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Grrrl Gang – “Blue Stained Lips”
Country: Indonesia
Genre: Indie Rock
Words From the Artist: “It follows the story of Bella, the main character, on her journey throughout a night out. The video-lyric is inspired by our post-night-out behavior, where we find ourselves just chilling in our room, browsing our phones, and checking updates on social media from both ourselves and others. We decided to create a visual style that resembles content viewed on our own laptop screens to further enhance the experience”
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Decrepit Youths – “Kill The Lights”
Country: UK
Genre: Alt Rock
Words From the Artist: Kill The Lights is the second single from the dual -fronted rock band, Decrepit Youths. It gives you no room to breathe, with a huge anthemic opening, topped with vocals that slap you in the face. Kill The Lights oozes dynamic. Following an aggravated intro comes a soft and sexy verse vocal, driven by a drum groove. It teases, then explodes into a call-and-response chorus, with the hook line following a sinking chromatic melody which piques the ear. Kill The Lights is a metaphor for your emotional switch. Have you ever blamed yourself for something and want to hide away? “Is this my sacrificial treason” means to destroy your past injustices.
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The Beach Bats – “Knockdown”
Country: Canada
Genre: Alt Rock
Words From PR: The first lyrics of their song “Knockdown” feel as though they came to frontman Tony Doni out of a dream – one of those where you wake up sweating, unsure if what just happened was real or not. Through the metaphor of a rotting, dilapidated house, the song chronicles the erosion of a relationship from the inside out. The haze of indifference hangs around like dust. Portraits of better days adorn the walls, distant memories trapped in time. The song laments the loss of what could have been and reflects the pain of losing a love slowly, without the tools to fix what is left.
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Wax Heart Sodality – “Live, Laugh, Love”
Country: UK
Genre: Garage Rock
Words From the Artist: Live, Laugh, Love is the second track to be released for Wax Heart Sodality’s upcoming debut EP (out 1st September). It captures the heartfelt aura of the last dance song performed at a prom in the 1950s and the closing scenes of an episode of a 1990s high school drama then drapes it in gothic tenderness and post-punk euphoria, before giving it a gentle spritz of life-weary nonchalance. Lyrically, the song looks at how we reduce the complexities of life into simple, digestible slogans or concepts that eventually become abstract and irrelevant to what they’re trying to reflect upon, i.e. what you frequently see in politics, social media and the consumer industry.
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Baby Jake – “Aren’t We Ever Gonna Be More Than Friends?”
Country: US
Genre: Garage Rock
Words From the Artist: Speaking on his brand new record, Jake wrote the following: “I wrote some of the songs the day before we recorded and I wrote others 3 years ago. At the end of the day, I picked the ones I was keen on in the moment and let them rip. We recorded the album with a full live band and tracked the drums, bass, guitar, and vocals all at the same time. We ran the entire album through tape as well. It took about 6 months to record, master, and get it completely done. This is my first independent album since 2016. This is my first Rock & Roll album. This is my first album I have been a main producer on. This is my first album I can perform from start to finish with an acoustic guitar. I want it to be best rock album of the year.”
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Brody Milner – “ididntevenwannacometoyourparty”
Country: UK
Genre: Indie Rock
Words From the Artist: Hotly-tipped new Hull-based lo-fi songwriter Brodie Milner is pleased to reveal his third track ‘ididntevenwanttocometoyourparty’ from his forthcoming debut EP, Tragicomedy, set for release on 26th May 2023. “Overwhelming and surreal. Stylistically, the narrative borrows for mid-60s Dylan and mid-peyote trip beat poetry to imitate a bewildering episode of public derealisation. Our narrator is in the wrong place at the wrong time, anxious and confused at the center of a particularly bad house-party. “
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Fir Cone Children – “Another You”
Country: Germany
Genre: Alt Rock
Words From the Artist: A dreampunk track with swirling, yet crunchy shoegaze/garage rock guitars, airy blastbeats (in the chorus) and ethereal vocals with a mantra-like ending.
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The Greg Hoy – “Comfort Vendetta”
Country: US
Genre: Rock
Words From the Artist: An upbeat track from his recent album Yay for Effort, “Comfort Vendetta” is Greg Hoy’s fuzzy, 90s-inspired reflection on dating an emotionally unavailable partner. The song launches out the gates with a sunny synth motif over a guitar and bass strutting in parallel. With the strain and grumble of his voice, Hoy brings to life the agony of constantly stretching out a compassionate arm to a partner in continuous withdrawal. Despite its difficult topic, the song begs to be sung and danced along to—a product of a skilled songwriter balancing emotional tension with infectious musical energy.
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Fear The Lions – “Apples, Androids, and Anarchists”
Country: US
Genre: Punk
Words From the Artist: “After being locked down through Covid, this was the first song that just came natural. I didn’t realize in the beginning of Covid how much I needed my friends and our local music community. All the anxiety of being stuck at home living life through the screen of my phone. This was a call for help to get back to living outside my home.I just want to share that reconnecting to life through face to face interaction is the only way we make it through.”
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Marissa Burwell – “Coward”
Country: Canada
Genre: Indie Rock
Words From the Artist: “This song began being written mid tearful phone conversation when I realized that I wasn’t being honest with myself. At the time it was just a statement written down but resulted in deep reflection, looking at where my desire to play something safe originated, where it came from to not trust what my body and mind were telling me.”
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