Sara Kendall is a Brooklyn based dark-pop songstress whose haunting and introspective lyrics explore themes of empowerment and self preservation. Taking inspiration from both female artists and novels alike, Kendall’s lyrics are reflective of her life experience, delivered with a powerful voice that Vanyaland described as a “portal to her soul”. Sweeping synths meet big,…
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Nashville-based pop songwriter and artist Caroline Kole impresses with her newest offering ‘Adamantine’
Nashville-based pop songwriter and artist Caroline Kole impresses with her newest offering ‘Adamantine’. The emerging talent has previously toured as a country artist opening for megastars like Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton, amongst others. Recently, Kole turned her eyes towards the pop world, with great effect. The new single is full of big, bold melodies…
Quote Club: Maven Grace on their new single ‘Innocent Dreams’, being an outsider, and the constant force of music
“I’ve never really felt at home anywhere. Being half-Chinese and half-English means always being the outsider, but the one constant in my life is music. It’s where everyone belongs, whoever they are and wherever they’re from.” – Jason Magnus (Vocalist) Maven Grace is a group of childhood friends drawn back together from all over the world,…
Quote Club: Nashville based producer KELLR showcases gorgeously crafted electronica on new single ‘Take You Down’
“Take You Down was written over the course of a couple sessions. It’s really a song about when a casual relationship is coming to an end for one person, but not the other. When one person realises it isn’t going anywhere, but the other person doesn’t feel the same way. Knowing you’re about to cause…
On The Record: Emerging R&B songwriter Jeremy Jones tells us about developing as a musician, moving to L.A. and ‘Road’
How has 2018 been treating you so far? It’s been great. Learning a lot about myself and been focusing on my career more than ever before. I’m excited to see where the year takes me. What prompted you to get into music? I’ve been playing instruments all my life, starting with violin and piano in…
Manchester based emerging rapper KinKai and talented producer glue70 release ‘All I Can Send’, a collaborative alternative hip-hop record.
Manchester based emerging rapper KinKai and talented producer glue70 release ‘All I Can Send’, a collaborative alternative hip-hop record. The track follow ‘Mellow Mermaids and Malibu’, their last team effort which saw support from Complex and Majestic Casual. Their sounds is characterised by lush vocal arrangements, with bold beat-work; sizzling snares and trilled hats meet to create vivacious polyrhythms. “glue70 aka a…
Dutch producer Feiertag drops ‘Run Away (ft. Pip Millett)’, via Majestic Casual Records
Feiertag is Dutch drummer and producer Joris Feiertag; he has just dropped his new single ‘Run Away (ft. Pip Millett)’ – the first track to be taken from his forthcoming EP, to be released via Majestic Casual Records. Big melodies collide with joyfully buttery synth lines, underpinned by exquisitely crafted drum patterns. U.K. based vocalist and songwriter Pip Millett provides the…
Intriguing alt-pop pair Juicy release their debut EP ‘Cast A Spell’
“One day we both remember, we were asked to set up an experimental performance. We had to go crazy on the scene: Two girls, two voices, a guitar, a keyboard and a sampler. So we chose to arrange old R&B and hip-hop stuff from the 90’s and early 2000’s with sexual connotations. That’s how juicy was…
Uber Kings releases ‘FOCK’ the last single to be taken from his upcoming EP
Mic Uber, also known as Uber Kings, is an Australian musician whose sound is characterised by energetic electronic elements. His inspirations are international, including the Australian rave scene, U.K. Garage and U.S. Hip-Hop. ‘FOCK’ is the last single to be taken from Uber’s upcoming self-titled EP. “I’ve been sitting on this one for over 9 months and…
LA-based songwriter and artist Khai moves from electronic R&B to lo-fi soul pop
LA-based songwriter and artist Khai has departed from the R&B sound that has characterised his sound in the past. His new single ‘For You’ is an experimental synth-pop track with a lo-fi leaning in the production. It’s an interesting move for the emerging singer who has found success in the past with over 10,000,000 total…
Quote Club: Kerbside release their new energetic electronic single ‘Too Far’ via Trap Nation
“Kerbside is a new project that we (Tommy and Devis) started almost 9 months ago. We were struggling with finding our own identity in our solo projects and after one great collab released on Universal we decided that a duo was the way to go.” “When we first heard about Trap Nation we were so…
Quote Club: Litche & Nrthn pair up on ‘Winter’, a song about the moments in the middle
“When something I care about ends whether it is a relationship, musical endeavour, or friendship, I tend to only vividly remember the end of it. ‘Winter’ is about the rare moment of reminiscing those ‘moments in the middle’ easily forgotten, and wanting them to be what you remember from it,” Nrthn “Our flow of ideas felt…
