​   Sabriel (pronounced shä brē el) is a singer, songwriter and producer with a whimsical charm and courageous vulnerability. Soaked in serene sounds and alluring instrumentation, Sabriel meanders through life experiences, exploring her intangible wanderlust.
   Sabriel's new EP, "Pulse" is filled with songs you'd imagine to be playing during a high-fashion show in Paris. The songs maintain to perfectly encapsulate the nightclub vibe of the 2000's. With soft, panning vocals with drum & bass elements, her EP sends you into a mesmerizing, ambient dream. 
   Derived from chapters of Sabriel’s life, the EP represents her growth into real womanhood. With an unguarded approach to her music, the songs plunge into new and untouched territories, with a constant theme of fire throughout the EP. She expresses, “Fire will transform every single thing it comes into contact with. As mesmerizing and warm as it is, if you touch it, you will get burned. I love that. It’s beautiful, but demands respect.” Experiencing significant and painful change in her life, as expressed in “Pulse” and “Nervous”, she was left with an opportunity to decide what she wanted her life to actually look like, choosing to learn and grow despite all of the unknown that is still ahead of her.

IG: @sabriel_music
Twitter: @sabrielmusic
facebook.com/sabrielmusic
sabrielmusic.com

   Joyfriend And Klypi join forces to release music collaboration for their single, “Thembo Fairy”. The intensely creative love-child born from the two artists, creates an exciting and reminiscent mix of Pop & Electronic Post-Punk.
   Joyfriend creates Queer-Pop tunes, inspired by underground club scenes and classic 80's genres. Originally from Oakland, CA and now in Los Angeles, they have played in various bands for the past decade.
   Klypi is a DIY Pop artist from the South, whose musical influence derives from 80’s Synth Pop and early y2k Industrial. They write songs about lovelessness and heartbreak as they have never experienced true love. As an elf, they question ideas of what gender is and can be, hoping to expand our language beyond boy & girl.

IG: @_joyfriend
IG & Twitter: @klypi__​
TikTok: @klypi
klypi.bandcamp.com​
facebook.com/klypi

   Los Angeles based and Baltimore-raised modern Pop-meets-vintage-Psychedelia artist mazie releases her latest single, “people don't change" - although she wrote the tune several years ago, when matched with the right hook from her producer Elie Rizk the song pieced together in just one day. When speaking about the song mazie shares, “Relationships and friendships are all about figuring out if you can co-exist within each other's flaws. By letting someone into your life, you are acknowledging that they are who they are for better or for worse — and you should be so precious about choosing who is in your life for that very reason.
   mazie is currently on tour [dates below]!

IG: @heyymazie
Twitter: @heymazie
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Image by Daniela Salinas

mazie 2021 tour dates
12.02 Charlotte, NC - Fillmore*
12.03 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle*
12.04 Louisville, KY - Mercury Ballroom*
12.06 Indianapolis, IN - Deluxe*
12.07 Chicago, IL - Subterranean
12.08 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues*
12.10 Columbus, OH - Express Live*
12.11 Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall*
12.12 Pittsburgh, PA - Roxian Theatre*
12.14 Boston, MA - House of Blues*
12.15 Philadelphia, PA - TLA*
12.17 Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony*
12.18 New York, NY - Webster Hall*
12.19 Baltimore, MD - Soundstage*
*notes dates with COI

   Australian-born, LA-based musician Hazel English releases single and music video for “Nine Stories," The release is Hazel's first single since 2020’s "WAKE UP," produced and collaboration with Jackson Phillips (Day Wave). The single, a blissed out jangly guitar song with airy vocals and simple, pulsing beat creating an idyllic swirling teenage dream, is accompanied by a brilliant self-directed official video.

IG: @hazelenglishmusic
Twitter: @iamhazelenglish
facebook.com/hazelenglishmusic

Images by Marguerite Marcella Mannix

IG & Twitter: @jbrekkie
japanesebreakfast.rocks

   Tricia Stansberry is a freelance live music photographer based out of Columbus, Ohio. She has photographed live acts such as Mitski, COIN, Dehd, and Sunflower Bean, amongst many others. She has also photographed music festivals such as Bellwether Music Festival and Springsfest in southwest Ohio. Tricia has been photographing concerts for nearly five years. She adores film photography and likes to work with experimental film in addition to digital work. 

