Irish brothers Harry and Alfie Hudson-Taylor keep up the momentum with the release of new track ‘Where Did It All Go Wrong?’ taken from their number one album ‘Loving Everywhere I Go’. The release was triggered by some intense listening surges on streaming services, which has seen the song rise into their second most popular tune online. (‘Old Soul’ is currently their most-popular track in case you were wondering.) Their singles ‘Back To You’ and ‘What Do You Mean?’ (both included on the Number One album “Loving Everywhere I Go”) are in the Top 40 most-played Irish tracks of 2020 thus far.
With cinematic strings, disco hues and a lonely western – esque coating ‘Where Did It All Go Wrong?’ is quite the catchy ditty. Charming guitar innocently twinkles through lamenting strings as the track blends icy isolated undertones with a buoyant pop beat to create quite the dramatic musical expression. With a catchy chorus, intense crescendo and swagger-filled rhythm, ‘Where Did It All Go Wrong?’ is beautifully sculpted to provide a mirage of emotions and soundscapes.The duo once again display their proficient and passionate song writing with this infectious number as the lyrics question personal experiences and relationships. ‘Where Did It All Go Wrong?’ is another thought provoking, emotive and radio ready gem from Hudson-Taylor.
Following the success of his recent single ‘Platinum’, Irish singer/songwriter Fintan McKahey returns with his new single ‘Goodbye’. The song was written and recorded in McKahey’s home studio in West Cork, where he is continuing the family legacy as the son of Stump drummer, Rob McKahey and the nephew of Cousteau singer, Liam McKahey. Fintan started playing and writing music at a young age, and has been releasing music since 2016. An artist and producer, he is proficient across several instruments. His EP “God Games” received critical acclaim from national radio and press, as did his 2020 single “Platinum.” He has performed in major venues across the country, including support slots for the likes of The Scratch, Junior Brother, and Roisin O.
‘Goodbye’ is a vaporous lo-fi pop number which smoulders and broods through rich acoustic guitar, laid back beats and hazy mellow elements. McKahey has created a groove-filled number set for candlelit evenings. The track simmers through sultry tones and melancholic moods as the lyrics observe the struggle at the end of a relationship, when both sides are clinging on, in hope of salvation. Light guitars weave a zesty sting between the rich smooth tones while the sticky beat and R&B elements create a humid atmosphere within the track. ‘Goodbye’ douses intoxicating bedroom pop and soft twinkling keys in night-time tones to create a chilled and absorbing gem to listen to. Irish singer Ava Archbold provides a sweet and lush contrast to McKahey’s smoky tone as precise guitar lines ooze heartfelt passion between the tracks rooted groove. ‘Goodbye’ is a wonderful, intimate, ambient track and another sublime example of Fintan McKahey’s deft songwriting ability.
Up and coming unsigned Irish singer-songwriter Jack Joyce has released his new single ‘56 Roadster’. Jack first embarked on his music career at the age of sixteen when he began performing and booking gigs in local pubs and clubs. Jack released his debut demo EP, Get Down, in October 2018 and spent the summer of 2019 busking through Europe. Following his return he sold out The Vintage Room in the Workman’s Club and the Whale Theatre. He followed this by opening for Cassia in Whelan’s and playing a slot at the New Year’s Festival in Dublin. ‘56 Roadster’ is taken from his upcoming EP ‘Big Sexy EP which is set for release early September.
Joyce has a knack for writing catchy melodies and witty tunes. His vocals ooze warmth and a charming persona while his mature songwriting makes him an artist to keep an eye on. He is one not to be missed.
Jack Joyce has just released his new single ‘56 Roadster’ check it out below
I spoke to Chris Breheny aka Moncrieff last week about his new single ‘PLAYLOUD’. Breheny’s cheery persona and charm set the conversation alight as we banter about the differences since we last spoke a few months earlier – from the craziness in the world at the moment to his new sound. He quizzes me as to my thoughts on the single and we discuss how this budding artist is pushing and removing the boundaries of genre.
“We spoke in the library last year in December didn’t we? Back in much different times.
