Distance has a funny way of making people poetic when showing up would have been easier. Julia Gartha gets straight into that contradiction on “Not In The Room,” the focus track from her latest EP California’s Killing Me. The American artist builds the alt-pop cut around prominent, slightly reverbed drums that give the record a loose..
Read MoreA bright beat can sometimes carry the heaviest truth, and izzi understands that contradiction with rare nerve. On “Make Me Watch,” the British alt-pop artist, independent singer-songwriter, producer, and composer builds a laidback yet sharply charged single around a subject…
Read MoreAmerican singer-songwriter Kai Nanfelt’s new single “Down” is a laidback Alt Pop single built with the quiet discipline of a room being slowly put back in order. Indeed, he approaches depression, healing, and self-improvement with notable restraint, avoiding dramatic spectacle…
Read MoreMathias Julin’s Cruel World is a laidback Alt Pop and commercial pop single built around emotional contrast: a heavy external world softened by the presence of one stabilizing love. The American artist frames the song as the start of a more cinematic chapter..
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