New favorite Nilufer Yanya will release the agronomically-titled “Plant Feed” EP via Blue Flowers Music on June 9th. A component part of the EP is the horns-led “Golden Cage” which explores the more hook-driven side of Yanya’s refreshing sound and is available to stream below.
Philadelphia four-piece Palm will release new “Shadow Expert” EP via the venerable Carpark Records on June 16th. “Shadow Expert”‘s first stream is “Walkie Talkie”, a broadside of guitar stabs and time signature swerves that sounds nothing like any other buzz band out right now (all that without losing any listenable-ness or potential for accessibility, too). Look out.
UK artist Sam Fender steps into Foals-esque power and accessibility on ostensibly debut track online, the menancing mid-tempo-er “Play God”.
Just 20 years of age, the supremely talented UK songwriter Rosie Carney shines again on spare soul-stirring latest “Your Moon”.
Brika focuses her aim on major Spotify/radio crossover “Don’t Want Your Love”, the strongest, most accessible track to date from the Miami singer.
Surrey UK singer Annabel Allum impresses with punchy but subtly hooky latest “Eat Greens”. Propelled by a sturdy rhythm track (into that gnarling bass) and the resulting energy of a mutli-pronged guitar barrage, “Eat Greens” locates Annabel Allum decisively on the radar as a songwriter to keep ears on.
Out tomorrow on New York label Let’s Play House is the “Risk The Rip” EP from talented Canadian producer Patrick Holland aka Project Pablo. Previewed below is the cool and soulful title stream from the EP, “Risk the Rip”.
Producer Wilma Archer releases new collaboration “Like a Hunger” with singer Amber Mark. Words/phrases like “soulful”, “dark pop”, “innovative”, “menacing” get tossed around a lot in the blog world but, yeah, “Like a Hunger” is all of those oft-used descriptors and a lot lot more. WA’s skill of setting so much cool but disparate sounds and palettes of influence into such a interesting and cohesive (and very catchy/infectious) song is special. Don’t miss.
We featured/loved Welsh band Kidsmoke in January for their restrained but quite formidable knack at pop songwriting on track “Waves”. The Wrexham band return with another strong entry in “And Mine Alone”, a breezy melodic number that will very very quickly have you in toe-tapping new favorite song mode.
“Funny Farm” is new from Australian singer now based in Toronto Hoodlem. The dark pop track glides about 3:29 duration powered by a propulsive bass figure and a sharp set of syncopated electronics, topped off by Hoodlem’s cool and compelling vocal. Hoodlem will play Birthdays in London on May 18th in support of George Maple.
We’re very pleased at B3 to premiere “Sandcastle State of Mind”, the latest track from Brooklyn-based artist Peter Wise. We love love love this song melodically. There are many special turns of melody throughout the track but are our favorite is that bit at 1:55 where the main vocal goes into falsetto and the key changes – just supreme. About the song, Wise says, “‘Sandcastle State Of Mind’ is an introspective song about the battle between self versus society: a frustration in the dichotomy between the founding principles one was built on versus the principles that seem to govern the culture at large. I’ve always enjoyed those songs that seem catchy and carefree on the surface but are really saying something when you dig into the lyrics, so I wanted to create something that can be a summer anthem of sorts with a darker underbelly.” We hope you dig “Sandcastle State of Mind” as much as we do! Stream the B3 premiere below.