The song is out so I’m very happy about that. I’m glad that my story is moving forward. During this shit show of a year. What are your thoughts? Be honest. It’s a big move from ‘Early Hurts’. I’m not sure whether I told you at the time but when I was releasing ‘The Early Hurts’ a lot of the songs they’re an early kind of diary for my songwriting but all the while I was kind of writing songs that were like PLAYLOUD and they were down that vein and I was like how the fuck am I going to change it over, it’s just got to be a big switch.”
‘PLAYLOUD’ takes Moncrieff’s sound to a different level boasting deft production and electronic soundscapes blended beneath R&B and pop elements. Even his voice for this track is different. It’s more rebellious with less of that soulful smooth tone that we have come to know him for. I wondered had he been experimenting with his vocals and how he wanted to sing.
“Yeah, I guess it just kind of came out that way. It was one of those days where everything just kind of aligned, the song was written, in like an hour. And then we spent a day just kind of messing around with the production and we knew it sounded different than something we’ve done before, but it was something really exciting and, I think, has to be sung that way in order to get people to wake up to the message of the song. I mean that’s where I want my music to go. I want to be fluent, to kind of talk about and express whatever I’m feeling in whatever way. Obviously I’m not going to go and do some, like Himalayan singing and shit but that’s just the way the song had to be sung. Do you know what I mean?”
He’s fully committed to his new style; he has even dyed his hair blue.
“It is. It all kind of feeds into that, into the kind of.. the ethos. The story of the song is the most important thing for me and so I want everything I do to reflect, where I’m at. So, right now PLAYLOUD is about being frustrated and feeling alienated as a young person in the world that you live. We’re talking Donald Trump is going for re-election and shit and the whole world is going crazy so I kind of want to be a visual. I want my visuals and my own visual persona to line up with what I’m talking about. I don’t want to have blue hair forever, but I think it helps tell the story of the music”
Last time we spoke, Breheny said that his EP ‘The Early Hurts’ is a summary of all the most significant people, places and events that happened to him from moving to London until the age of 22 and PLAYLOUD is the start of a collection of songs telling the next chapter of stories from his life
“I guess so I mean The Early Hurts was a record of how I started, where I came from. This is definitely like the next chapter, It’s definitely not as autobiographical, it’s how I’ve developed and how my voice has developed as to what I want to say. I feel like I obviously want to talk about the stuff I’ve been talking about in PLAYLOUD and I have another track coming out, the track that we’ll be following up on this, is just as loud and it’s quite commentary. But the next chapter also does talk about a lot of personal stuff as well, but it’s just an ongoing story of growing up and coming into adulthood. It never ends.”
Breheny’s debut body of work ‘The Early Hurts’ EP featured lead track ‘Like I Do’, this debut radio single (released in Sept 2019) received extensive airplay across national radio racking up nearly 12 million audience impressions and 5 million streams. The success of the single and EP led to Breheny selling out his first headline show in Dublin in less than 3 hours. However this success didn’t make him feel pressured to create something to match that success
“Obviously you want it to go well, like you want people to like it. At some point, you don’t want everyone to hate it. I knew that releasing this new body of work that I had, I wanted to make a statement that I’m a dynamic artist. I’m not as bound down to genre and stuff. But, yeah, so I was maybe a bit nervous for that but I really like the songs and I’m ready to put out so that kind of superseded that.I think the songs are good. I’m happy to shout about my tunes I got loads of shit songs, like so many. I just trawl through the shit until I find one and I’m like ok this is good, I know this is good.”
A music video for ‘PLAYLOUD’ is something I have been looking forward to and boy it sounds like its going to be wild.
” I think it’s coming out next week.I really like the video. The video is mad, I don’t know how long it’s gonna stay up on YouTube and that’s genuinely a fact. It’s just a series of ridiculous things. I’m not gonna spoil it for you, but I’m really looking forward to getting it out.”
