Ethan Salter drew us in with their hazy smoking delivery on the new single Strangers Again. The timbre just barely breaks through their voices glazed mist before rising to a fever pitch in the songs breakout movement. As the song evolves the arrangement adapts impressively. Everything feels in its right place, like one big living epilogue.
Closer to the surface Salter provides a fresh heartbreak anthem. It’s one where you wonder if you are even the person they thought your were, or even worse, the person that you are. When you doubt yourself it should sound this tortured. Stylistically we think it will connect with fans of Bon Iver, Clairo, and even Billie Ellish.
Hear Strangers Again now on our Emerging Folk Playlist.
Nowhere Nocturne caught our attention with their new single The Tightrope. The band effectively blends polarities of influences. There’s an alternating rhythmic aesthetic employed convincingly. The initial four on the floor pump only makes the groovy sway that follows more infectious.
The acoustic arrangement within the songs bright vitality adds harmonious contrast, while the vocal equally borders between slightly dreamy and wide awake. In that way we hear a blend of Grizzly Bear, Jose Gonzalez, and alt folk. We love it.
Hear The Tightrope now on our Emerging Folk Playlist.
Jason Bemis Lawrence calls his new song Disappearing (Into a Kind of Distance). It’s an existential gem that borders between the realms of letting go and giving up. No matter how you feel it, you can’t deny it’s liberating calm. Jason’s own broken delivery adds to the genuine feel.
Slightly candid but always on time, Lawrence is full of stylistic swagger and lush confidence. It’s a confidence in this revelation’s resolution and what it means. Stylistically he finds the middle ground between The Lumineers and Phosphorescent. It’s fabulous.
Jason Bemis Lawrence is featured on our Emerging Folk Playlist.
Get lost in Like the Moon, the new single from Kendra Connors. The singer has an intoxicating timbre. It’s exotic, with a hypnotic twang that gets under your skin. It’s curious within this cinematic arrangement. There’s a gypsy mystery to her presence. It suits the melodies dark features.
There’s also a contrasting beauty contracting against the songs sad tendencies. In that way she finds the middle ground between Kacey Musgraves, Lana Del Rey, and Stevie Nicks. Hear for yourself.
Like the Moon is featured on our Emerging Folk Playlist.
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