IG: @tj.ms
Twitter: @triciajms 
Business inquiries: triciastansberry@gmail.com

IG: @thedeclanmckenna
Twitter: @declanmckenna
facebook.com/DeclanMckennaMusic
declanmckenna.net

   Holly Denby is a freelance music photographer based in Birmingham, United Kingdom. She is building a growing reputation within the music industry having photographed musicians such as Declan McKenna, Boy Pablo and Beabadoobee. Over the last three years, she has gained close contacts with many promoters and has photographed several local events including, Discover Birmingham (a festival celebrating the city’s vibrant music scene) and the Youth Strike for Climate Change protest.
   Holly currently freelances for a range of UK publications including, Indie Midlands, Dot Dot Dash and Grrrl Groannn – a magazine promoting female indie artists through their record label, press, live events and magazine.
   After recently completing her UAL Media Studies qualification, Holly is currently studying Art History with The Wallace Collection.

Business Inquiries: hollydenbyphotography@gmail.com
IG: @hollydenbyphoto

   A sharp-witted commentary on the binary of being both the watcher and the watched in the digital world, "Busy Body" is an addictive listen, both thematically and musically. Drawing inspiration from the 1996 film The Cable Guy, the video reveals a playful yet poignant message about society's obsession with social surveillance. "For the 'Busy Body' video, the idea was to take the song's main theme surrounding compulsive surveillance to a literal and clear cut place while still keeping it fun and lighthearted through the story and style," Cassie shares.
   Slightly secretive and delicately feminine, every song she releases is a single intricate flower plucked from her consciousness and added to her verdurous display. Constantly exploring new musical and visual dimensions, Cassie has emerged as an avant-garde luminary in the left-of-center Pop space. 

IG: @cassiemarin
TikTok & Twitter: @ca55iemarin
facebook.com/cassiemarin

Created & Directed by Cassie Marin & Gerardo De Sousa
Assistant Director: Natalie Goldstein 
Styling & Makeup: Cassie Marin
Hair: Kayla Case 

Images by Sergey Nikitenko

   "Goodbye to Heartache" is the most recent release by Los Angeles-born artist, Janelane. Front-woman Sophie Negrini's tender vocals lay gently on top of harmony-stacked instrumentals. The song takes you into a wonderful nostalgia of a warm summer spent with your friends. With the help of a Rhodes, Negrini tells the familiar story of trying to be strong despite getting her heart broken, singing with relatable uncertainty that she is "okay with dancing alone". While "Goodbye" is a musical departure from the proudly Pop-Punk "Celebrity Crush" (released March 2021 via Kingfisher Bluez), it reaffirms LA Weekly 's description of Negrini as a "witty songwriter with a gift for earworm melodies" and further elicits Negrini's range as an artist, hinting at what has yet to come.

IG: @janelanemusic
janelanemusic.com
facebook.com/janelanemusicla

Images by ​Natasha Ribeiro-Austrich

   KiNG MALA is an alternative Soul artist based in Los Angeles. AKA Areli Castro, the El Paso born musician pens songs which touch on themes from lust, sexuality and badass femininity. Not afraid to spill her guts, the songwriter set out with the hopes to spark confidence in both herself and her listeners, creating music that will make you walk taller and speak louder. Both her music and visuals experiment with masculine tropes, sharing "There's something about taking something traditionally masculine and wearing it as a woman that makes me feel really powerful." These masculine threads weave throughout everything she does, hence King rather than Queen and "MALA" which roughly translates to "bad bitch" in Spanish. Sharing her feelings from the bottom of her heart KiNG MALA encourages you to dig deep and connect with your inner-self. Life is messy and we shouldn’t feel ashamed to show our emotions and speak our minds.
​   Following KiNG MALA's hit release, "she calls me daddy" - her latest is titled “mercy”. The song focuses on the juxtaposition between bad habits and remorse from old behavior when she was growing. Lyrically shedding light on battling mental illness while balancing hauntingly beautiful vocal melodies. She confides, “I have said things I will regret forever and every day I search for the good within me and search for the proof that those things are not who I really am. Sometimes all you can do is forgive yourself and look for the good... that's what this song means to me.”
   The music video for "mercy" is set to be premiered on youtube July 23rd at 6pm!