Breheny has been keeping busy during this crazy COVID-19 time. He has turned his energy to creating some amazing limited edition merch which should be available soon
“Bits and bobs. It’s not as easy to just pick up a pen and just start writing when like nothing has happened. I mean I could write about being anxious about the fucking world that I’m in at the minute, I could write so many songs about that but that probably wouldn’t be good for me to constantly feed into that but I’ve written a bit, I’ve been working on other shit.I’ve been working on a clothing line which is coming soon but it takes a lot of time. I’m working on that, I’ve put this video together myself and I’ve been working on new songs as they come. It’s fun. I’m gonna put some pictures up soon. I make them all myself. I’ve been making weird designs from weird things I found on the internet and printing them and stuff. But, yeah, I’m doing it myself. It’s just weird clothes. I’ve just been doing it myself for the last little while. It takes so much time. When you’re doing it yourself there’s a lot of trial and error. A lot of T-shirts get sacrificed, I’ve got two pieces that I think are sick. And then once I’ve like five or six I’ll put them up, and I want every piece to be, super sick and not make a lot of it. I want merch you will wear and that has an interesting story . Every piece will be a once off. Every piece I will probably have made or painted myself. So yeah it’s probably gonna be extremely time consuming, but at least when people buy it, it’s gonna be like, well, there is no other t-shirt like this.“
Breheny is missing live shows and I can imagine with the release of ‘PLAYLOUD’ the live shows he would be doing now would be epic.
“Yeah, big time. A live gig is where I feel I translate best or I can get my message across. And it can make sense to people immediately, live. It’s like I live for playing live.The live version of PLAYLOUD would be such a vibe. Like break it down at the end, everyone’s singing it! .”
So what has Breheny got planned for the coming months.
” More music. I’ve gotta get on a mission to get all these songs out. I’ve got like six songs.
I don’t know whether it’s an EP, but it’s definitely a body of work, PLAYLOUD is the first statement. So I want to try and get at least another three or four out before the years out, and then do some live gigs next year, for the love of God! “
Moncrieff has a tour coming up in September so fingers crossed Breheny can perform ‘PLAYLOUD’ live soon because when he does it’s going to be insane.
Until then check out ‘PLAYLOUD’ on spotify here and keep an eye out for the video which will be released soon!
I had a chat with Colm Slattery sound engineer, graphic designer and founder of FlutterTone. Colm founded FlutterTone in 2018 after completing a masters at Trinity College in Music and Media Technology. He has been involved in the Dublin music scene since his early teens, playing in bands, and being involved with numerous festivals, events, and conferences around the country as an organizer and sound engineer. Running something like FlutterTone is a time consuming task yet Colm organises and hosts events from the weekly singer/songwriter night Monday Club to the new VIRTUAL platform on zoom, it is very ambitious but immensely valuable to artists. When I spoke to Colm I had just seen Rebekah Fitch’s amazing performance on Virtual and I wondered how he finds these amazing artists.
“Yeah, just through connections over the past few years, it’s putting on gigs and networking with musicians in Dublin and John from dootdoot Records in Belfast. He has a lot of connections with them as well so just between me and John we just have a large network of musicians, they’re all great. There’s so much good music, now at the moment I’m sure you’re aware like you feature a lot of it.”
FlutterTone was founded in 2018 when Colm was in college. It’s an events and promotions company that works with artists to give them a platform to grow and develop their skills.He works with his team to provide a great quality service and work with emerging artists to put on successful events and create press packs for the artist.
“2018 /2017 I was in college in Dundalk doing audio music and production. So I did a level 8 degree up there. And then I think, one of my lecturers had this company called Smalltone I think it was. Then I came up with this idea, flutter of echoes is a sound term like you know flutter of echoes in a room and then, FlutterTone and I did that in college and it just stuck.”
“ The team has always usually just been me. I have different people coming in and out that stay for a while and then go off and do certain things. There has been this one girl, Elina Filice she’s really good. She’s been helping me out lately with the PR stuff. We met in BIMM in Dublin and then there’s another girl Rhianna Cannon, she does a lot of photography for us at our events and that’s it. But mostly, a team of one, I would say, solidly. So yeah I’m going all the time, but I just enjoy it so much it’s actually like a life passion, you know, I’m just locked in this little cave here on my computer twenty-four seven.”
“ It’s usually the whole package. They like the fact that we can actually write a press release they don’t understand what a press release is or what it’s for. They don’t understand why they have to have it professionally written in a nice document to tell people about the release, so we just have to inform them what it’s for, why the press like to see these certain press releases. You know they need to know about their bio, their background. If you’re a radio presenter and you’re busy you don’t have time to go research these unknown artists because it takes forever. So, to have a nice bio, information and a nice background about yourself and your music helps get press because it’s just easier.”
