Listen: WRLDS - Visions

Indie / Electronic / Synth / Pop duo from Nashville, WRLDS,are a little bit mysterious - and by this I mean they’ve released two songs and their names and not much else into the internet (my life).. like what do they look like? Which is obviously the most important thing.. especially when making a decision to like an artist/musician/band. If we don’t have the same #vibes, how will I associate myself with them? Ah - complexities of the internet and it’s things.

Anyway I’m kidding, rambling about nothing. Listen to the song, because not only is it summery and fun, but it has a super catchy hook that has this kind of build up behind it that can make you wanna belt it out yourself with a sort of dramatic melancholy concealed in the background. Like somebody fighting for their freedom. Rambling again. I dunno it’s hot and muggy and I can’t think -> just listen. xx

Kinda similar sound to Smallpools, I think.

Listen: Until The Ribbon Breaks - Pressure

Producer/Singer/Writer/Remixer Until The Ribbon Breaks gave us the marvelous track below about two months ago, and although I only just discovered it, along with Jed Nayef, I’ve been replaying it and replaying it. There is a variety of sound in this one track, to the point where it sounds like two or three tracks mixed together, that promises big things from this one. He also did some funky work with The Weeknd and is moving to the United States soon.. I don’t know where he is now, but I bet I could find out if I needed to. [Found it - he’s in Cardiff]. Either way - enjoy this masterpiece (and then check out this sick remix) #ill

Listen: Jed Nayef - Freaks

To be honest I have no idea who the person in this .gif is, but I found it on last.fm and thought it was pretty cool. Regardless, I don’t think it is man in the spotlight Jed Nayef, who hails from New York and mysteriously released this amazing song 3 months ago.  I only just encountered it in the MS MR Track Addict Vol. III along with another amazing song which I wanna post about later (and one I’ve already posted about). 

‘Freaks’ gives off these kinda crazy amazing vibes and at first listen it kinda just swept past my ears, but then I went back and re-listened, and re-listened, and re-listened and now I’ve had it on repeat for the whole day (it’s how I roll). I think I’m getting really into it because I feel like I connect with this guy, these lyrics: “Baby, I’m no one, just a freak of a lover / a strange motherfucker at the edge of the line /  now I’m bound, but I will get free “. Sick!

Watch: Chlöe Howl - No Strings

I’m not a huge fan of posting youtube/vevo videos because we can’t watch them here in China without a proxy (which can be dodgy), but for the rest of the world and my Chinese fans who do have one here is something I am a big fan of: Chloe Howls new video for her single ‘No Strings’.

There is an old video for this song but this one not only has one babe (Chloe), but many: Kojo, Django, Alex, Emma, Shahn, and Ollie. Furthermore they all end up making out in bed with little amounts of clothing on so you know, it’s obviously well worth it. Also, whilst on topic, sort of, this happened once.. (─‿‿─) 

Listen: Laurel - Blue Blood (Demo) & Mankind

Laurel is a British babe who released two new sultry tracks on her soundcloud over the last month. ‘Mankind’ and ‘Blue Blood’, which both, while equally amazing, convey different stories following central theme of love, infatuation and heartbreak. “No one could set me free before you came to me / I was in a pretty dark place waiting for the end”. “Take me to your lover / she turned your soul to stone / but she still doesn’t know”.

Listen: Edward Waaka - Home

Introducing Edward Waaka; a fellow kiwi who has recently released the beautiful single ‘Home’. With his stunning voice (which for me is reminiscent of James Morrison), beautiful guitar twangs and gentle strings this is definitely one of New Zealand’s hidden gems waiting to be discovered.

Listen: Sailor & I - Tough Love

I was walking home after meeting some friends for a drink and this came on my headphones. “I can’t remember the last time you made me feel safe”. Instantly the strings made me think of something epic, a journey, a story - in itself, this would be an amazing instrumental track for a movie. Then it starts to build up, wavering strings covered by these trembling vocals. “Sometimes I start a fight, just to see if you care”. It continues to build.. then breaks for a moment. “It’s not getting better, it’s not getting any easier”. It builds up again, and I’m waiting for the crescendo, a culmination of emotion to explode. “As long as you say it’s alright, it’s alright with me”. We’re trembling off, drifting away again and I’m not sure if I’m still here or not, and then we’re finished. Enigmatically, we’re done. “I never thought it’d be easy, but not hard like this.”

Shit, Sailor & I, tough love indeed.

Listen: Black Atlass - Paris (Acoustic)

Canadian Black Atlass has captured my heart with this acoustic version of his single ‘Paris’ released yesterday. For an 18 year old there is an awful lot of feels coming out of this song - he’s also talented multi-instrumentalist, singing, songwriting and playing all instruments on his recordings: superb, subtle and beautiful. Download his EP for free here bit.ly/ZOk9qi. x

Listen: Smallpools - Dreaming

“Oh no, please God, tell me we’re dreaming!” 

Smallpools from Los Angeles, California, are the four fantastic people pictured above responsible for making the incredible indie/pop/dance song ‘Dreaming’ that you can listen to below. I’m getting hard Passion Pit vibes from this, and that is a great thing. I want to get up and dance and sing while I’m listening to this one! Then, what’s more is they let you download it for free. Listen to it on your way to work, on the bus, on the train, while you’re going for a run. It’s fit for all occasions. Enjoy. xx

Listen: Pear Shape - Carousel

Sydney boys, Pear Shape, have a new single out titled carousel which is a fantastic spinning little indie pop gem. You can check it out below or you can try to catch them this Friday playing at Brighton Up Bar if you are around Sydney city (on that note as well: thanks to all my readers/followers/lurkers from all over the world, I love you). 

The four-piece has classified itself as ‘fruit-pop’ which seems like it could draw inspiration from a number of different sources, but I’m gonna pin it down to the whole ‘pear’ thing which in turn could have possible derived from the fact that all of their lives were going terribly so they decided ‘fuck it, lets start a band’. Good job guys - looking forward to more soon! x