Brimheim challenges you with the indie pop catchy contrast of her new single Literally Everything. First with how she dictates her smoky low register, making the unconventional sound golden with elite melodic prowess to flaunt her trait impressively. Then there’s the odd suggestive music video, presenting her sex appeal in an unlikely setting and adding a creepy fetish innuendo for context. Maybe it’s how she still reigns attractive in this pigstye while the Angel in your ear claims it’s disgusting, maybe that’s the detail that tickles you strangely. Or maybe it’s just her rare musicality. In that way the video works just right.
The Wheel Workers flaunt their eccentric side within the video for their new single Harbor. The song is a fun indie jam reminiscent of the works of Doves or The Walkman with an the added flavor of the bands own psych infused reverence. The video is a solid blend of stylistic and bizarre, full of costume changes and a dark narrative like visions from your pop culture inspired unconscious. Beetlejuice, David Lynch, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. They all have a stake in this vibe, a style that we endorse emphatically. We love it. Check it out.
Leah Rye has heard the calls for her to Sit Down. She’s channeled her aggravation into her most recent anthem. Sit Down features a trademark hook that stings like a battle cry. It features her piercing high register, a detail that men will never know. She weaponizes it, not just to claim her truth but to rally hope among her fellow sisters. Stylistically it recalls an aura known to Sinead O’Connor with some of the modern indie atmospheric flair known to London Grammar. For context Rye offers, “How does it feel to be a woman in a world where men have all the power? To be shouted after? To get touched uninvited?” Rye offers an artistic video to amplify the narratives message. It’s both an important work, and a melodically brilliant song.
A underground star rises to the surface within the video for Nobody’s Home. This seductive dark entrancing vibe peels the layers back on the complicated artist that is Matya. A combination of angst and cultural awakenings shakes her out of the commercial pop doldrums and into an Art-Alt state that recalls the breakthrough vibes of Mitski and Saint Vincent.
She doubles down with a music video that leaves room for interpretation while peaking your interest about its star. Matya knows that if you don’t show everything it leaves you wanting more. Nobody’s Home is a great introduction to draw you into her complicated artistic world. The song whiplashes between classic catchy and alt grunge attitude. We can dig it.
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