FlutterTone host a weekly singer/songwriter night, Monday Club as well as the new VIRTUAL platform on zoom and they are venturing out again for another live project with Dublin Concerts. Keen as ever, Colm had to learn to use zoom and other social media platforms to work and create content. I wondered if it was a learn as you go process.
“Yeah. Did you see the Instagram. So we have Saibh Skelly. She’s only 15 or 16, she’s very very young, but she’s been busking on Grafton Street Dublin, and she’s after building up an audience on Instagram of over 30,000 followers. Yeah, for a 16 year old it’s crazy, but me, and Ross from Dublin Concerts have gotten together, and we’ve created another live event on zoom platform, but it’s not virtual. It’s just slightly different. But that will be next Friday.
“Just learn as we go, zoom isn’t built for music, so we had to adapt to that, but we’re very happy with the zoom platform. We’ve got like stereo audio, we figured how to create two outputs from zoom for headphones so if you’re listening on headphones you get like, I don’t know if you know much about audio but it’s like a delay in your left and right stereo field. Usually we have two to three sound checks with the musicians before the show. Depending how well the musician knows about the audio setup, it can take time, so it’s slightly different each week. Sometimes it can take longer. Sometimes it’s quite quick if the artist knows what to do.”
The skills with audio and navigating livestreams of a high quality is invaluable at the moment and Colm is willing to help any artist having trouble or looking to connect with an audience through this platform
“I would, I’d be open to that if any artists wanted to have me on board and help them do a live stream”.
Colm also organises The Monday Club for singer songwriters and now this has also become a live stream on facebook, however this does have its challenges
“So the Monday club was going on in The Wiley Fox for about three years maybe two years. And then when COVID hit, we moved online. But when we did it online on Facebook, we did the Facebook Lives. We put up a PayPal donation link, nobody seemed to donate any money. So it was really tough for the artist and I felt so bad because we’re putting so much effort into this live stream on Facebook, they’re not getting any recognition or there’s no financial income. So that’s where Virtual kind of came from I think. The whole idea of turning it into an actual live gig, like a real gig, do posters, do promo around it and sell tickets. It’s crazy. It’s like a tip jar thing but they don’t seem to do it. So I think it adds more value if you just create tickets and then as you might have noticed in Virtual people stick around. So, if you buy a ticket for seven quid, you’re invested and you’re more likely to stick around for a show but if you’re on Facebook, something pops up, you’re on Facebook so you’re pretty distracted as is, you know.”
I wondered if an artist wanted to avail of FlutterTone’s service, what would they have to do, what do they need to have already prepared
“They need to have a good song and it needs to be well recorded. Kind of radio quality, and then some sort of background towards the song so that we can work with. We usually don’t just take any song, we’re kind of fussy because we just know that the song has to be of good standard and quality to get press and recognition so that’s it, send us the song, we’ll listen we’ll give good feedback on it. We’d turn around and say, maybe the song is too long..actually…there was a song that was sent in to us, it was five minutes long. We were like, well, if you can cut that down a little bit or take this bit out, you know and he actually did. He came back with a radio edit like two weeks later, which was great. We try to give constructive criticism but it is hard not to offend people as well, like, you know, you’re an artist, you’ve created this product, you’ve like painted this picture that’s taken hours and someone’s telling you, you know, change it.”
Colm has done some promo videos for the Virtual shows and for promotion and this is something he is passionate about and loves to create.
“Yeah, I did a master’s in Trinity College about two years ago. But in that, I learned after effects, so it’s like Adobe program. And I really enjoy it. It’s cool, it’s creative. So, I enjoy making the videos.”
Colm also has some advice to help give artists an edge in the music industry.
“For advice, know that you’re going to have to push it yourself. Don’t just fully rely on the PR company, kind of have your audience there and build your audience. So I believe an artist needs to actually have a grasp of their fan base themselves and have a little bit of research there. I think that stands well for them, especially if they’re getting reviews that they write back to the reviews that they’re getting and say thank you and give feedback to people as well.”
