Alba James continues to captivate us with her haunting delivery and rare compositional touch. The sentiment rings true on her recent everything ! This picturesque melody brings cinematic brilliance with its imaginative soundtrack derived arrangement.
Like a curious island lullaby with vintage Hollywood flair, Alba James seeps into your imaginative mirage with her trusty ukulele and proficient vocal prowess. Her performance personifies itself in the images and daydreams derived through the listening experience.
Every production touch, from the exotic drums to the ethereal backing vocals, adds to the collective allure. It’s just another reason to marvel at her growing catalog and conceptual flexibility. That affect suits the songs rare combination of Tim Burton nostalgia and Astrid Gilberto nature.
Alba James is featured on our Emerging Folk Playlist.
Alex Nicol laments what is and what will never be on his gorgeous new single Hollywood. This sad paranoid pysch folk pop absorbs like musical opium. You can simply melt into the melodic melancholy gold as you wash within life’s graceful beauty. It’s wonderful contrast, a song so beautiful based around a failed art career, or at least the fear of failure.
In our new twisted reality where everyone takes their shot at stardom, the song is ironically widespread relatable. In contempt to the abundance of songs about wanting to chase your dreams, Nicol finds the dread at the end of the yellow brick road.
Hear Hollywood now on our Emerging Folk Playlist.
Ida Mae caught our attention with their new single Lost On Your Time. This duo embraces their contrast. His, a raw broken delivery while her’s is a serene lullaby soft croon. Together it presents as something refreshing and true, harkening to a classic era while existing autonomous to everything.
Their relationship, with all its assumed trivialities, is at the center of their charm. Trials of loyalty and existential crisis are baked into their vibe. The gorgeous orchestrated arrangement channels that grace and instinctual beauty, making for a collectively effective release that mirrors classic arrangements from Nick Drake or Van Morrison. Following the critical acclaim of their debut Chasing Light, Ida Mae performed hundreds of dates with everyone from Willie Nelson and Alison Krauss to Marcus King and Greta Van Fleet. Still flying under the radar, Lost On Your Time should please their acquired fans as well as pull in some new listeners with its undeniable catchy nature.
Hear Lost On Your Time now on our Emerging Folk Playlist.
Duncan Wood pens a new classic with his single Lightly. At its core the composition features intriguing changes outside the conventional. It tags classic contemporary trends while interjecting both dark and catchy flashes. It compliments the songs intricate narrative, complicated but unassumingly empowering.
Duncan seems to know what makes life complete while navigating the complex relationship systems that bury us all with every new life incident. Stylistically this is how we imagine a Rufus Wainwright, Sufjan Stevens, Radiohead collaboration might evolve.
Hear Lightly now on our Emerging Folk Playlist.
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