Tag: Indie Pop
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MATISSE Turns Anxious Attachment Into the Heart of “I Breathe the Smoke”
“I Breathe the Smoke” is a striking title. Breathing suggests something involuntary; smoke suggests a room where the damage has already happened.
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Felix Rockey Revisits the Good Parts of a Breakup on ‘Old New Feelings’
‘Old New Feelings’ suggests emotions returning with their original force, even after time has changed the circumstances. At twenty, Rockey is writing about an experience already several years behind him.
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“Pucela te quiero” Is Red Moon Yard’s Love Letter to Valladolid
“Pucela te quiero” returns to the city and the club that shaped a part of their lives. That history gives this love song a sharper edge than its title suggests.
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Futurecop! Turns a Digital Error Into a Human Story on “User Not Found”
“User Not Found” brings those interests into a tighter, more unsettled space. Shimmering synths offer a familiar warmth, while broken percussion and glitching samples keep interrupting the picture.
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Lindsey Wood’s “Someday Love” Holds Onto the Dream of Time Together
The dream stays vivid precisely because she knows how much life sits between the present and that cabin. Wood returned to songwriting and performing in her early forties, after years…
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zeelle Flirts with Trouble on the Electrifying “Kiss About It”
Shimmering guitar lines, a rubbery bass groove and a huge singalong chorus give the track its bright, flirtatious charge. Bass provides the strut; crisp drums sharpen every transition.
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Kristin Davidson Delivers Deeply Personal Storytelling in Her New Single “Strong”
Kristin Davidson is an Austin, Texas songwriter and musician whose work draws from folk and country traditions. She is also part of Hardened and Tempered with Carolyn Phillips, and her…
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Goldie Luxe Reaches for Pop Supremacy on ‘Touch the Sky’
The song began as part of an early burlesque routine. Goldie wrote it to summon confidence before stepping beneath the lights, using the ugly duckling story as a reflection of…
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David Emde Moves Beyond English Language Electropop With New Single “Jetzt”
German songwriter and producer David Emde has released his new single “Jetzt,” marking a move from the English language indie pop usually associated with his work towards contemporary uptempo music.…
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ANDI Still Believes in Love, Even After It Drew Blood
Across the record, identity keeps colliding with romance: how much of yourself gets surrendered, which pieces return, and which ones remain attached to somebody else.
