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Sam Casey Revlead More About “Weed and Toxic Relationships”

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Sam Casey Revlead More About “Weed and Toxic Relationships”

The indie artists Sam Casey spoke about the latest EP and more topics about Weed and Toxic Relationship.

Find out Sam Casey‘s message below:

On my brand new EP, I sing a lot about Weed and Toxic Relationships, as well as certain societal flaws and some positive experiences in university. I stopped trying to sound so pretty all the time because I don’t feel or sound pretty all the time. I was inspired by life from 2020-2022… all of the breakups, the makeups, the drugs, the dancing, the crying, the anxiety and the love.
More Songs About Weed and Toxic Relationships is produced by Mike Schlosser. Our amazing co-writers are Chloe Kay on “Stupid Bitch,” Laurel Clouston (Laur Elle) on “Good Fight” and “I’m Fucking Sam,” and Sarah Boulton (AARYS) on “Shallow,” “Give It Up” and “Wiser Man.”
Stream the EP in full via your preferred platform.
“Stupid Bitch” was initially about a friend who continued to go back to the same lying and possessive guy even though she knew he was toxic for her. We would stay up late and have these deep and honest conversations about our boyfriends… she would cry, scream and laugh at how terrible he was to her, while recognizing that she could do better. I realized that some people stay in toxic relationships not because they are unaware of their situation or too naive to see the effects that these partners have on their well-being, but because they aren’t ready to leave yet.
If someone has fucked you over, they may have taught you a lesson. If someone has disrespected you, they may have taught you about self-respect. If you think of yourself as the loser, you may be the winner.
Photo by Chris Chan from the “Stupid Bitch” video shoot

Tara MacLean Shares Haunting Yet Soaring New Rendition of “Let Her Feel The Rain”

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Tara MacLean Shares Haunting Yet Soaring New Rendition of “Let Her Feel The Rain”

Renowned Canadian singer-songwriter, Tara MacLean, wrote “Let Her Feel The Rain” following a breakup at the age of 19 which was deeply affecting. 

“I noticed that I felt numb, and I went and laid outside on the grass at night in the rain, and just let it fall on me. I just needed to feel it, to feel the pain, and then let the rain wash it away. And it did. I wrote this song when I came inside, still wet and muddy. This was the song that made me realize that music was going to save my life,” explains MacLean.

Decades later, MacLean has reimagined the song with layered background vocals and strings evocative of the lush environment which she calls home in the Pacific Northwest.

“In so many ways the song is about rebirth,” says MacLean. When it came time to shoot the video for “Let Her Feel The Rain,” MacLean returned to her ‘nest’ on Salt Spring Island to perform the song, complete with hair and makeup done by her children.

WATCH HERE! “Let Her Feel The Rain”

“Let Her Feel The Rain“ is taken from Tara MacLean’s upcoming new album, Sparrow, released on March 31st. 

Reimagining 10 tracks from her catalogue, the album is the companion soundtrack to Song of the Sparrow, MacLean’s debut memoir with HarperCollins which is out now, exploring the transformative power of music in her life.

Press via Auteur Research

Watch Alex Whorms’ One Day I’ll Be Gone Lyric Video Now!

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Watch Alex Whorms’ One Day I’ll Be Gone Lyric Video Now!

Alex Whorms released her transitional new piano ballad, “One Day I’ll Be Gone,” on YouTube and all other streaming platforms.

Read below her message behind the track:

“I wrote the first draft of “One Day I’ll Be Gone” when I was a 12th grade student in my hometown of Pickering, Ontario, thinking about how I would be moving away for the first time to attend university in less than a year.
I didn’t know where I would be going yet, which felt very exciting and full of possibilities. But at the same time, I felt sad at the thought of leaving my hometown and childhood friends.
Some of my older friends had graduated the year before and were already gone.
This song helped me come to terms with those changes.
Regardless of the context, this is a song about going for it, whatever ‘it’ is for you.
Not settling, becoming complacent or too comfortable.
We don’t know how much time we have or what crazy obstacle, adventure, or change life is going to throw at us next.
“One Day I’ll Be Gone” is about chasing down those special moments and experiences, and truly appreciating them in the moment…not wasting time ‘wishing and waiting’ for them to happen.
I hope that you can take this message to heart as you listen.
To the new and exciting adventures which await us all,” – Alex Whorms.

