rlyblonde – the project of Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist Carina Allen has dropped her new single, “Dumb Blonde,”.
Teeming with buzzy guitar riffs and clever, confessional lyricism, “Dumb Blonde” is a wholly addictive pop-rock anthem.
The song follows rlyblonde’s inner monologue as she fights against the little voice in the back of her head that tells her everything is just a moment away from falling apart. “Life is unpredictable,” rlyblonde quips. “One day you’re on top of the world, the next day you’re having a meltdown…you’re never going to hit a point where you stop facing challenges, especially as an artist. So when things ARE good, you might as well enjoy it, even if it’s just for one night.”
Rising New York Artist Ella Galvin has dropped her new single, ‘The Way It Goes’.
This comes with the announcementof her debut EP, ‘The Way It Goes,’ out June 14th.
Combining soulful vocals, catchy pop hooks, and grooving rock instrumentation, “The Way It Goes” upholds Ella’s penchant for eluding genre limitations. “‘The Way It Goes’ is a song about going back and forth between wanting to see your ex and not wanting to reopen those wounds again and risk being disappointed,” says Ella.
Taking influence from pop, soul, jazz and rock, Ella’s songs showcase her fondness for experimentation and innovation. Her upcoming EP, ‘The Way It Goes,’ masterfully combines her genre-blending musical influences with diaristic storytelling that explores themes of love, loss, and self-identity. Across the EP’s 6-tracks, Ella captures the charm, growing pains and introspection she’s experienced as a young, queer woman trying to make it in New York City.
The iconic Masters of Reality have returned with their first new music in 15 years! Sugar is hypnotic, poignant and vulnerable, it builds from a stirring melody into a grand, orchestrated swell of emotion, with Goss’s ethereal yet soulful voice floating over the top of it. Sugar itself dates back to 2006, though it has been through many incarnations and iterations since before Goss added a chorus that had been rattling around the back of his brain since 1995. “As it developed, Sugar revealed an inner will to become less esoteric and more directly personal,” he says.
Chris Goss is one of the elusive geniuses of American music. As the singer, guitarist and driving force behind Masters Of Reality, he’s spent more than 40 years charting his own musical journey, travelling from mystical blues to desert rock to psychedelia-edged beauty via all points in between. Where others follow the pack, this desert-dwelling California native has forged a career like no other. A desire to follow his own artistic muse and not bow to external pressures has resulted in a string of albums that sound like no one else but Masters Of Reality, subtly yet indelibly leaving a mark on the generations of musicians who heard them.
Talking about Sugar further, he says, “It’s a complete, emotionally based story instead of my usual, covertly whispered list of what’s wrong with the world’s tragic trajectory. Finally the lyric gelled, reflecting on intelligent women trying to find their place somewhere in the mess. Not in the modern media’s social strata angle as a percentage number to create ratings by directing a ruse to a large demographic, but a real picture of what real people feel. The inner emotional reality of one life and its relevance to many lives.”
Oso Oso have shared a glimpse of their upcoming fifth studio album in the form of bouncy new single ‘All Of My Love’.
Speaking on the creation of ‘All Of My Love’, the band’s Jade Lilitri has shared:
“When I’m singing with an acoustic guitar at home, my dog thinks I’m crying or something and doesn’t like it and will do everything in his power to stop it.
“I was writing this song one day and he was doing his usual crying and pleading to get me to stop. Then I started singing this chorus at him and that was the birth of this song.”
Hippie Trim have shared their new single, ‘Dog Days’
“‘Dog Days’ is about leaving the past behind and starting a new chapter in life. Life often forces you to deal with different situations and the song tells the story of the moment you realize that things will never be the same again,” HIPPIE TRIM comment.
Reflecting on their journey so far, HIPPIE TRIM’s rise has been nothing short of meteoric. Following the success of their debut single “Supersonic,” the band quickly gained momentum, selling out their first show and subsequently joining DRUG CHURCH on their German tour. Their debut album, “Cult,” showcased a unique fusion of heaviness and melody, earning them acclaim from both fans and critics.
Australia’s most laid back band Rum Jungle have dropped a new music video, ‘Did The Morning Let You Down’
Marking the first instalment of new music for 2024, this year is set to be an explosive time for the band, having already sold out London, Bristol and Manchester shows and with performances lined up at The Great Escape, FOCUS in Wales and A Stones Throw Festival in Newcastle.
On the back end of one of the biggest and most eventful years the band had seen, the four took their high spirits and bunkered down at Sonora Studios for a week; a holiday full of cheap barbecue lunches, scary cocktails and intense late nights to create an honest display of sonic melodies that reflect proudly the good spirits of the session. Thanks to the long days with engineer Jack Nigro, and even longer nights with Tasker, the world now has another reason to be excited about Rum Jungle, as they have released their latest single, showcasing the wonder and cohesion that the band embodies.
