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Cries of Redemption, Ed Silva’s project from Bloomingdale, explores themes of modern isolation through a non-linear music approach. The album features tracks like “Impulse,” showcasing Italian vocalist Chiara A’s raw style alongside varied sonic shifts. With influences from hard rock to ambient sounds, it evokes a range of emotions and settings.
Soft as Hell is a Brighton project led by one person who wrote the track and played everything except the drums, which are handled by Jamie-Ray Scarratt. The stated reference points are Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, and western films, and the track leans into that mix through mood and movement. “I’d Rather Fly” opens with…
Lana Crow is a British singer-songwriter who was born in Kazakhstan and classically trained on piano from early childhood. She’s written about significant health challenges and a turbulent upbringing, plus a long break from music before getting back into writing after moving to the Spanish countryside. In Spirit is her third album, a seven-track set…
Beyond Signal is the solo project of Thomas, a UK artist who writes openly about individuality, neurodivergence, and the feeling of never quite matching the room. He calls his lane “TIM,” short for transcendental indie music, and he’s clear about what he’s chasing: a personal blend of indie rock, electronica, post-punk, and classic rock. He’s…
David Goundry is a London singer-songwriter and guitarist leaning into 60s psychedelia on “Lucy (Remix 2026).” He’s backed by Joanna Griggs on vocals and worked with producer Nick Sykes, whose credits include Average White Band and Go West. Goundry also points to the Beatles, Small Faces, and ELO as reference points for where he’s pushing…
Rellyo Bambini is an artist from Knoxville, Tennessee, building a full album around identity, technology, and what “humanity” looks like in a world obsessed with replication. The title, Cloned & Upgraded, Insert Soul Here (Rebirth Edition), lays the concept out in plain language: people get copied, upgraded, replaced, and the emotional cost still shows up…
Sometimes Julie have spent five records working as a full band, folding classic and alternative rock into a tight live setup. On Transition, singer-songwriter duo Monica Sorenson and Rick Walker zoom in on the most direct parts of that project: piano, voice, and a small circle of players from their San Diego orbit. It’s their…
Robbie Rapids is a Gen X guitar guy who treats classic rock as the base but pulls in pop, folk, alt-country, and metal ideas under the Class 2 Rapids name. He writes with a rotating crew of co-writers and players, but the voice stays consistent across the record. The songs read like separate scenes collected…
Adam Wedd is a British songwriter with a classic rock heart and a habit of turning everyday chaos into hooks. For “FIGURE IT OUT,” he literally wrote the topline in a car queue on the way to Metropolis Studios, walked in with traffic still in his head, and shaped it on the spot with producer…
The Ghostly Pulse is the project of Cologne-based musician Nik Nova, who’s been building a lane around slow, shadowy tracks that blend trip-hop, post-punk and film-score mood. “Oh Heavy Rain” is a good snapshot of that approach: tightly controlled, full of small details, and completely locked in on atmosphere. The song comes in on a…