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Pain In The Yeahs – “Former Terraformer”
Country: US
Genre: Post-Punk
Words From the Artist: “This single is part of a four song EP of the same title that comes out Feb 6,”
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Under The Rug – “Turkey Vulture”
Country: US
Genre: Indie Rock
Words From the Artist: “Album opener “Turkey Vulture” kicks off with a wistful tremolo from plaintive mandolin and elegant, understated piano in unison with its soul-baring sentiment: “Something in my body’s breakin’ / Wake up pale and shaking / Nothing is ideal / But I am fine.”
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Watch Your tone – “How to Lose Friends and Alienate People”
Country: US
Genre: Alt Rock
Words From the Artist: “This song is written about pyramid schemes and crypto scams, and the charismatic narcissists that pitch them.”
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Mike Hewlett and the Racket – “Yesteryear”
Country: US
Genre: Alt Rock
Words From the Artist: “Yesteryear was recorded with a batch of songs from last summer that will all eventually be out on an EP later this year. It was recorded here in Memphis at Easley McCain by Matt Qualls and it features Memphis singer Rachel Maxann on guest vocals in the choruses and bridge. This is ultimately a song about not living in the past and not letting things exist just for the sake of tradition that are harmful or negative to society or that are antiquated. Being from the southern United States, you see a lot of things and institutions that were accepted in our past and justified that are not now and should never have been, but some still cling to or uphold. Every person and every place has a past, but we must learn from it, take the good and leave the rest, and this song was my way of trying to do that.”
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Sleep Kicks – “Words In Vain”
Country: Norway
Genre: Alt Rock
Words From the Artist: “Indeed, the title and the lyrical theme was there 20 years ago”, explains Terje. “The song has gone through countless alterations and dead-ends, and tried out by 3-4 different bands, before it finally came together.” Lyrically, Words in Vain deals with communication, or rather lack thereof, and the quite topical subject of getting heard. “Analogue or digital – it’s all the same. Verbally or musically, how not to drown. Let’s hope this single will help us break through the static noise, eh?”
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Watch Your Tone – “Blighter’s Wrock”
Country: US
Genre: Skate Punk
Words From the Artist: This song is an ode to those who wear their band t-shirt to the show. Though they may be the frequent butt of jokes, they wear their heart proudly on their sleeves, unashamed of the gospel of rock.
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Adam Jesin – “Breathe”
Country: Canada
Genre: Singer Songwriter
Words From the Artist: “I wrote this song when I was in a really dark place. It’s a song about almost giving up, about feeling truly hopeless, but somehow in that despair, remembering a really simple idea – just try to breathe. Concentrate for a second not on pain, or regret, or anger, or anything else, just breathe. Focus on breathing one breath at a time. And with each breath, each second, each moment, things get a little bit easier. Pain doesn’t just vanish, despair doesn’t just disappear, but little by little and moment by moment, if you can breathe through those difficult emotions, they do get easier. They do get better. And then the most incredible thing happens – in that despair, you find hope. Maybe only a glimmer of it, but it’s there. And there’s nothing more powerful than hope. Just need to keep breathing to find that glimmer of hope, waiting in the darkness.”
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Fritz Hager – “Caroline”
Country: US
Genre: Indie Rock
Words From the Artist: “With my first single after Idol, I felt like I had an opportunity to experiment and fine tune my sound,” Hager recalls. “I think that ‘Caroline’ is a culmination of that. Whenever I write I try to play with the relationship between comedy and tragedy and figure out the best balance for each song. I like to describe ‘Caroline’ as a sitcom cold open put to music. It’s a story about the morning after a one-night stand and the narrator trying to find a clever way to remember her name. In real life, this guy is an asshole for sure, but in a sitcom, the audience is rooting for him. I think that this song achieves the same thing.”
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The Wandering Off – “Hey There”
Country: Canada
Genre: Indie Rock
Words From the Artist: “It’s an upbeat blast of catchy, grungy, 90s inspired rock with crunchy guitars, melodic hooks and memorable vocal melodies that wears the subtle influence of bands like Garbage and Letters to Cleo on its sleeve. Hey There celebrates the beauty of imperfection, the art of not worrying about the mistakes you’ve made, because after all, as Emily Corner sings, you “Can’t please ‘em all, cuz when you jump you fall.”
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The Dust Collectors – “Murder, I Wrote”
Country: Canada
Genre: Folk
Words From the Artist: The band takes a darker turn on the outlaw country ballad “Murder, I Wrote” – a straightforward story of “boy meets girl, girl leaves boy, boy buries girl in the back forty.
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