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She’s a talented illustrator, a killer guitarist and now the Covet frontwoman masterly crafts a stunning piano ballad with her latest single ‘Yearn,’ as artful and unpredictable as her previous output as her nimble fingers dance across the keys, while swirling strings help add to the track’s sombre tone. As it builds, it becomes all the more stormy, more joyous, almost a relief when the song reaches a quiet close.
Honestly, it’s just mesmerising to watch her play (◡‿◡✿)
Yvette Young’s new EP piano is out now via Bandcamp. Read the review for Covet’s latest album effloresce here.
Following on from the dynamic 80s pop of ‘Night and Day,’ Icelandic trio Vök are eager to ‘Spend The Love’ on their latest single, a sleek cut of disco funk awash in dreamy falsetto that combines the sultry theatrics of Christine and the Queens with vivid illustrations and motion graphics courtesy of Dan Willers from Yellow Mouse Studios Ltd.
But that’s not to say the 2018 version of ‘Leave (Get Out)’ is a waste of time by any means, making a few subtle changes to the iconic track while at the same time giving it a newfound sense of maturity. Though older and wiser, JoJo is still as fearless as ever as she injects some much-needed fury into an admittedly dour pop scene (I blame The Chainsmokers and their sad pop whininess, mostly…)
Seriously, what happened to all those delightfully angry pop anthems hitting out at lying, cheating bastards? Kelis’ ‘Caught Out There’? TLC’s ‘No Scrubs’? We need them back, dammit… (॓_॔)
You can listen to the 2018 revamp of JoJo’s debut album JoJo on Spotify here.
Emo fans, your Christmases have all come at once… Like, for real, ‘cos this is the new Christmas duet from Ryan Ross (yes, the Ryan Ross!) and The Like’s Z-Berg, finding themselves on ‘The Bad List’ this 2018.
*cue shrill screams of mid 00s emo pleasure with a mix of Christmas bells*
A companion piece to their previous video for ‘I Fall For The Same Face Every Time,’ the best friends/former lovers deliver a sparse, heartbreaking piano ballad as Ryan romances a dead Z-Berg, doing all the normal things that lovers do like sitting by the fire, decorating the tree, riding the teacups at the local fair…
Gotta admit, that’s one hella creepy way to get yourself on ‘The Bad List,’ you crazy kids! (✿◠‿◠)
So here’s an idea for Netflix for their next Christmas romance: girl meets reindeer, girl and reindeer fall in love… At least that’s how it plays out on Gerard Way’s new track ‘Dasher,’ featuring Lydia Silent Night of The Regrettes in a sleepy ode to star-crossed romance filled with 90s alt-rock charm.
The former MCR frontman says about the track (via AltPress):
‘‘Dasher’ is about a girl who falls in love with a reindeer […] The reindeer thinks she’s pretty great too. They have adventures, they talk about life. The song is also about the magic sometimes hidden in the mundane.’
‘I find this video to be very moving, and I love the direction and the powerful moments that happen in it,” Way says of the video. “Also, some people have been asking about the spoken word part of the song. That was done by Lydia Night from @theregrettesband and it was so wonderful to have her amazing voice in the song. I find her bit to be haunting yet kind and personal.’
There’s some heartbreaking ‘tenancies’ abound in Mothica’s new video for ‘By Now.’
Directed by Mr Iozo, the clip’s dark realism gives both the story and song even more of a bittersweet vibe as the Oklahoma-born singer projects her sadness behind closed doors through the use of raw imagery and metaphor - a lone rose, broken plates, clothes and other keepsakes scattered across the floor - as well as using a gold-clad dancer to help go through the motions.
Mr Iozo says about the video via press release:
‘We wanted to portray struggles of a relationship by showing Mothica and the apartment as the main two characters of the song. Being that the room and rose are both dead and destroyed on the first verse, but on the second verse they are alive and empty respectively signifying she is free and the love for the other person is not there anymore, she has mourned it enough.The dancer portion we wanted to show love as a glow of gold and how she thinks he felt with her, but in reality he is not gold or shinning without her, he struggles just as much. A tragic visual really.’
Some people just won’t take the hint, as Mae Muller proves in her new video for ‘Busy Tone.’
Despite the track’s infectious reggae/ska lilt, the British singer’s frustrations get the better of her as she tries to dodge affections from unwanted suitors while hanging with her pals, leading to quite an unusual punishment…
Love might not be on the horizon, but hopefully y'all take the hint and realise this is a pretty good track (✿◠‿◠)
On their latest single, brando follows in Tessa Rae’s ‘footsteps’ as too much pride makes the foundations of an already-damaged relationship even shakier, their gentle vocals intermingling over a soft bed of moody chimes and tinny synths. But, of course, the two inevitably find themselves falling back into old habits (’I love you/I need you/My mistake love for leaving‘).
Tessa Rae describes how the track came to be via press release:
I’d been trying to write to this beat for a while but got stuck mid way through the process. My producer invited his best friend, Brando, over to to write with me and as soon as he heard the track he came up with the hook. From there the song took on its full form.
‘To me, “footsteps” is about missing someone you love but letting your pride come between you and that relationship.
The song follows the thought process of two people coming to terms with the fact that they want the love they once had back. We travel back and forth through time as they reminisce on the times they had together, both the good and the bad, and are left in the end without a clear ending.
We’ve all heard the saying, art imitates life. I think the uncertainty at the end of the song relates so well to the reality of an on and off again love.’
ELINA’s isn’t quite feeling like a ‘Champion’ on her latest single, a sparse, willowy piano ode dedicated to fear and heartache that has the British singer try to break free of old habits and finally let her guard down.
ELINA says about the track via press release:
‘Personally, when I get scared of losing someone or if I feel inadequate in a relationship - any relationship - I tend to disguise that fear with rejection. Sometimes even with anger. I think it’s a very easy-to-see-through attempt to hide that you’re hurt or vulnerable. “I’m scared of losing you” becomes “I don’t need you.
‘The meaning of “break my heart like a champion” is basically a request to your loved one not to break your heart slowly or gently. Sometimes the fall hurts even more than actually hitting the ground - it’s easier to know what will happen instead of fearing it and to live in uncertainty. It’s like ripping of a band-aid, the slower you rip the more it hurts.’
‘Champion’ is from ELINA’s debut EP, out early next year.