Sometimes once an artist uses PR, and learns what to do they decide to continue to do it themselves after. I wondered if that was something Colm has dealt with or is it really an issue at all.
“Yeah that is the thing. I suppose if they are knowledgeable enough and they’ve made the contacts they can go off themselves. Usually, we have a blind CRM, and then we have a CRM with emails in it because as you know your contacts are kind of all you really have in PR and that kind of relationship you build up. So, yeah, we usually ask the artists if they want, you know, to see emails or not.”
There were a lot of shows booked for early August that have now been cancelled and Colm has seen some shows he planned be rescheduled. However there are some events still planned to go ahead ( for the moment anyway ) as well as the weekly Virtual shows. Also when all this Covid madness is over Colm has plans for the Virtual platform to continue
“We had a gig booked into the Wild Duck for the 20th of August and now we’ve been pushed back again to I think 24th of September. I’m not entirely sure if it will go ahead, we’re just kind of hanging in there. And then, Bow Lane was on to me. So Jeff from Bow Lane was on to me recently, and he’s trying to book me in to do a gig. Pretty soon, actually I think it’s like the 21st of August. He’s gonna have food. It’s limited to the amount of people and that and I’m kind of a little bit anxious about that and how it goes but he seems keen on keeping it going. But yeah I’d like to keep Virtual going maybe as a more intimate Q&A thing or something.”
Colm and his team have been working tirelessly supporting Irish music offering PR services for new releases, continuing their Monday Club and Virtual shows through a weekly live stream as well as a series of playlists to support Irish music. They are a friendly and fun bunch to work with and strive to create professional and high quality work for their artists as well as helping us all discover some of the wonderfully talented Musicians we have in Ireland today. When I asked Colm if there was anything he wanted to add at the end of the interview he asked to mention and thank
“Thank Rhianna Cannon for helping organize events and taking pictures. Also, Elina Filice for being an important part of the FlutterTone team PR for writing professional press releases and giving great release strategies to the artists”
Bio : Dundalk based band Priorland are Calvin McManus, Tommy Hughes, Davie Boyle and Conor Kavanagh. In 2020, Priorland recorded their debut EP at Orphan Recording Ireland, produced by Gavin Glass (Paul Brady, Lisa Hannigan, David Keenan, Brave Giant, Hot Sprockets).Priorland released the lead single ‘Moving To The Beat’ in April 2020. The track was picked up by several Spotify playlists including ‘Made In Ireland’ and ‘New Music Mondays’. The band have been well received at Liverpool Tall Ships Festival, Sligo Live Festival, Hilden Brewery Festival, Ted Fest and Drogheda Arts Festival.
Track: Seasons
Why We Like It: Exuding a rich percussion and rhythm section teamed with passionate melodies and tight beautiful harmonies, ‘Seasons’ is another polished and delightful tune from Priorland. The track oozes zest stricken guitar lines which inject vibrant scintillation through the buoyant backdrop and mellow sweet melody. These guys have an instant charm and likeability to them. Their mature, well-crafted music makes for a compelling listen and the sheer joy in this track makes ‘Seasons’ the perfect pick me up on a dull day.
Bio : Strangers With Guns are a 3 piece metal band based in Dublin. Although they formed in January 2019, they already have toured all over Ireland and have supported acts as diverse as “Cherym” and “The Soap Girls” to playing on punk bills up North and even playing with stoner and doom metal bands in Limerick and Cork.
Track: Somebody Needs A Hug
Why We Like It: With a slick gritty riff paving the way for the foot tapping beat and grounded bass groove ‘Somebody Needs A Hug’ is a fluid rock banger. Strangers With Guns presents a raw swagger steeped track that is fun, lucid and edgy through nonchalant spoken vocals, witty lyrics and a blazing instrumental backdrop. A steamy guitar solo breaks up the track’s heavy soundscape while the nimble drum beat, taps and prances through the attitude driven guitar and bass adding a fun strut-like quality to this infectious track. What’s not to like? It’s moody, flaunty, gritty and groovy as hell, all at once.
Bio : props’ debut tracks have been making their way into the world since the start of lockdown, with radio play from BBC Introducing & Amazing Radio.
