect. It’s been great to see Spotify get behind it with placements on New Indie Mix, and New Music…
Alë Jay – Face Turns Blue @ Sofar NY
A little live experience here for our lovely readers. A soulful bluesy number from New York songwriter Alë Jay. Face Turns Blue is an impressive piece of songwriting and sounds great on record, with Jay’s vocal providing some stunning texture and control. However, it’s even more dynamic in this stripped back live version for Sofar, the…
Phil Simmonds – The Heights
Phil Simmonds is a Los Angeles based writer and producer. With a firm focus on crafting melodies Simmonds manages to pair well written toplines with expansive production elements. Keep an eye out for this one in your favourite playlists. Follow: Facebook Twitter Instagram
Sam Tinnesz – Play With Fire
“I worked on this one with a wild group here in Nashville called Yacht Money. They had the idea of doing a song about being pyromaniacs, and it turned out to have this sexy vibe to it that I didn’t expect, but ended up loving.” – Sam Tinnesz Follow: Facebook Twitter Instagram
Lexxi Saal – Rescue Call
“Working on ‘Rescue Call’ was such a freeing experience. I’ve been wanting to work on music like this for a while now, so it was great to finally get it released.” “It’s a feel good song that makes you want to dance. It’s like when you’re at a party and you’re not feeling the vibe…
Theia – Everything
New Zealand based songstress ‘Theia’ has followed up her widely acclaimed single ‘Roam’ with her new offering ‘Everything’. Her signature expansive harmonies are present, as is her uncanny ability to pair good melody writing with great vocal control. Follow: Facebook Twitter Instagram
NOVAA x LO – Lights
Pulsing, rhythmically swelling synths accompany NOVAA’s subtle, laid back vocal delivery on her new single ‘Lights’, a collaborative effort with emerging producer Lo. Think AlunaGeorge but more restrained. “LIGHTS approaches the question if being in love means falling for someone else or falling for yourself and the person that the other one sees in you….
Launchpad: Faunaphor
All my favourite little details of electro-pop are present in Faunaphor’s debut single ‘In A Library, In The Summer.’ The expansive sizzling synths, the steady restrained beat and the Spandau Ballet esque melodies. “‘in a library, in the summer (when I read I fall asleep)’ is a song about language and the moments when it…
Launchpad: Gallo
Gallo’s debut single ‘Sugar Daddy’ is a vibrant pop bop with effervescent vocals. “With “Sugar Daddy” I wanted to write a sing along. Lyrically it’s super playful and very tongue in cheek. Its narrative has been dressed up in sinfully sweet lyrics and addictive melodies that I hope will have you singing it on repeat….
