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Bee Bee Sea Release New Album ‘Day Ripper’, Share Music Video For Title Track
Today, Italian garage-rock trio Bee Bee Sea release their new album Day Ripper via Wild Honey Records. To celebrate, the band have now shared the video for the album’s title track. Directed by Elia, the video could be described as a Spaghetti Western rave, filmed in the countryside during a hot Italian summer.
YUNGBLUD Releases New Single, “cotton candy”
“‘cotton candy’ is about sexual liberation,” says YUNGBLUD. “To me sex and sexuality is about freedom and the idea that you can to lose yourself in other people of all genders, of all shapes and sizes to find yourself and figure out who you truly are. Sexual interaction should not be shamed, it should be celebrated because to have safe sex is to spread love and the world needs love more than ever right now. This song is so important to me because i see and speak to my fan base, facing insecurities around sexual interaction and I want to let them know that it is ok to be EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE and have the right to unconditionally love who they want and be loved in return.”
Listen to Yungblud’s new single ‘Cotton Candy’, an ode to “sexual liberation”
Himmelrum Announce New LP, Share “Nerve” Video
Today, Copenhagen-based experimental shoegaze outfit Himmelrum share the music video for their song “Nerve”, off their upcoming album Vand, Død & Ensomhed, out October 23rd on The Big Oil Recording Company and Joyful Noise.
ENZI Releases New Single “Mad Chemistry”
Nashville alternative-pop singer ENZI has released her brand-new single “Mad Chemistry” today. Recorded at Safari Studios in Nashville with producer Bobby Campbell and co-written with Jeff Cohen (Macy Gray, Sugarland, The Band Perry), the track showcases ENZI’s penchant for crafting huge vocal hooks, while perfectly blending the pop and alternative soundscapes that she’s known to explore. Immediately falling in love with the single, Colorado Public Radio’s Indie 102.3 premiered “Mad Chemistry” on-air last week.
MAISIE PETERS AND JP SAXE RELEASE “MAYBE DON’T” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
Directed by Alex Nicholson, the split-screen visual highlights the conversational nature of the track, featuring mirroring performances from Maisie and JP, captured in Margate, UK and Los Angeles, CA respectively.
Freekill drops new single ‘Endlessly’
French DJ and producer Freekill has unveiled new single ‘Endlessly’, out 9th October.
Combining the four-to-the-floor energy of bassline garage with pitched-up vocals and imposing dubstep wobbles, ‘Endlessly’ is a euphoria-drenched rave weapon capable of turning any dancefloor upside down.
FAITH : Release “All The Way” Single & Video Today!
LABRINTH RELEASES NEW SINGLE “NO ORDINARY”
“No Ordinary” comes shortly after Labrinth’s first ever Emmy Award win for Outstanding Original Music & Lyrics for his work as lead composer on the official soundtrack for HBO’s hit series Euphoria.
19-Year-Old Brooklyn Rapper J.I. Shares New Track And Video, “Letter 2 U” Today
Rising Brooklyn artist, J.I. (formerly known as J.I. Prince of New York), released a new melodic, heart felt single and music video, “Letter 2 U,” where he declares the mistakes that end a relationship in a modern-day love circle. Directed by Kid Art, the visuals share a symbolic reference of Greek mythology statues, fire and other elements that represent the inner-pain, and expression of heartbreak with blended clips of being in his neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Curtis Waters Releases Debut Album ‘Pity Party’ Today
Curtis Waters has released his genre-defying debut album ‘Pity Party’ today via his own label and licensed through BMG. Written, produced, performed and mixed by the multi-talented 20-year-old Nepal-born, North Carolina based artist, “‘Pity Party’ is an album I started when I was at a very low point in my life when I dropped out of college and moved back home last year.” Curtis shares. “I had a lot of time to think about all my struggles growing up as a brown kid in North America dealing with mental illnesses and the guilt that came with it. It’s about getting better at coping with life. I get a lot of brown kids messaging me telling me I make them feel like they can do anything too, which is awesome. Hopefully people can listen and feel less alone. That would make all the difficulties worth it.”
JAYMES YOUNG RETURNS WITH NEW SINGLE “SPACES”
“Spaces” follows the success of Jaymes’ worldwide viral hit, “Happiest Year,” which marked Young’s first new release since his breakthrough 2017 debut album, “FEEL SOMETHING.” After receiving instant attention from Billboard and Idolator, “Happiest Year” became a massive online sensation, now boasting more than 100M global streams and over 600,000 TikTok videos. Since release, the song’s official video has racked up more than 18M individual views alone.