IG & Twitter: @kingmalamusic
facebook.com/kingmalamusic

Images by @jadesdlr & @conner_sorensen

   Rod Wendt, Brie Deux and Michelle Primiani began playing music together in Tampa, FL in 2017 and shortly thereafter found their missing piece, Justin Burns, to form the modern dystopian bliss that is Glove. The stylish and magnetic 4-piece group underscores the best of the 1980’s synthetic New Wave sound with a contemporary Rock n’ Roll edge that is sure to propel the band to the forefront of the Alternative Rock genre.
   The fresh release coming from Glove, "Behaviour" is the second single off of their forthcoming album. Singer and Guitarist, Rod Wendt recently told spoke on the track, “We transformed our living room into an immersive cloud space for this live video experience. 'Behaviour' is about a static reaction to operate and perform as you’re told – a chain reaction of words and expressions.”
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IG & Twitter: @glovetheband
glovetheband.com
facebook.com/glovetheband

​Glove Tour Dates
Saturday, July 31, 2021 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
Saturday, July 31, 2021 - Chicago, IL - Subterranean w/ White Reaper
Monday, September 20, 2021 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ White Reaper
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 - Ashbury Park, NJ - The Stone Pony w/ White Reaper
Thursday, September 23, 2021 - Brooklyn, NY - Sultan Room
Friday, September 24, 2021 - Washington, DC - DC9
Saturday, September 25, 2021 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle w/ White Reaper
Tuesday, October 21, 2021 - Savannah, GA - District Live w/ White Reaper
Friday, October 22, 2021 - Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees
Sunday, October 24, 2021 - Lexington, KY - The Burl w/ White Reaper
Saturday, October 30, 2021 - Austin, TX - Levitation Fest

   Canadian-born, Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter and artist Natasha Pheko (BXB Love) — releases her new and extremely catchy Pop single, "Losers."
   Following the releases of BXB Love's first two singles, "matrix" & "IGNORANCE SONG" - “Losers,” LOVE invites the people of planet earth to cast off their masks, and take a good hard look at all the parts of themselves — the good, the bad and the ugly — with acceptance, love, and compassion. “’Losers’ is my claim that we are all really just losers trying to fit in,” LOVE says. “I believe, if we really committed to being who we are, and loving that unconditionally, we might all feel a little more free and a little less anxious about the potential perception of us that others may have.” Created with fellow songwriters and producers Jaime Estalella and Michele Canova, a mere few weeks before COVID-19 changed life as we know, “Losers” came together as a synchronistic dance of lyrics and sounds, entirely unrestricted by trends or genre limitations. “There was no goal or destination in mind, only a shared commitment to be in the present, in the process and following the joy, the excitement, and the inspiration,” LOVE writes.

Twitter: @4theloveofbxb
IG: @4theloveofbob
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Photo Credit: Kobe Boateng (@kobeboateng)

   Hampshire (UK) Indie trio Drug Store Romeos have shared their new single "Secret Plan", taken from their upcoming debut album "The world within our bedrooms" - out 25 June via Fiction Records (preorder). The song emphasizes the lead singers  mesmerizing voice, thumping bass, twinkling synth melodies and beautiful change-ups.
   Drug Store Romeos formed in college nearby Farnborough when childhood friends Jonny and Charlie pinned an ad about finding a bassist for their new band to the school’s notice board - Sarah replied and quickly proved herself a better vocalist than either of them. Sharing affections for Suburban Lawns and Tom Tom Club, Drug Store Romeos cut their teeth playing live at college, Guildford Boiler Room and Aldershot West End Centre, rather than the familiarly trodden paths in London - although they did frequent the city as often as three times a week at one point; carrying all of their equipment back to Fleet by train as none of the band were old enough to drive. 
   While the band have since moved to London, by the time they came to record The world within our bedrooms, all three members were keen to hold onto that wide-eyed energy for as long as possible. Those 3am walks home from Fleet station, with amps and flight cases slung over their shoulders, would become a rite of passage; the quiet
countryside influencing their hushed atmospheric sound and nocturnal leanings, the tight bonds formed back home buoying their hypnotic and delicate blend of Dream Pop and synth-led explorations. ​
   Drug Store Romeos will play their biggest headline show to date at London’s Scala on 17 November – tickets are available now.

