AnyWay You Come is quiet and open with Fiona Amaka’s voice and a guitar that seems to have been carrying a heavy burden for some time. No large entrance. It just starts like a normal conversation, and that makes you feel immediately connected. Her voice is warm and used, as if she sings about a real situation and not performs […]
Pop-Rock/Review zukrassverliebt – In My Heart
The opening guitar line of zukrassverliebt’s In My Heart feels like it’s heading somewhere good. From the first few seconds, there’s a lightness, a sense of sitting up a bit straighter, before you’ve thought about why. There’s a natural progression to how the song is going to go and where it’s going to lead you that you can sense already. […]
Pop-Rock/Review Reetoxa – Love Keeps Burning Still
In “Love Keeps Burning Still”, Reetoxa’s opening piano part is like a private confession before the words come out. Mildly fragile, the kind of sound that you lean towards rather than away from. The song is immediately a personal one, and has a reality to it. The voice of Jason McKee is at the centre and open and unguarded. A […]
Pop-Rock/Review The Sway – The Grief (Remix by Harry Kook)
“The Grief (Remix by Harry Kook)” from The Sway is a rare feat. It takes a song that’s inspired by real loss and makes it into a song that you almost want to dance to. That combination doesn’t seem to work so well, but somehow it does. My first impression of this is the layering. It’s like there’s a pulse […]
Pop-Rock/Review Matt DeAngelis – Helpless To The Fire
With bright, unforced voice, Matt DeAngelis introduces “Helpless To The Fire”. It does not over-extend itself to make its point. It’s a natural style of delivery, even when the words get darker. That’s what got me from the first few seconds. This arrangement begins with a small one. The guitar and piano play quietly and patiently, followed by the drums, […]
Pop-Rock/Review Harry Kappen – Distant shore
The keyboard sound in Harry Kappen’s “Distant Shore” reminds me of a certain side of seventies rock. It’s the warm, slightly weird one that seems like it came from a long, long way away. The sound makes the whole song floaty. While listening, it seems as though the ground is slowly falling away from under your feet. The thing that […]