The first trademark chorus of 2024 comes from Nashville transplant Space Nat. It’s featured on her new single You Can Do Anything! The anthemic hook is destined to become a fixture in her live performance. It’s a timeless affect, much like those elusive 90s classics known to Alanis and Sheryl Crow. The artist cleverly dropped the single on 12/29, as if to make a reference to all the trial and tribulations last year likely offered. She’s getting ahead of it, join the party.
Space Nat is featured on our Best New Indie Playlist.
Intellectual pop challenges underground music gatekeepers on works like Play With The Devil, the new single from Nodedoe. You can’t deny the songs mainstream potential, while admiring its grace in any light. Artists like Sza and Billie Eilish have that same effect.
Play With the Devil is simply brilliant. It’s catchy with in a dark construct, instinctually moody but curiously expressively. The seductive appeal is mostly a reflection of the blend of attitude and talent and less about lyrical smut. It’s an exquisite, top shelf attraction. Altogether its a solid debut from this mysterious producer lead project. We can’t wait to hear where they go with it.
Play With The Devil is featured on our Best New Indie Playlist.
Kai Tak and Draag have teamed up for their new single Jalen Rose. This is dreamy pop bliss full of melodic brilliance. The immersive layered design drips sonic treats that blend effectively while simultaneously shining on their own. It’s a testament to the effective mix, one that embraces a reverberated aesthetic without losing its legibility.
The contrast of a grunge inspired mid song pivot enhances the shoegaze influential scope. Stylistically the band connects with artists like Curve and Tamaryn. We also hear evidence of Coctuea Twins and Beach House. We find it exhilarating.
Hear Jalen Rose now on our Best New Indie Playlist.
Riley Whittaker enwrapped us in the dark hypnotic trance of her new single life after death. Her soft vocal delivery tempers a buried scorn, one that suits this bitter narrative. It threatens to erupt with ruthless fury but then collects itself elegantly, gathered in the realization of how the experience has empowered her.
Whittaker’s writing is smart, with melodic details you can trace all the way back to The Beatles, through the influence of Nirvana, and updated by an indie sensibility akin to Boy Genius. We find it delightful.
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