IG: @drugstoreromeosband
Twitter: @drugstoreromeos
facebook.com/drugstoreromeos

See Drug Store Romeos live in 2021: 
25 May | Oslo Hackney, London (SOLD OUT) 
27 May | YES, Manchester (SOLD OUT) 
29 July | SET, London (SOLD OUT) 
2-5 Sep | End Of The Road Festival 
25-26 Sep | Dot to Dot Festival 
9 Oct | Are You Listening? Festival 
13 Nov | Stag & Dagger Festival, Glasgow 
14 Nov | Stag & Dagger Festival, Edinburgh 
17 Nov | Scala, London ​

   binki has always been a performer at his core. Born to Kenyan immigrants in Pennsylvania, he grew up on a steady diet of his older siblings’ music preferences. But it wasn’t until studying to be an actor at UNC Greensboro that binki found himself gravitating toward music as a career.
   binki announces his debut EP - MOTOR FUNCTION - along with new single and video “Clay Pigeon,” binki explains, “Clay Pigeon is a song about vulnerability. A clay pigeon is someone I want to open up to me or invest time in, but I’m not willing to do the same. I wanna play along but I got no skin in the game. I was in a situation where I was more focused on my dreams than building a relationship. I think it happens to a lot people and I’m just trying to navigate those feelings in this song.”
   The song opens with an encapsulating bass line and features extremely catchy vocals. binki's music video for "Clay Pigeon" was directed by his brother, Justin Ongeri. The overall vision gets us excited for hanging out with our friends in the Summer (safely vaccinated!) after a long break of COVID-19 and has a wonderful vintage film mood. 

IG: @binkistinks
facebook.com/binkistinks

Portrait by Aidan Cullen

   The Toronto native multi-instrumentalist and producer, Luna Li (Hannah Kim) has shared her new single "Alone But Not Lonely." The lush orchestral composition places Luna Li’s technical proficiency in the spotlight as she kicks the song off with a sweeping melody played on the violin before dropping into a smoldering funk groove with ethereal synth pads and vocal harmonies to boot. The song hits incredibly strong and resonates deeply with many genres. After her graceful and confident chants of instantly memorable self-assurance, the song crescendos into a massive guitar hook that rises and falls with beautiful simplicity and acts as the antidote to her loneliness. The stunningly creative music video, directed by Maya Balkaran & Kostadin Kolev, accompanies the song extremely well.
   "I wrote 'Alone But Not Lonely' in my very first apartment which was cockroach infested. I was feeling really uncomfortable and lonely in the new space, and decided to write this song to cheer myself up and entertain my newfound insect friends." Says Luna Li. “The phrase ‘Alone But Not Lonely’ is a mantra I use to remind myself that time I spend with myself is valuable and special, something that should be celebrated.”

Twitter, Tiktok & IG: @lunaliband
facebook.com/lunaliband
lunali.bandcamp.com

Image by Felice Trinidad

Luna Li tour supporting Japanese Breakfast:

9/14 – Columbus, OH @ The Athenaeum Theatre
9/15 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall - SOLD OUT
9/16 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall - SOLD OUT
9/17 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
9/18 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
9/19 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
9/23 - Boise @ Treefort Music Fest
9/25 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune - SOLD OUT
9/26 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune
9/27 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
9/28 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
10/1 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency
10/2 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent - SOLD OUT
10/3 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent - SOLD OUT
10/4 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
10/5 - Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl
10/7 - Sante Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
10/8 – Denver, CO @ Ogden
10/9 – Lawrence, KC @ Granada
10/10 – St Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall
10/11 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
10/16 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel 

