With ‘Lighthouse’, Lyra K strikes exactly the right note for a rainy Sunday — warm, vulnerable and quietly powerful. The song works its magic through a minimalist, atmospheric production that puts the voice centre stage and gives every word room to breathe. Rather than grand arrangements, the track relies on subtle textures and sparse instrumentation,…
Schlagwort: Alternative Folk
“Forced To Walking” by THUNDERCLAP!
In this song “Forced To Walking” by THUNDERCLAP!, the ambivalent emotional world of the protagonists is illuminated through the depiction of existential fears and the feeling of loneliness. The composition was developed over a period of 18 years. The silence of a winter’s night serves as a backdrop for an inner world in which one…
“When It Gets Dark” by E.G. Phillips
Interpreting E.G. Phillips is always a pleasure, and so it is with “When It Gets Dark,” his new release. A song that sounds like a little bedtime story on the one hand, yet goes much deeper. “When It Gets Dark” illustrates the ambivalence of modern narrative traditions, in which everyday observations and seemingly trivial details…
Impermanence and Hope: “Then There You Are” by Said Sara
“Then There You Are” by Said Sara Once a year, you’d almost think, considering the gap between Said Sara’s releases. This time it was even 16 months between ‚Same‘ and the new song ‚Then There You Are‘. First of all, it was worth the wait once again, but let’s take it one step at a…
‘The Future Already Happened’: Find Yourself Aboard Shane Palko’s & Skyler Cumbia’s ‘Starship’
“Starship” by Shane Palko, Skyler Cumbia In a world permeated by constant noise and distractions, Shane Palko, an indie-alternative-folk musician from Pennsylvania, decided to take a decisive step: He sought silence to contemplate and distance himself to discern the essence of his next artistic steps. The album “The Future Already Happened” is the resonant testament…
Hazy & dreamlike: "Playing your records" by Diving At Dawn
Diving At Dawn … is a one-man band comprising of Pete Hobbs, better known as the music-providing half of indie-pop duo The Boy Least Likely To. Pete grew up in Aylesbury but moved to London to seek his musical good fortune. He is influenced by Milan Kundera, Van Halen, Wings, Garth Merenghi, Battlestar Galactica and…
