Our inbox is over flowing again so we are letting you good people know exactly what is new and available out there in the music world. Today we jump from Indie Pop to Punky Metal and even through in some Jazz. Lots of fun stuff on todays list and our writers loved most of it. If you want to see your band on one of these lists, send us streaming music and as short bio.
Band Name: Glassio & Beauty Queen
BMN Score: 8.2/10
What the band says: new collaboration between New York City's Glassio and Los Angeles based Beauty Queen. “A Friend Like You” marks Glassio’s return to releasing music after a 14-month hiatus. This time, Irish-Persian songwriter-producer Sam R. joins forces with Dream-Pop artist Beauty Queen to create a whispering, psych-electro anthem that serves as an ode to the “friend that sends you down bad choice road." The new single mixes a melodic sensitivity with brooding and ominous dance beats, setting a tone that serves as a perfect palette cleanser to the sunshine-drenched sounds of the fleeting Summer – a sonic reminder of the closing of a season, and a perfect soundtrack to saying goodbye to new friends before the start of the Fall season.
What we say they sound like: To me this has a vibe that is cute like some of the Eels stuff from “Daisies Of The Galaxy" but it has a real Jesus and Mary Chain meets Belle & Sebastian thing going on. It's a little more modern sounding though because of what sounds like a drum loop. The layering is nice and keeps the track moving so that while there are no big musical changes it feels like exponentially the song gets bigger through great dynamics. What's nice is I don't feel I need to use the word “busy” because it never feels too busy, it feels like the layering adds this momemtum throughout.
Song to add to your playlist: A Friend Like You
Band Name: Lauren Hibberd
BMN Score: 6.9/10
What the band says: “I guess eventually you run out of stuff to laugh about and have to look life — or in this case, death — straight in the eye. This is a song for people who don’t want to grieve, for people who don’t know where to start, and for people who don’t know how it ends.”
What we say they sound like: I really wanted to love this song and then lines like “I'm just a waitress serving dead meat on Halloween” comes in and I just don't get it. This feels like it's really trying to be as profound as Phoebe Bridgers and her contentious relationship with her father but it's like the artist doesn't say things in concise cohesive way or she's trying to be too clever lyrically. Some people love Blink 182, I always found their lyrics didn't really speak to me and this is kind of hitting me the same way. Honestly I listened to this song like 7 or 8 times and I feel that I can't relate and I don't understand if this is a hate or love song. Musically it's ok, I don't mind it. I guess I'm getting hung up on the little things but I feel like there are literally a million different ways to say “I suck at grieving” in a more genuine way.
Song to add to your playlist: I Suck at Grieving
Band Name: Malleus Trio
BMN Score: 9.3/10
What the band says: Malleus Trio's unorthodox yet accessible take on jazz is undoubtedly a result of the eclectic versatility of its membership. Over the past decade and half, bassist and composer Geordie Hart has applied his background in jazz to a wide variety of different scenarios including his own band the Boom Booms, who bring a widescreen sensibility to soul-pop, as well as appearances alongside noted artists Sarah McLachlan, Bryan Adams, Serena Ryder and Jessie Reyez. Saxophonist Dominic Conway is currently a member of numerous different outfits spanning the proggish jazz of We Just Stole A Car to the polymorphous funk of Coco Jafro.
What we say they sound like: This has a very cool modern jazz vibe in the vein of bands like Okvsho or Krokofant but also with traditional hard bop vibes. The sax style to me is a little John Zorn but more subdued particularly because of the somber feel of the track. This group does a really nice job of mixing classic jazz with a very modern aesthetic. I feel like the jazz purists would approve of an act like this more than for instance a Domi & JD Beck because of it's more traditional song structure. I really like this and as a purused the full LP I didn't hear anything I didn't like.
Song to add to your playlist: Little Tigers
Band Name: Statues On Fire
BMN Score: 8.4/10
What the band says: Singer Andre writes: "Religion and politics are hand in hand for a long time, religion is the way the politicians and preachers have to make you blind, make you believe in what they want, that´s why I hate your God and you. I´m not even know if there´s any God or Jesus really walked on this Earth."
What we say they sound like: This has a really nice punk metal / hardcore intensity to it. It's so fast that it gives Dragonforce a run for their money. The speed of this is so impressive, it's like machine gun fire for three minutes. I'm also an anarchist punk at heart so any song denouncing government and religion I'm like a thousand percent on board with. This has a real Propaghandi on speed feel with a dark overtone. I think fans of stuff like Big Wig and other acts that combine metal and punk will enjoy this.
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Band Name: Skateland
BMN Score: 9.8/10
What the band says: Drawing from a wide variety of musical influences, he combines melancholy lyricism and new wave instrumentation with pop production techniques to create a sound that is equal parts past, present, and future. With Skateland, he often writes about autobiographical experiences, confiding, "I take emotions or feelings that I've gathered from certain experiences and package them into a format that's accessible to anyone who listens. I think that's why I love writing and recording music in non-traditional places as opposed to a fancy studio, writing a guitar part on my porch, jotting down song lyrics at a bar or cafe, tracking vocals in my bedroom etc., it feels like returning to the scene of that major life event and there's an emotional power in that!"
What we say they sound like: I'm really enjoying the production of this track, the gruff walkie talkie sounding verse vocal mixed with a very chill Postal Service, Geowulf, Tennis type vibe. It's got all the hallmarks of modern indie pop and synth wave. The layers of synth textures and airy delay vocals make for an enjoyable pop hit. Not sure if this falls into the dream pop, shoegaze, bedroom pop genres or all three. I'm a fan would add this to my personal playlist of what I listen to for musical enjoyment and that's about as good as it gets compliments wise from me.
Song to add to your playlist: POSTCARDS!