   BXB LOVE, the nom de plume of Canadian-born, Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter and artist Natasha Pheko released her second single titled, "IGNORANCE SONG."
   Through genre-bending musical production, reflective lyricism, and multidisciplinary creative works, BXB LOVE captures the charm, discomfort, and introspection of being 20-something in the year 20-something. She steps outside the proverbial box, allowing her artistic expression to honestly reflect the world around her. By choosing a purposefully ambiguous and androgynous pseudonym, LOVE is able to explore the fluidity that is the human experience and liberate herself from the unspoken expectations placed on women of color in the music industry. Ready to breakdown personal, projected and perceived barriers, LOVE invites listeners to do the same.
   “IGNORANCE SONG” reflects LOVE’s ability to contain sonic and emotional multitudes within one song. Opening with the irrepressible chorus destined to be sung by future crowds, “IGNORANCE SONG” bursts into a bold, gritty Alt-Rock number that swells with infectious guitar, anthemic percussion, and hazy layered vocals. Lyrically and sonically, it’s an anthem that celebrates self-discovery and self-empowerment in a world that encourages us to define ourselves before fully understanding who we are and who we want to be.
“It’s about letting go of your perceived and projected identities, and realizing that we just ARE,” LOVE explains. “Life is a performance, and we can choose the labels and identities that we use to express our being, without being attached to them. We get to grow, evolve, change, shed. And there's really nothing to prove to anyone once you free yourself of the belief that you need to prove your worth, or validate/justify how you choose to express your being. It’s my anthem to a generation that is rewriting what identity means and the ways in which we choose to express that."

Twitter: @4theloveofbxb
IG: @4theloveofbob

   Alma Grace has been inspired by artist Frida Kahlo since childhood. As a second generation Mexican-American woman, Grace has always felt drawn to the way in which Kahlo redefined beauty standards — “she made me feel beautiful for my bushy eyebrows and dark hair” — and broke down the boundaries placed on gender, race and sexuality. The "Frida" EP is a project inspired by a feminist icon but it’s also an exploration of the ways in which Frida’s legacy has helped shape Grace into the woman and artist she is today. 
   Throughout the EP Grace pays homage to her bi-cultural upbringing by weaving together English and Spanish lyricism and traditional latin sounds with modern Pop melodies. Her narrative-driven lyricism is enchanting, with each song delivering dual stories that tie back to both Kahlo and Grace’s lives. “Aventura” is an ode to adventure and affairs, something that Grace has always admired in Kahlo’s rich life. “Girl Fight” is a queer, feminist anthem that was inspired by Grace’s favorite Kahlo story: after her husband Diego Rivera cheated on her, she had an affair with the same woman. “Aztlan” is about the mythical homeland of the Aztec people and pays homage to both Grace and Kahlo’s ancestors. Lastly, “Relámpago” is all about coping with pain — the physical pain Kahlo suffered due to her near fatal bus accident and the emotional trauma Grace dealt with after being sexually assaulted. 

IG & Twitter: @almagracemusic
facebook.com/almagracemusic
almagracemusic.com

   Klypi’s “Notice Me” music video is framed as a sexy-singles hotline for callers who indeed want to be noticed. Klypi sings, "messaged you on the phone, you didn’t respond, you’re not alone…” and “why won’t you notice me” while looking very ready-to-go-out yet still in their room; were they expecting their crush to call to make plans? To many the question feels inevitable - how do you get your crush’s attention, or rather, an audience? The concept for the video is both aesthetic and functional, as Klypi and fellow artist Rian Archer created the look, feel, and dialogue for Klypi’s Notice You Hotline: yes, you can call (or text) 1-(347) 7NO-TICE and be able to share your story of trying-to-get-that-hottie-to-notice-you, and if it was an epic fail or a sound success. Klypi intends to keep this active line for callers, texters, and anyone else who wants to talk. And last, Klypi dawns a set of custom hair clips, which they are selling a short run of. Get them before they are never made again.