Track: Easy
Why We Like It: It is an infectious indie track which travels on a brisk soundscape of zealous guitars and dazzling electronics. The sticky beats and techno elements rush through the tracks undercurrent providing adrenaline-inducing energy while infectious melodic pop hooks make this earworm utterly contagious. With intricately layered electronics weaving intensity and rich textures through the hyper melody, props has created another outstanding track with ‘Easy’.
Bio : Marilyn Manson has announced the release of his eleventh studio album WE ARE CHAOS out September 11 via Loma Vista Recordings. Co-produced by Manson and GRAMMY® Award winner Shooter Jennings [Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker], the ten-track opus was written, recorded, and finished before a pandemic blanketed us all. Manson heralds the record’s arrival with the title track and lead single “WE ARE CHAOS”. Manson teamed up with director/illustrator Matt Mahurin for the accompanying video.
Track: WE ARE CHAOS
Why We Like It: Shrouded in epic production and almost anthemic energy ‘WE ARE CHAOS’ marks a new era for Manson. The melancholic melody chimes through a jogging rhythm and guitar strum as the track twinkles into fruition. While Manson’s deep gravelled vocals provide the grit to this more pop rock anthem it’s bravado and power lies within the tracks chorus which erupts to the sound of crashing guitars and pounding drums. This gusto-infused soundscape fills the track with darkly hued sorrow and acceptance all at once. It’s well layered with innocent keys, echo-backing vocals and a massive climactic build however the lamenting undertone is a chilling element which is difficult for the listener to shake, providing depth within this brighter new track.
Bio : ‘The Slow Rush’, Kevin Parker’s fourth album as Tame Impala was released in February to wide-spread acclaim. With it, Parker scored his second #1 in Australia, his highest charting album to date in both the U.S. and U.K. and 14 top 10 chart positions around the world. He has released the official music video for the album track, “Is It True.” The vibe-heavy clip conjures up the visuals often seen in Tame Impala’s live sets. This week, Parker’s previous album Currents achieved RIAA-certified Platinum status in the U.S. with more than 2.5 million copies sold worldwide.
Track: Is It True
Why We Like It: It’s an irresistible funk track laced in cool synths, psychedelic hues and a bad-ass infectious bass groove. With sparkling prismatic soundscapes flashing soft 70’s-esque colours of scintillation through a strutting rhythmic backdrop the track is perfectly layered in pristine production and a soft synth/pop coating. The track weaves through majestic waves of electronics and laid back pop to create a flamboyant and rich tapestry of music. ‘Is It True’ is a gem to treasure.
After the release of three preceding singles alternative rock band Turfboy have released their debut album ‘At Tension’. The album was released through Horn & Hoof Records Manchester and was recorded with Michael Richards in Trackmix Studio Dublin late last year. Coming from different parts of Ireland; Longford/Roscommon/Mayo-Galway/Wicklow, to be exact; the band is based in Dublin City, and is most often found playing shows there.
‘At Tension’ is a blazing roar of alternative rock. The album’s moody grunge elements and crashing backdrop boasts a heavy sound that is not for the faint hearted. Turfboy have created a rock-filled album so explosive and powerful it will melt your brain leaving you on the floor twitching and frothing from the mouth.The acute lacerating guitar riffs gash through tracks like ‘Rageahol’ and ‘In Absentia’ with bloodthirsty stamina while being accompanied by an occasional desert-rock squeal and wail. The band use a battering onslaught on drums to pound their tracks forward while shredding guitar solos and scorching licks display the more majestic and refined side to the band’s savage sound.
However it’s not all fury and anarchy, ‘Holly Daye’ reverbs with an infectious punk pop melody over a slick riff while ‘(L)earn’ showcases a grunge Nirvana – esque side to the band. The gem of the album ‘(L)earn’ pivots around a sulky guitar refrain and moody catchy vocal refrain that will revolve in your head for days. The beauty of the angst in this track blended with sulken nonchalance and despair is masterful as the band build a powerful backdrop to encompass the dark emotion and rawness within the track.‘Idiocracy Is Reality’ is another smasher on the album. Doused in gritty jaunty guitar riffs and eerie bass lines this ominous mammoth displays Turfboy’s ability to build and cultivate a track. The soundscapes occasionally jolt into something more sinister and dark as the band allow each verse to raise the tension for the dramatic and crashing chorus release.
