Kaeto – ‘No Body’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdh11P_HmgI
If there’s one thing we all have in common in 2023, it’s that we spend a fair amount of time looking at ourselves through a screen – be that on TikTok videos or curating our lives...
Some things are worth the wait. When Holly Humberstone was named the recipient of the BRITs Rising Star award back in December 2021 – and then appeared on every ones-to-watch list going a month later – it seemed like things...
CMAT’s songwriting can go from wickedly funny, to piercing you right to the core in a matter of seconds. Take 'Have Fun!', the closer of her second album 'Crazymad, For Me', a track that reflects on a relationship post-breakup,...
With lipstick-stained teeth and smeared make-up, there is something in the artwork of Paramore ‘Re: This Is Why’ that instantly feels like the perfect after-party. Offering an extra layer of duality to a record that was already pretty deep,...
English Teacher – 'Nearly Daffodils'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6xKTRZm3vI
Moving with the energy of one of Britain’s most exciting new bands, Leeds-based English Teacher are doing an excellent job of maintaining momentum, slowly unfurling new sides to their sound. Where previous works have often...
TW: Transphobia, Misgendering, Sexual Abuse, Misogyny
Social media, as many of us can attest, is one of the very best and worst things that has ever happened to music fandom. It can be a place for hyper-niche memes and news...
Since she first emerged in 2016 with her hypnotic debut single ‘Blue Lights’, Jorja Smith has been heralded as one of the UK’s most enthralling voices. She proved that acclaim right on her debut album – 2018’s ‘Lost & Found’...
HOLLY HUMBERSTONE – ‘INTO YOUR ROOM’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hwQzhETOZU
Marking an exciting sonic expansion for the Grantham-born singer-songwriter, and taken from her forthcoming debut album ‘Paint My Bedroom Black’, Holly Humberstone’s newest track explores feelings of guilt from not being present in a...
“Bitch I/ Said What I Said”. So goes the opening hook of Doja Cat’s fourth album, setting the tone for what might be her overall mantra for the year. Doused in a sticking red hue of knowing controversy, Doja...
On their third album ‘WINK’, released in 2021, Japan’s CHAI took a more global outlook, expanding their creative circle to work with LA producer Mndsgn and Chicago hip-hop star Ric Wilson. Two years later, on their self-titled follow-up, the...