IG & Twitter: @klypi__​
TikTok: @klypi
klypi.bandcamp.com​
facebook.com/klypi

Photo, styling, and makeup by Rian Archer

   Mini Trees is the solo musical project of the Southern California born and Los Angeles based songwriter Lexi Vega. In celebration of the announcement of releasing her debut album under Run For Cover Records later this year, Mini Trees releases her new track titled, "Spring".
   Lexi shares, “Spring' is meant to be somewhat of a lighthearted love song about growing old with someone. It confesses contrasting feelings of both fear and security that come with being vulnerable and fully known by another person. The underlying message is one of hopefulness though, resolving with the choice to believe this person will remain a constant in my life despite the changing nature of everything else."

Twitter & IG: @minitreesband
facebook.com/minitreesband

   Despite being raised by two opera-singing parents, it was Rock and Roll that Negrini found solace in at a young age. She credits her older sister, Gina, for drilling the entire Beatles discography into her brain well before the 4th grade, jump starting an obsessive hunger for nostalgic, Poppy melodies. Negrini taught herself to play guitar at age 12, constantly writing lyrics in the margins of her school work when her teachers weren't looking. As a young teenager, she grew infatuated with 90's DIY culture and the music that surrounded it, attending countless shows at underground Los Angeles venue, The Smell. Negrini began performing as "Janelane" in 2013, quickly garnering attention for her pop hooks and shimmery guitars with profound, melancholic lyrics, landing her first gig at The Smell with the beloved LA noise band, No Age. 
   "Celebrity Crush" is the Pop-Rock anthem and first ever vinyl release by Los Angeles-born artist, Janelane. Described as a "witty songwriter with a gift for earworm melodies" by LA Weekly, Janelane's frontwoman, Sophie Negrini, professes her unrequited love for a man she meets between the pages of a magazine in her newest song. Engineered by Joey Oaxaca (White Reaper, Mamalarky) and featuring guest performances by members of White Reaper (Elektra Records) and No Win (Dangerbird), "Celebrity Crush" is a perfectly Pop whirlwind drenched in harmonies and guitar solos so sweet, you might get a toothache. 

IG: @janelanemusic
janelanemusic.com

   Blending organic instruments with silky vocals and uniquely candid lyricism, Seattle-born and raised artist, songwriter & producer, ALITA, is bringing the honesty back to today’s music scene. Taking influence from artists ranging from India, Arie to LEON, ALITA’s songs share personal stories of navigating young adulthood, feminism, love, and loss through her own unique lens. All of her music has one common thread: it encourages her listeners to be more introspective & honest with themselves, in a day and age when it’s much easier to scroll endlessly and ignore our intuition.
   ALITA’s new single pivots away from her previous “feel good” Pop anthems and catapults her into a new dimension of unabashed honesty. ALITA describes it as, “a song about resistance & self - discovery in the face of modern romance; it explores the implicit & explicit expectations placed on women throughout history. And how empowering it feels to set yourself free from carrying someone else’s emotions on your back”. The story starts with ALITA singing about a specific relationship that opened her eyes to the subconscious role she had stepped into of “mothering” her lover, and evolves into a tongue & cheek anthem for women everywhere. The production & writing go beyond modern genre lines, blending live strings with thick bass lines, Pop synths, and addictive melodies. “I’m Not Your Mother” is co-produced by ALITA & Zach Nicita (VERITE, Anne Marie, MS MR), and co-written by ALITA & Grammy - award-winning songwriter Jesse Saint John (Lizzo - Truth Hurts").

   New Zealand-based Pop duo Foley share their sophomore EP, "Vacation." Full of mesmerizing grooves, blissful Pop melodies, and infectious energy, the 5-track EP is a captivating journey from start to finish.
   As an overall concept, the "Vacation" EP is a mediation on what it means to escape from routine. Whether it’s a physical getaway or just being with someone who makes you feel at your best is up to the listener’s personal interpretation.
   Foley is the late night conversations, not-so-existential crises, and the genuinely unbreakable friendship of 20-somethings Ash Wallace and Gabriel Everett. Honest to a fault, Foley have quickly picked up a fanbase of young like-minded listeners for their confessions of love, loss and learning. With a sibling like closeness at their core, their transparency with each other and their audience makes for a hilarious, emotionally authentic and carefree relationship that will have you laughing and crying in the same breath. 

