Vintage attitude and jive thrive with Americana pomp on Hold My Hand, the new single from Zoe Boekbinder. Citing its reverence with an inspired music video, the dark cinematography resurrects the umbrella gloom plaguing our complicated history. It adds some revelatory contrast that parallels the amplified wide vibrato of Zoe’s voice.
Stylistically the writing and production draws some similarities to selected works by Lord Huron, while also citing the legacy of the collective Traveling Wilbury’s and their penchant for adapted Americana. Their first new single in two years, Hold My Hand is absolutely super cool. Dig in.
There’s a lot to love about MAGIC, the new song and video from collaborators mejia and JAWNY. The devil is in the details and MAGIC offers a plethora of them. Carefully calculated this audio cult twist lends itself to a more meaningful conversation in the same way metaphor served the Orwellian pen.
We’re quick to reference how it triggers the challenges of information assimilating through the ages through both text and artistic interpretation. There are multiple perceptions at play and the experience is only offered by the provider but not always by the subject. It’s interpretation, it’s all one big interpretation.
Oh and MAGIC is just super entertaining and catchy like a blend of Beck and The Big Lebowski. Find out now.
Life Is Suffering. That ancient mantra rings true within the poetic connections between the song and video that is Burning Rain. German songwriter and affluent guitar player Dominik Friedrich embraces the cold and how it alters him within the videos chilling narrative. The scenes feature the artist shirtless and barefoot within a snowy mountain chain both performing his song and struggling with the elements.
The guitar playing is poetic and innovative. The artist has his own rare lap, strum, and slap style. For us he bridges the auras of Alice In Chains with Rodrigo and Gabriella. Check it out.
Coed Pageant gracefully uncovers all the gems of his unconscious on his new single Barcelona, Baby. Poetically intriguing, the artist displays an exquisite lyrical touch cloaked by his scorned emo delivery. This is smart songwriting blended with an emo indie sensibility in contrast to atypical folk poets. But the artist at heart is more like a beatnik truth sayer, one willing to peel the layers back on the ironies of adolescence. “Baby please don’t go to Barcelona, cause I know how it ends…”
Stylistically it connects with the recent works of breakthrough artist Petey, with an added inclination towards the influence of The Weakerthans or Modest Mouse.
Check out the video, it’s a brilliant collage.
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