Arlo Parks
Words by Zachary Weg Born at the dawn of the new millennium, twenty-year-old London musician/poet Arlo Parks has almost signaled through her genre-fusing music much of what makes up modern life: information overload and urban alienation but also adolescent joy and young love. Across two EPs and several singles, the Paris-and-Nigeria-rooted Parks has established herself […]
Kohinoorgasm
Words by Abby Fritz Los Angeles based lo-fi pop artist Josephine Shetty, known as Kohinoorgasm, released “Exhausted” amid the COVID-19 pandemic this summer. The song has been a long time in the making and is a prophetic exclamation of how burnout can impede the working class. Dripping with soft vocal tones and minimalist techno beats, […]
Seafarers | Virgin Soil
Words by Martin Colino London based Seafarers latest release, “Virgin Soil,” off their upcoming album “Orlando” has left us enchanted with a hauntingly beautiful tune of longing and loss. Lauren Kinsella’s elegant voice narrates the emotions around the loss of a grandparent who shared their love of gardening, and how they now symbolically dwell in […]
Merci, Mercy | Fall Apart
Words by Martin Colino Australian singer-songwriter merci, mercy releases her second single today via Liberation Records. The toe-tapping song weaves introspective and complex lyrics through a catchy pop track. Blanc asked the 19-year-old artist about her latest release and her artistic process. Is there someone who was the inspiration for Fall Apart? Not any one […]
Pandemic Solo Dance Party Playlist
Social distancing has all of us cooped up in our residences, working from home and washing our hands amid our hoarded stores of paper towels and toilet paper. We've been longing for the social contact we had previously taken for granted, so we've decided to put together this pandemic playlist. It's a list of mostly […]
Gordi| Aeroplane Bathroom
Words by Martin Colino Australian indie-pop artist Gordi has released the first single, “Aeroplane Bathroom” off their upcoming album “Our Two Skins,” which will be released June 19th. The beautifully sparse and haunting atmosphere of the track thoroughly speaks to our current quarantine anxieties and feelings of inaccessibility. The accompanying video features an isolated Sophie […]
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges | Texas Sun
Words by Martin Colino Khruangbin & Leon Bridges has released the official video for their song “Texas Sun” from their collaborative EP of the same name. Leon Bridge’s soulful drawl is the perfect accompaniment to Khruangbin’s airy, psychedelic melodies. His vocals ground their worldly funk in a place that is uniquely and unmistakably Texas. The […]
Moses Sumney | Me in 20 Years
Words by Martin Colino Ethereal electro-soul artist Moses Sumney has shared a new song, Me in 20 years, from his upcoming album Grae. With deep rolling and throbbing synths providing a sumptuous landscape for Sumney’s singular falsetto to play in. “Me in 20 Years” evokes the surreal mind space of a heartbroken lover imagining their […]