IG & Twitter: @wearefoley
facebook.com/wearefoley

   Today British songwriter Florence Arman releases a story about a friend that just dropped off the face of her world, appropriately named "Out of The Blue". Available everywhere via AWAL Recordings. The song shares its title with her upcoming EP out this Spring.
   Florence speaks in more detail about today’s release of Out Of The Blue, “Initially when I was writing ‘Out of the Blue’ I had a different singer in mind, but as I was writing the lyrics, they suddenly became quite personal. I told my brother about it and he said ‘You can keep the good songs for yourself too, you know’, so I did, and he then produced the song with filous. I sneakily wrote a lot of the lyrics during another session, where we were writing a different song. At the time I was having a hard time getting over a friendship that had ended in a very mysterious way. And in that session when we took a little break, I went to make myself a cup of tea in the studio kitchen and picked up a mug from the shelf that happened to have this friend’s name on it (not such a coincidence with hindsight, he has a pretty generic name). Then I had a little cry on the loo and wrote down a bunch of stuff I needed to get off my chest, and that became a large part of lyrics.“

IG: @florence.arman
Twitter: @florencearman
facebook.com/florencewastaken

Images provided by Marcella Ruiz Cruz

   "Inconvenient" is a brand new Neo-Soul release from 21 year old Emy Kabore hailing from Ghent, Belgium. EMY's voice carries the song through twinkle-y guitars, mesmerizing synth-breaks and booming bass riffs. Emy's unique voice pairs extremely well alongside her band who back her name. 'Inconvenient' is an impressive piece of contemporary Indie-Soul, produced by guitarist Brian Bogaert and Mathias Stal, and mixed by Tobie Speleman.
  The song was written to express the constant contradicting emotions and thoughts that originate while exploring love and intimacy. Confronted with the inevitable force of desire, EMY finds herself wandering in the never ending maze of the psyche where idealization, desillusion and confusion are repeatedly taking turns. The stunning music video which permeates the vision of the single so well, was directed by the artist herself.

IG: @emy__music
facebook.com/emybelgium

   Olivia Morreale debuts her second single, “PARASOMNIA,” from her forthcoming EP, SPACE DREAMS. “PARASOMNIA”  follows Olivia's previous single release of “NO ANSWER,” which was released in late January.
   “PARASOMNIA” creates incredible soundscapes within her production. Featuring beautiful vocal layering, magical synthesizers and a bubbly bass. They all tie together into a Synth-y Indie-Pop dream land. Inspired by the way in which subconscious thoughts and desires are unlocked through dreams, it was important to Olivia for the song to lyrically and sonically reflect the innermost psyche. “It sounds like a normal pop song until the breakdown/bridge, where it warps into a sort of nightmarish and dark space,” she writes. “We [Olivia and her co-collaborator, Eli Koskoff] let the idea of a nightmare and of the thoughts we can’t control be our guiding force during the production.”

IG: @olivia.morreale
Twitter: @olivia_morreale
oliviamorreale.com
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   stillblue releases melodious and romantic themed single, "Songs To Say Goodbye To". The song is a perfect one to unwind to, featuring a hypnotic lap-steel and Shoegaze-y vocals and guitar. stillblue is a Miami-based Indie Rock band comprised of Enrique Rosell (vocals & guitar), Sofia Soriano (vocals & guitar), and Daniel Estrada (piano/synth & lap-steel). The band pulls from a multitude of influences spanning from Folk to Indie Rock to Americana. The group found each other in the local Miami music scene after their past projects broke up. Now they share a love for sad songs, cathartic melodies, and a need to make music as honestly as possible.

IG: @stillblueband
Twitter: @stillblue_band
stillbluetheband.bandcamp.com