‘It is with a huge amount of gratitude that we present to you all, a song in which we had the most fun we have ever had whilst recording’ adds Frazer from the band.
Benny says about the track; ‘You’d be lying to yourself if there hasn’t been a morning in your life that you’ve not been stoked with the events of the night before or something’s weighing you down and that morning it hits you hard. Mistakes get made, shit goes wrong, everything’s tough for everyone in their own relative state. What this one is about though is pickin’ up and rollin’ on and understanding the world is the way it is, and finding that thing or person or reason to charge on with some sonic stability.’
All Ears Avow have dropped a new single, ‘Bird On A Wire’
The new track produced by the band’s own vocalist and guitarist Claire Sutton with a video also self-produced by the band.
Sutton says “Bird On A Wire is a song that practically wrote itself in the space of a short afternoon. I found myself in a headspace of just feeling rather sick of what the human race – our species that’s meant to be so intelligent – was capable of. Maybe I’d gotten particularly caught up watching the news that morning. It was everything from the absolute atrocities going on across the world, the wars, mass murder, school shootings, climate change, animal cruelty, human cruelty – and how so often we just look the other way and keep going about our business as if we don’t even notice our world is on fire around us. This song doesn’t come from a place of self virtue, more of shock at the entire situation, guilt and powerlessness. I love the metaphor of a ‘bird on a wire’ to encompass what this song is about, because most of us are all so safe on our perch, but if we were to take one step in the wrong direction it could have catastrophic consequences. It means, however good we’ve got it, we should be minding our actions. We are all complicit and actions have consequences.”
Foreign Hands are set to release their debut album, What’s Left Unsaid, on June 21st via SharpTone Records. Working with producer Will Putney (Knocked Loose, Vein.fm), the metalcore band have crafted ten songs of creative chaos that build off emotion.
Having already shared the frenetic single ‘God Under Fingernails,’ the band now show off their melodic side on ‘Horror Domain,’ while still keeping things heavy. Clean vocalist and guitarist Jack Beatson’s silky delivery meets lead vocalist Tyler Norris’ caustic screams, making for a dynamic contrast. The instrumentals sway just as flawlessly, moving from hooky guitars to crashing drums with an intense breakdown for good measure.
On the lyrics, Norris states: “It’s about wishing you were someone else other than yourself. Despite how bad you may want it, there’s a sense of fear for that kind of change.”
Origami Angel have shared their brilliant new single ‘Fruit Wine’ ahead of their huge US tour with Microwave.
The band’s first new music of 2024, the track follows on from the duo’s 2023 mixtape,‘The Brightest Days’.
Produced by Will Yip (The Wonder Years, Movements) ‘Fruit Wine’ is a dazzling slab of emo-influenced pop-punk chaos, glitching between 90s radio rock and wall-of-death-inducing breakdowns.
Mother Vulture have shared their huge new single ‘Break Me’.
The Bristol noisemakers worked on the track alongside two time Grammy award winning producer, Adrian Bushby (Foo Fighters, Muse, The Darkness) and it is inspired by the full throttle, ‘blood-sweat-and-tears’ live performances the band are renowned for.
Discussing ‘Break Me’, the band have explained:
“‘Break Me’ embodies everything this band is about. The never ending battle against ourselves, which constantly leaves us battered and bruised – and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
“This tune has been brought to life by the legend that is Adrian Bushby, and goes hand in hand with our last release, ‘Go Big Or Go Home’.
“Trying to “make it” in the music industry mostly feels like you are banging your head against a brick wall, and we’ve been doing just that, A LOT, very hard. We want the world to know, we’re not going anywhere. Whether that wall breaks first, or we do.”
Following a fantastic semi-final performance of ‘Doomsday Blue’, Bambie Thug has earned Ireland a place in the Grand Final of Eurovison.
This is the country’s first entry to the final round since 2018, the competition will take place this Saturday (May 11) at Sweden’s Malmö Arena.
Following the gripping semi-final performance that won Bambie Thug their spot, Bambie Thug shared:
“I have completely dissociated right now, I’m having an out of body experience!
“I’m super proud, our team is very small and I’m an independent artist. It’s incredible that we reached here. I’m the first non-binary artist to qualify. See you Saturday.”
Ahead of Saturday’s show, check out the performance of ‘Doomsday Blue’ below.
The Story So Far have shared another taster of their forthcoming fifth studio album, ‘I Want To Disappear’ in the form of punchy new single ‘All This Time’.
Speakling about their upcomnig album, drummer Ryan Torf has shared:
“We kind of grew out of our 20s between this record and last.
“Like a lot of people, you go through so many different things in life and you’re faced with new challenges. As a band, when you go through hardships you realize that some things are more important than music. These can and do take priority over playing, and that can feel divisive. It’s sometimes necessary though, to get to where you want to go.”
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