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The Laurel Canyone crew of the 1970s sure knew how to write a gentle song. What’s sometimes forgotten though is that, despite their often shabby appearance, these songwriters loved to take themselves very seriously. LIA ICES’s HYMN (yes, it’s all in…

I like the verse to this tune. Secretly, I seem to think that all soft piano ballads are bound to feature something like this. I usually end up disappointed. There’s poetry to this song, and it’s hidden in the singing and the atmosphere woven throughout the…

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Cole Burkhardt is ready to corner the market on positivity-filled, travel-vlogs… as soon as we get to leave our houses! It’s a bit saccharine, of course, but the kid seems to mean it. Besides that, he knows his way around a vocal melody, delivering Traveller with…

Some post-punk outfits write songs about glorious dramas. oblio focus on the little things that eat at your life. Another nothing day is a song about boredom and about lack of perspectives. It’s an interesting lyrical strategy, that is matched well with choppy synth…

Give the guitar player some! The guitar soloist is nowadays a rare and exotic figure on successful records, whereas during the era of classic rock they represented a vital component of any song seeking to gain mass acceptance. This may be owed to the excessive flashiness…

VAZUM are death disco enthusiasts. But, while other proponents of gothic death rock are happy to play their moody mixes and shuffle home in their civilian attire, VAZUM seems to have been raised in the dimly lit quarters that promote such music. Their dedication to this…