We were immediately captivated by the infectious vibe of Good Company, the new single from Future Husband. The nordic indie pop export brings elements of funk and disco into the new electro age, bridging the gap between Little Dragon and Sound and Vision era Bowie with some of the added textured brilliance known to Tame Impala. It’s a stylistic smoke show lead by the bands sultry lead singer.
Good Company is a sure thing for a hipster night out at the roller rink, with catchy crossover vibes fit for the mainstream but elusive enough to keep an underground crowd tuned in. It’s a testament to the bands creative aura, one that keeps one foot in the realm of nostalgia while the rest of the body pushes into the future. Good Company is an exciting lead up single in advance of the bands debut album. Keep an eye out, Future Husband is truly buzz worthy. Kudos on the clever band name too, we dig it.
Good Company is featured on our Best New Indie Playlist.
There’s a jovial innocence to the scene on the cover of Highway, featuring the artist herself running down an unlikely overthrown interstate. “I’m free… because I have a highway.” Soraya Perry embraces her existential escape, seeing beyond the confides of conventional social constructs on her dreamy new single. There’s an exciting candid nature to her performance, like the lyrics are arriving in the moment of self discovery and existential reclamation.
Highway represents a breakthrough and as an art piece affects the listener in the same manner. The production is beautiful too, offering an expansive stylistic scope that wades between the cosmos, with sneaky wondrous whale sounds from the ocean lurking beneath the layers. It adds another dynamic to this narrative, a more omnipresent reflection that reflects societies perplexing conundrum. American life, as we know it, is so unnatural. It’s fueling the current young generations dissent, accelerated by the isolation of lockdown and thrust forward out of the underground. It’s playing out now. The cultural revolution will not be televised.
Stylistically Perry adapts a classic influence of Joni Mitchell with the modern electro indie folk reverence of Sufjan Stevens. Lyrically she updates their legacy with lyrics that reflect her generation.
Hear Highway now on our Best New Indie Playlist.
Its’ not often that we get to cite the influence of Seal as a stylistic place mark to chart an indie pop vibe, but so it is that A.J. Adeleye stands out with his new single Rain. The artist effectively updates the influence, injecting trip hop inspirations like Massive Attack and Zero 7. The result is a cinematic imaginative blend meant for an earthly escape. It’s an immersive layered soulful combination guaranteed to get in your dream space. Rain is very much its own musical world, with progressive movements and a late song breakaway set for a take-off. Lose yourself to this vibe.
Rain is featured on our Best New Indie Playlist.
The Wild Is Calling 