Ailsa Tully confronts toxic behaviour within the work place on her brave new single, “Parasite”. She explains, “Parasite is a confrontational song written for a controlling and manipulative person. It explores the insidious manner in which sexism takes form.” Ailsa adds, “particularly within the inner workings of the music industry.” Continue Reading
Alt folk
Clare Kelly – Sedation/ Skinning Apples
Alternative Folk artist Clare Kelly returns with a double single to start off the year. The release follows her previous Song of The Day, “Breathe”, which she released in 2020. Clare Kelly – Sedation “Sedation” is an honest reflection of a previous romantic relationship with a headphone thief. I used Continue Reading
Clara Mann – Thoughtless
Clara Mann returns with “Thoughtless”, the follow up to her debut single and former Song of The Day “I Didn’t Know You Were Leaving Today”. Clara explains that when she wrote the song, “it was quite a lonely time, and I felt that, in a bid for some kind of Continue Reading
Knomad Spock – Egpyt
Knomad Spock returns to give us “Egpyt” – the second taste of his forthcoming debut album. Knomad reveals, ““Egypt is a rework of an earlier song recorded at the Warren with Stew (Baxter, LIFE) almost a decade ago. He describes the song as being, “an elemental response to depression in Continue Reading
Classic Water – Carthage (Video)
Classic Water share “Carthage”, the band’s first ever music video. It is the third single by the intriguing Dutch indie band, the video features drawings by Zürich-based artist Leila Merkofer and they were animated by Classic Water’s Lotte van Leengoed. “The song was inspired by the story of the fall Continue Reading
Clara Mann – I Didn’t Know You Were Leaving Today
Clara Mann’s beautiful debut single, “I Didn’t Know You Were Leaving Today”, is today’s Song of The Day. It’s a tender and reflective, acoustic song on which Clara lays her feelings bare. Which is interesting as she mentioned, “willing the neighbours to keep quiet,” as she recorded it. She has Continue Reading
elkyn – if only it was alright now (Video)
elkyn returns with “if only it was alright now”, his first release since his debut EP, beech. “The song draws from a chapter The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader called ‘The Dark Island’,” elkyn reveals. “It’s about an island they discover on their travels but as they sail towards it Continue Reading
Epilogues – me EP
Epilogues is the artist moniker of Leeds-based singer and songwriter Mikey Donnelly. His new EP, me, is his first release for seven years. It is the first of 2 complementary and connected EPs and explores, “falling short and failing, a meditation on self-medication and trying to mend,” according to Epilogues. Continue Reading
The Dawdler – Sign Of Growth
The Dawdler shares his latest single, the title track from his forthcoming Sign of Growth EP. The song was inspired by the short film ‘Dear Araucaria’, which tells the story of The Guardian’s crossword setter John Graham. He informed his dedicated followers know of his impending death through crossword clues Continue Reading
Ailsa Tully – Drive (Video)
Welsh singer-songwriter, Ailsa Tully announces her signing to Dalliance Recordings with her new single, “Drive”. Speaking about the song Ailsa says, “Drive is about searching to free yourself from the mundanity of everyday life.” She notes, “it was inspired by a time when my brain was festering in a boring Continue Reading