Moonlight Social Shares Epic New Album “The Carrot”
The Texas-born, Nashville raised duo is formed by Jeremy Burchard and Jennica Scott, longtime best friends who met as members of The University of Texas Longhorn Band (Burchard as a member of the drum line, Scott as a trumpet player). The duo cut their teeth on the road, playing hundreds of shows out of their home base of Austin, Texas, and in 2016 they relocated to Nashville, Tennessee. Their 2018 EP Make You Smile debuted on the Billboard charts and The Huffpost called lead single “simply irresistible.”
The Enigma Experience release new single ‘The Zone’
Enigma Experience have released their brand new single ‘The Zone’, a full frontal assault of huge fuzzy guitars and stirring, sincere energy. Listen to the song here.
‘The Zone’ is a powerful groove-heavy anthem inspired by guitarist Niklas Källgren’s son who lives with autism. Gigantic riffs, zealous vocal delivery and countless twists and turns keep you firmly on the edge of your seat, all the while encouraging you to be unafraid of seeking solace when life deals you a tough hand.
Yung Raja Warms Up with “The Dance Song”
Yung Raja has been dubbed Southeast Asia’s next avant-garde bilingual hip hop artist known for his tasteful unification of English and Tamil lyricism. Today he released his newest offering, “The Dance Song,” an effortlessly swaggering new single. Paired with a hypercolor visual, “The Dance Song” showcases Raja’s most formidable veneers — a dashing sense of humor, unrelenting charm and a distinct self-belief that manifests in a dizzying and potent flow of English and Tamil.
INTRODUCING Q (LIKE THE LETTER)
In his debut release with Columbia Records, 21 year old prodigy Q Marsden – Q being his birth-given name – releases the vocally driven love song “Take Me Where Your Heart Is”.
ABSOFACTO TAPS SLENDERBODIES FOR “SOMEONE ELSE’S DREAM” REMIX
The alt-pop singer/songwriter’s breakthrough RIAA Gold-Certified smash hit – “Dissolve”- claimed the #1 spot at Alternative Radio and reached the top spot on Billboard’s “Alternative Songs” after an incredible 30 weeks on the airplay chart – the fifth-longest trip to the top in the chart’s three-decade history. The certifiable viral phenomenon was SiriusXM’s AltNation’s #1 song of 2019, has racked up over 190 million worldwide streams and more than 3 million fan-created uploads on TikTok. “Dissolve” has been one of the platform’s most popular tracks since its popular breakthrough last year, featured in countless viral videos, trends, and such universal memes as #mirrorfall.
Rising artist Kathleen shares Kathleen II EP via Warner Records/Let Me Know, debuts new song and video “Can’t Sleep”
“I wrote ‘Can’t Sleep’ a few years ago,” Kathleen says. “Even then, it felt like we had been blindly and willingly lead into a deep canyon and instead of questioning who threw us in, we just immediately turned and started fighting each other about which side got us here. And in that canyon, the shouts ricochet and the echos get louder until deafening, and it’s a horrible bath of voices and we can’t distinguish one from another, or who’s actually shouting. And at a certain point, you just squat down on the ground with your hands over your ears wondering how you’re gunna get out of this one.”
KIIARA RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM lil kiiwi
“With this album, I want to bring fans into the world of ‘lil kiiwi,'” Kiiara shared. “lil kiiwi being who I was early in my career. The queen of ignorance and bad decisions. During that time in my life, I didn’t think before I’d say or do anything, I was just living. I was unpredictable and reckless beyond belief. It took a few years to process and understand that side of me which will always remain a part of me. And I’m now ready to share my debut album with my fans and let them into that world… lil kiiwi’s world.”
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS Reveals Video for Acclaimed New Anthem “Legacy”
In August, breakout Canadian melodic metal quartet UNLEASH THE ARCHERS dropped one of the most highly-acclaimed albums of 2020, Abyss, sparking serious buzz in the metal and rock communities, and beyond. Deservingly, the conceptual benchmark scored banner praise from critics and fans alike, with Stereogum dubbing the opus “a ripper”, and Bandcamp enforcing it as “a mandatory listen”. Upon release, Abyss charted worldwide, debuting at the #1 spot on the US Current Hard Music and Top New Artist Albums charts, as well as #4 and #8 on the US and Canadian Billboard Top 200 Hard Rock charts, respectively.
