We adore the clever edits employed on always, the new single from brother bird. An intoxicating haunting dreamy folk smash, the songs remarkable enough with eyes closed. The video adds to the allure, embellishing the aura of her work like a video portrait. Various realms of isolation suit the songs somber affect. Like the contrast of sadness and beauty baked into the songs melodic essence, so are the polarities of these visuals.
Even in melancholy reflection her inherited beauty stands out. It’s not just her, there’s something about a broken spirit, a humility that makes them more desirable. To see her scale these natural wonders alone, it suggests she knows the plagues this beauty offers in her search for truth. Let this poetic imagery leave you breathless. Press play.
What is this life anymore but an endless bustle of in and outs and all abouts. Our new tortured formalities, endless routines as a facade for responsibility at the onset of adulthood. Once it grips you it’s almost impossible to escape. The alternative is amplified in the serene notion of While You Shine, the new video and single from The Velvoids.
Music as a chance to take back your existential autonomy. Their illuminated psych garage aesthetic suits this narrative, as if they’re melding into the songs spirit through this inspired performance. Stylistically it connects with acts like Spiritualized and Brian Jonestown Massacre. It’s a smash. Dig in.
Laney Jones untamed vocal style is no happy accident. With the video for their new single Stay at Home unhigned fits of dance communicate that they’re quite insane. They can reel in their rapturous nature enough to hang in time within the fabric of song, but there’s gonna be truth happening here tonight.
An absolutely killer jam, they bridge the realms of Big Thief and The Districts convincingly. Stay at Home is a statement through and through, a coming out party as a hit and an assertion that Laney Jones is going to kick ass in concert. Get thrilled.
Interpretive modern dancers are so often delegated to the confides of urban studios and concrete jungles. Axel Flóvent reconnects this medium to the wild in the video for their new single Have This Dance. A catchy War On Drugs style swagger finds a more harmonious voice in Axel’s vibrant tenor. His voice imagining how Brett Denner might sound within this vibe.
The musics electric sparkle offers intriguing contrast to the highland hues of this picturesque coast. The movements of Rannvá Guðrunardóttir Niclasen aren’t entirely unfamiliar to these lands, recalling instinctual tribal raptures of the spirit. See for yourself.
The Wild Is Calling 