Höhn Revealed Red Earth Creek Music Video

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Höhn Revealed Red Earth Creek Music Video
The indie pop artist, Höhn, reveled his latest techno tune Red Earth Creek off his upcoming album which set to be released on March 31, 2023.
Check out his message about the song below:
“The start of a backpacking trip always evokes a sense of adventure and slight wariness, and I wanted to begin my upcoming album, Höhn (out March 31st), in the same way.
We remember the perseverance that takes over in the elements, the capacity for non-human connection to sway and shift our insides into a primal state of relaxation.

Listen to my ¾ time techno song, “Red Earth Creek,” featuring the sounds of Banff National Park’s Redearth Creek itself burbling in the background on your preferred platform.

I visited this area after an unusually rainy period; the trade-off for the lush scenery was an exceptionally buggy trip. It was challenging to capture a long enough recording without stopping to swat mosquitoes away—they also feature on this song.
Everyday sounds are art in and of themselves. I hope that you enjoy this further exploration into the natural world which both “Red Earth Creek” and my debut record as a whole inhabit.”

We! by Bromsen

Moataz Gwaily
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We! by Bromsen

Bromsen’s latest and third released single to date is an exciting euro-pop single that’s loud, bombastic, and full of attitude. Filled to the brim with lightning-sharp synths and anthemic vocals, ‘We!’ Is a song that could easily pass as one of Alphaville’s or Modern Talking’s stellar synth pop 80s anthems.

Released in Celebration of their friendship and musical brotherhood, Bremsen is an indietronica duo that hails from Berlin, and I think that’s fitting. The Berliner duo have been performing together since the mid-00s, under many guises, and in various formats. 

‘We!’ Sees Bromsen at their most electrifying. This synth-pop gem is invigorating with its cutting edge synth sounds, its crisp production, and its tight beats, but where it shines most brightly would probably be in its stellar vocal deliveries and melodies. With a massive, anthemic chorus, and brooding, compelling verses, ‘We!’ Is invigorating and delightful.

A fitting celebration of years and years of collaborating and playing music together. Karol and Richard’s 3rd released single is a show-stopping piece of euro-pop that demands one listen after another.

EP Review: Imaginary Farm by Jonas Wang

Muhammad Al-Wasat
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EP Review: Imaginary Farm by Jonas Wang

Artist and producer Jonas Wang released a new four-track jazz hop EP titled “Imaginary Farm” on the 3rd of March from London, United Kingdom.

Jonas Wang is a musician and music student at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire based in north London. He writes and produces music in different styles including pop, electro, funk, hip hop, and most lately chill hop with his newest EP “Imaginary Farm” which was released earlier this month.

The EP “Imaginary Farm” has a chill and cozy vibes throughout the four short tracks, and they’re chock full of cool ideas in instrumentation, harmony, composition, arrangement, and sound design production techniques that make the EP truly unique in its genre.

Jonas Wang took inspiration from all kinds of different places while writing and producing “Imaginary Farm” which originally began from him practicing jazz standards, the influence of which can clearly be heard in the extra spicy and exotic harmonic chord progression, to the famous, charming, and widely adored Nintendo video game “Animal Crossing” with production techniques and sound design elements that are incorporated and baked into each track, like animal sounds and chiptune synths.

Jonas Wang takes even more influences from lo-fi hip hop that is characteristically dreamy and mellow, yet the production is so clear and distilled that every element in the mix sounds prominent and intimate, like the guitar chords, the jazzy sax improvisation solo, and organic percussions that add so so much extra flavor to an otherwise amazing electronic production.

The four tracks are short and distilled down to the very core of what they offer. The longest of the four tracks has a duration of only two minutes and twenty-one seconds, and the whole EP is just under eight minutes long. The decision by Jonas Wang to cut the EP this short was probably to keep it interesting without repeating any ideas, but I know that I wouldn’t mind an extended version as I kept playing the tracks on repeat. I would love to hear a rerelease of “Imaginary Farm” where Jonas Wang makes more generous use of his brilliant ideas that is no less than twenty minutes if I’m not too greedy.

