Beamed straight from the wilds of Belgium through your speakers and into the zone of your bloodstream set to funk. “Duran Duran”, the latest from Vhyce (with an assist from Yves Parquet), adeptly juxtaposes moody synths, a hook-laden pop-destroyer melody, and a main groove that keeps things moving. “Listen to Duran Duran”.
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Paak’s “Oxnard” is awesome. Our favorite from the album is one of the record’s more midtempo cuts, the J. Cole-featuring “Trippy”. Those ooh ooh harmonies!!
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SG’s consistency in delivering across varying sounds and styles is gd remarkable. “Again”, which features Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, explores the more dance-y section of SG Lewis’ sound with A+ results.
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Wow. Jerome Thomas has been on our radar for a little bit now. We loved his song “Stranger” from earlier this year. New track “Bruises” is special. Built on a School D’Angelo-Bilal-Maxwell, etc architecture, “Bruises” converts an immediate and really quite powerful lyric into what is a very very good track. Listen.
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Out today on B3SCI and Aesop is “No Sleep”, the debut LP from Glaswegian dark pop duo LOVE SICK. With fans at NME, Radio 1, and Sir Elton John himself, LOVE SICK’s debut EP is propelled by dark dance-y grooves and magnetic melodies and features lead singles “Fever” and “Medusa” as well as new tracks “No Sleep” and “Predictable” and is available now digitally at B3SCI Records.
If you’re in the UK, LOVE SICK plays a headlining show in Glasgow on Nov. 27 at the Poetry Club and headlines Bermondsey Social Club in London on the Nov. 29.
New from Melbourne AU artist and producer Blush’ko is “Japanese Hotel”. A cool blend of darker R&B-inspired tones and a French house-leaning main break, “Japanese Hotel” was inspired by a dream. Blush’ko says, “‘Japanese Hotel’ was written about a dream I had. I never remember dreams, but I remember waking up after this one, saying. “Woah.. I need to write a song about this”. A+ track. Stream the B3SCI Premiere of Blush’ko’s “Japanese Hotel” below.
Out today on B3SCI & Cannibal Hymns is “Mysterious Visions”, the debut EP from UK artist NANCY. Lauded by NME, Best Fit, DIY, etc NANCY’s debut EP B3 features seven tracks including “Teenage Fantasy”, a cover of Nancy Sinatra’s “Boots”, and new track “French Cinnamon”. Available on a limited run cigarette box-packaged cassette, “Mysterious Visions” is for sale now at B3SCI Records.
That “you’ve got me overwhelmed” melodic turn, those bits of jazzy piano, “STUCK ON U”, new-ish from New York band MICHELLE is a very nice piece of indie songwriting that deserves your attention below.
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Dreamer Boy out of Nashville streams “Orange Girl”, a hazy midtempo bit of a A+ indie pop that we’re digging.
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“Know My Name” is excerpted here from Montreal singer Sara Diamond’s excellent “Foreward” EP. “Know My Name” is a mix of dark pop & alt R&B production shined by some cool electronic finishes and galvanized by Sara Diamond’s cool alto.
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NAO released her Saturn LP on October 26th. One of Saturn’s many highlights is the dance-y Mura Masa-produced “If You Ever”. An additional version of “If You Ever”, available only behind the Soundcloud paywall, features a verse from 6LACK.
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The great Ryan Egan is back with a new record in the form of “Won’t You Be the One”. We’re digging the track’s midtempo 70’s-esque aesthetic and the brand new video for the song (which we’re very pleased to premiere at B3SCI!). Egan collaborated with co-director Amanda Taylor Evans for the “Won’t You Be the One” vid and describes his aim in matching the track’s feel, “We wanted to create a visual that complimented the slow-melting, sleepy groove of the track and I thought it’d be rad to base it all around a slowly rotating Spike Lee style dolly shot.”
Stream the B3SCI Premiere of Ryan Egan’s video for the excellent track Won’t You Be the One below.
Stream “Won’t You Be the One” on Spotify.