Vocally the band venture from all out fury-filled growls and howls to raspy passionate punk/pop bellows allowing the tracks to have their own identity on the album. We see this especially in ‘AttenDANCE’ where the vocals begin soft and almost lulling to start and venture into a howling scream as the song progresses. ‘Not Like You’ is probably as pop punk the band get on the album with a catchy melodic hook and lighter persona while ‘Millie The Jeff and Subh The Snail’ returns the album to a 90’s alternative rock tone for the finale.
‘At Tension’ is a ballsy gritty album brimming with vigor and massive soundscapes. It is a thrill to listen to. The bands ability to blend anarchy-filled tunes with brooding tones, moody textures and a mosh-worthy sound is glorious and displays strong growth in Turfboy.
Robert O’Connor has released his new single, ‘Over (Before It’s Begun)’.The track is the third in a series of collaborations with EDM artist Skynem GT, who won a competition to remix Robert’s single “Real Good Fight” in 2019. The pair went on to enjoy streaming success with “Older ‘20”, which proved a slow burn hit, landing on Spotify playlists and receiving steady radio play.
Glazed in summer soundscapes ‘Over (Before It’s Begun)’ is a bittersweet electronic number from Robert O’Connor. A soft acoustic intro blossoms into a lush electronic jam as tropical synths shimmer around ethereal soundscapes and danceable beats to create a laid back radio ready track. O’Connor’s vocals exude a velvety tone while a soft tender melody bubbles in the backdrop. ‘Over (Before It’s Begun)’ is another emotive and full bodied track from Robert O’Connor.
Heist At Five are back with their new single ‘Friday Night’, featuring guest vocalist Francesca Confortini. ‘Friday Night’ is the third single released since their debut EP ‘The Blacklist’, this is the band’s most commercially accessible song yet.Heist At Five call London their home, but have their roots spread across Europe, with each member hailing from a different country.Regular gigging between releases has seen Heist At Five hone their live shows, and have played at venues such as The Black Heart in Camden, The Facebar in Reading, Phoenix Bar in High Wycombe and The Wheatsheaf in Oxford.
‘Friday Night’ is a vibrant anthem that blends Latin pop elements into Heist At Five’s dynamic glittering electronic rock. This feel good track is instantly infectious. The funky bass groove wriggles between jaunty guitar refrains while the Latin pop melodies and shimmering electronics weave throughout. Francesca Confortini’s vocals provide a sultry element to the track while the velvety pop melody and glossy soundscapes create a sublime contrast to the bands edgy guitar heavy sound. ‘Friday Night’ is a fun, richly textured track oozing swagger and dazzling luminosity.
Up and coming unsigned Irish singer-songwriter Jack Joyce has released his new single ‘56 Roadster’. Jack first embarked on his music career at the age of sixteen when he began performing and booking gigs in local pubs and clubs. Jack released his debut demo EP, Get Down, in October 2018 and spent the summer of 2019 busking through Europe. Following his return he sold out The Vintage Room in the Workman’s Club and the Whale Theatre. He followed this by opening for Cassia in Whelan’s and playing a slot at the New Year’s Festival in Dublin. ‘56 Roadster’ is taken from his upcoming EP ‘Big Sexy EP which is set for release early September.
Laced in rock swagger and witty charm ‘56 Roadster’ is a fun and infectious display from Jack Joyce. With a catchy chorus, jangly guitar and steady beat this smooth charmer bops in brimming with radiance while a country hue twinkles over the indie rock backdrop. The lyrics roll with effortless fluidity onto a melty pop melody allowing Jack’s warm voice to add quirky lilts and ooze character into the track. ‘56 Roadster’ is a sweet laid back cheeky track that displays Jack’s ability to distil and refine his songwriting into something enjoyable and yet overflowing with texture and vibrancy. ‘56 Roadster’ is a sleek beauty designed for summer weather and good times and a sublime earworm from Jack Joyce.
Stream ‘56 Roadster’ below
Author : Danu
Indie: (n) an obscure form of rock which you only learn about from someone slightly more hip than yourself.