What If (A Dream Of Reality) by The Sweet Darkness

Moataz Gwaily
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What If (A Dream Of Reality) by The Sweet Darkness

The Sweet Darkness’s latest single is a startling fusion of dark electronica and forest-y, folk music that will leave a taste of melancholy on the tongue for long after it is over.

A Berliner who decided to pack his stuff and move to the rural countryside of Helmstedt, Germany, The Sweet Darkness is the moniker for Gordon Gilette, who now, with a lot of calm around him, has decided to give more time and attention to make songs about the topics that intrigue him, and ‘What If (A Dream Of Reality)’ is the result of this. 

‘What If’ is a song about being unable to distinguish dreams from reality, and it achieves this through paradoxical lyrics that seem to revolve in endless circles around the word dream, a composition that’s haunting, simplistic, and endlessly dark, and an instrumental arrangement that features a resonant piano playing the chords, next to chill, trap beats, and a synth bass that shines a different light than expected on the piano chords, giving them an unexpected turn in the stellar, haunting setting of the song.

Paradoxical, cyclic, and dark, The Sweet Darkness’s latest single is a poignant piece of eerie electronica that’s unforgettable and tantalizing. 

Funny Button by Dave Hawley

Moataz Gwaily
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Funny Button by Dave Hawley

Get ready for a trip of quirky, tasteful electronica that’s wholly open for interpretation from Maryland’s own Dave Hawley, a holder of a Master’s degree in music.

Funny Button is the latest in the list of Dave Hawley’s many funky, cooky, experimental electronic music releases. A tiny 2-song EP, with the songs being Funny, and Button, respectively, and I can commend the man for having a sense of humor. 

Experimental? Yes. Challenging? Not at all. Funny Button is actually a delightful breeze, maybe in ways that are hard to describe. Funny is driving and rhythmic, full of puffy, Tom-heavy beats that called to mind a less edgy version of Radiohead’s amazing ‘Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors’. The massive amount of rhythmic clatter make this short piece hypnotic and groovy, and the apparent lack of a clear melodic structure makes the piece easy to get lost in. Button is humorous and chill, starting like a theme from a 90s television program for children, the piece soon introduces a gorgeous violin arrangement that makes up for the absence of melody on the starting track. Button is sweet and comforting, the main synth sounds cloudy and sleepy, and the superb sub-bass adds a critical layer of sonic depth that makes the picture that little bit more complete.

I believe the world would be a better place if more people like Dave Hawley just got out of bed and decided to make beautiful, chill music that flows, flutters, and provide a blank canvas for us to paint all our interpretations over it. Funny Button is a fun release that’s low-key elegant and smart and full of nuance, and for this, I deeply thank Dave Hawley.

Album: Common Country Misconceptions by Podge Lane

Akram Soliman
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Album: Common Country Misconceptions by Podge Lane

The latest album by Podge Lane is entitled “Common Country Misconceptions” and it is a collection of 10 tracks that follow up on his vision of folk and country sounds which he began on his debut record.

The opening track “Welcome To Paradise” is a nice instrumental intro, which sets the tone for the rest of the album and introduces all the folky elements which we will see scattered around the following tracks. The second track “Paradise” follows on a similarly positive note. It has a lovely upbeat and bright progression and the recurring hook “just another day in paradise” made me smile ear to ear. The vocals have a very bright tone that matches well with the instrumentation and soft percussion that’s full of rimshots. The piano solo was a totally unexpected moment and a very charming climax. “Battle Wounds” is a very beautiful number that touches down on the topic of accepting and being verbal about personal struggles and how they affect our lives. I can say that its lyrics alone made it my favorite song on the album.

