Now Listening: This Week's Tracks
Dad Hat - βFlorist (Feat. Angela)β
Pop duo Dad Hat release a jazz-tinged new track with Angela, βFloristβ. A hypnotic song with a dazzling guitar solo and deep heavy vocals; Dad Hat once again delivers a gorgeous song showcasing pure emotions of longing and desire. The lyrics of the song vividly tell the story of watching the person you want most, stuck in a failing relationship, and all you want to do is swoop them from their situation to show them how you would love them. A complex situation that is never easy, which is illustrated beautifully by Angelaβs raw and passionate vocals in the song.
Ben Chandler - βAnythingβ
This new track from Ben Chandler has listeners bursting with affection and on their heels, grooving to the music. Released as a duel single with βYoung Mistakes,β which was previously released on May 28th, βAnythingβ is perfect for your midsummer hype playlist.
Chandler gushes over spoiling their significant other in the single, providing them with a lavish lifestyle one can only imagine. The gliding synth and smooth affectionate vocals create a confident and carefree atmosphere, perfect for warm weather playlists as summer 2021 charges ahead.
Young & Sick x MUNYA - βAngelsβ
βAngelsβ is a smooth velvety song with just the right amount of edge and groove. Itβs an instant favorite that youβll keep close to you all summer long. Young & Sick is the project of musician and visual artist Nick van Hofwegen featuring Montrealβs MUNYA. The two coming together create the bittersweet slow burner βAngels.β The first few seconds already take you to another world where itβs calm and lonely but in a good and comforting way. As you listen to the rest of the song youβll feel like youβre being taken through many feelings or scenarios. Itβs a song with movement all around.
Thala - βdiditagainβ
Thala never fails to make sweet music that feels so warm and airy. The 26 year old artist began playing music on the streets, creating a presence for herself. Her sound can be described as the sweet balance between artists like Mazzy Star and Beach House. In her new song, βdiditagain,β Thala sings about being in your head. Overthinking and obsessing over things is in the nature of a lot of us but itβs good to know that once you snap out of it and reprocess things, a lot can be clearer to you. This song is her putting all those feelings and thoughts into words. As she comes out with more relatable music like this, weβre very excited to see what else she has in store for us.
Memory Motel - βScarlettβ
Sydney based band Memory Motel release their debut single, βScarlettβ ! This vividly ambient track demonstrates the strong potential this band in their early 20βs withholds. With influences of other Aussie bands that came before them like Tame Impala, Moses Gunn Collective and Pond, Memory Motel are leaving their mark with a significant dreamy soothing vocals. The song is open for interpretation by the band who want to keep it ambiguous, however they state, βScarlett is about having doubts or uncertainties about yourself and your relationships. Iβve used Scarlett as a synonym for my name. Where the other person is asking to βspeak to meβ, but I cannot pinpoint the reasons for my anxious thoughts and feelings of despondency so we are both left, βin the cold, in the darkβ.
Fonteray - βStay Closeβ
New from Drew McCarty, A.K.A Fonteray, βStay Closeβ is an βexploration of ideas on personal identity and connection in relation to following creative pursuits and the intangibility of what it is we seek by pursuing them.β This concept is represented and expressed by the trackβs repeated lyric, βIs this what youβre waiting for?β. The track is accompanied by a 3:39 min long music video depicting the captivating and mysterious figure with warm and hypnotic visuals as they explore a strange and familiar place searching for connection.
Released on June 24th, the dazing and synth-heavy track produced by Micheal Belsar draws inspiration from nameβs like Toro y Moi, Kali Uchis, and David Bowie, resulting and a warm and familiar sound. As Fonterayβs debut single, many more amazing tracks can be looked forward to in the future.
Tawny Falls - βJamesβ
Created as a light-hearted joke aimed at their audience, Tawny Falls released their single βJamesβ on July 9th. The slow build to this track leads into a heavy chorus that draws inspiration from 90s punk-pop, alongside β2010s EDM vocal chops,β the duo said.
In previous songs from the group, questions came regarding whom the band wrote the music about; the duo addressed the confusion by creating a song written explicitly about their childhood friend. Once again, poking fun at the audience, the team captioned βJamesβ with the sentence, βabout our friend, I think his name is the titleβ on Soundcloud, utilizing the simplicity of the joke to do the heavy lifting for its punchline.