“I See You In My Dreams (Tonight #27)” is a slower number with soft and somber guitars and rimshots for percussion. The piano plays a great part in creating the movie-score-like atmosphere that the song has. The story-telling vocals synergize with that element to transmit the listener into a whole experience you can close your eyes and get immersed into. The following track, “Common Sense”, shows some more variety and diversity in the vocal techniques. We can hear some grit and rasp in Podge’s voice, which greatly aids the emotional delivery. The harmonica on this track is one of the most memorable elements of the whole album. “I Wish That I Had Your Life” has some more of those bluesy/folksy-sounding guitars that are full of twang and melody that match those of the vocals very well. I really love how the song sounds desperate yet somehow has a positive overall vibe. 

“Too Late” leans towards the more percussive side of compositions on this album. It also has some beautiful vocal layering with added harmonies and a very beautiful chord progression. “History Repeatin'” is another short number that has one of the album’s best choruses in my opinion, and its successor “Change In The Weather” has a similar mood and also revolves around a beautiful piano melody. The tenth and final track “I Wanna Be There (With You)” shows the return of the awesome harmonica from before. The vocals are gritty, emotional, story-telling, and on point throughout the track. It’s one of those songs that makes you want to sit with the artist and ask them how they’ve written such a vocal melody. This track alone felt like it deserves to be a modern classic in the country/folk world.

All in all, this album has great storytelling moments and amazing vocals. The instrumentation has guitars that have a rich tone and well-timed percussion that will make you want to sway and dance along to the melodies. Almost every song will make you want to sing and dance along and the thoughtful songwriting puts this album on the road to becoming a successful and beloved fan favorite.

 

Album: Late Start by CH/ZZY

Nadine Elwan
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Album: Late Start by CH/ZZY

New emerging hip hop artist CH/ZZY based in Chicago, US,  gets a damn fierce and creatively striking kick start to his musical career at 40 years old, with his debut album ‘ Late start’, dropped on the 3rd of March. Made up of 15 high-quality production songs, you will find every mood and every vibe in this album, all packaged into one unique artistic print that belongs to CH/ZZY. Coming from a personal place and after some really big pains in his life, this album started as a distraction from CH/ZZY’s father who was battling a recurrence of cancer back in 2021. This album took over 8 months for him to vocalize, produce and edit, in his home studio. CH/ZZY is inspired by artists like Nas, J. Cole, Pac, Slick Rick, and Cool J.

You need to brace yourselves with this album because it’s crazy good. With this much work, vulnerability, and a high musical skill set, CH/ZZY was able to bring to life an exceptional album. It’s a collection of reflections, stories, and emotions. It’s a human album made into a potential hit album. The number of hip-hop soundscapes and the small introduction of blues and jazz sounds created this very unique and coherent-sounding persona to the album. You’ll find so much to discover and enjoy, with no sense of boredom whatsoever from the rapping to the lyrics and every note on the beat. 

The overall sound of the album is badass, immensely raw, and extremely dynamic in sound. You’ll be hit with some cool and confident energy like never before. The way these tracks were put together with CH/ZZY’s style kind of reminds us a little of Eminem which is just surreal. The musical arrangement is creative and high in quality. There are possibly most of the instruments and sound effects you could think of, that are not mellow or magical in feelings. Everything here is raw and real, on the grounds of earth. Most of the album’s page is slow to medium with very fast bar spitting that is interchangeable. There is of course so much darkness in the tracks lyrically and aesthetically within this hip-hop soundscape. You’ve got hardcore basslines, daunting and challenging drum sets, minimal cymbals, sad piano, backing emotive violins and a lot of saxophones and jazz sounds that give the music a touch of sophistication, completing the album a polished and special look. You’ve also got some societal tracks with sounds like a country-style electric guitar, jungle percussions, sitar sounds, and oriental sounds. You could say this album is just texture over the texture in such a brilliant way. You’ve also got some chill and smooth vibes. There are notable sound effects used like screaming, clock ticking, distortions, explosive sounds, and lots of orchestra female vocals. Alongside that, there are also lots of funny voice snippets or conversation snippets at the beginning of the songs.  The rapping and vocals are powerful, straightforward, and sometimes very playful. This album is a must-listen type and you have to lay your ears on it as soon as possible.



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