Category: New Tracks
Jenny Hval – Female Vampire
[su_dropcap style=”simple”]E[/su_dropcap]verybody’s favourite Norwegian with a bowl cut Jenny Hval is coming for blood. After last year’s mesmerizing “Apocalypse, girl“, Hval is ready to venture deeper into the forest of symbols gender and body politics live in with her new album “Blood Bitch”. The LP focuses on the most elemental of those symbols, menstruation, the red thread the album has been woven with. It’s a fictitious yet personal story populated by characters from ’70s exploitation and horror movies. Please meet the first of these shadowy figures in “Female Vampire”.
Alex Anwandter – Siempre es viernes en mi corazón
[su_dropcap style=”simple”]I[/su_dropcap]t’s a long petal of wine, sea and snow according to its most eminent poet but Chile has prosaic sides to it as well. Pop music, for example. Chile is a country of songwriters with an outrageous sense for melody and a knack for the contemporary and the political. Take Alex Anwandter. His “Siempre es viernes en mi corazón”, first single from his second solo album “Amiga”, is a state-of-the-art banger that doubles as an anthem for disempowered queers.
Usher – Crash
[su_dropcap style=”simple”]R[/su_dropcap]&B veteran Usher seems to be working on a new album as he released 2 singles this week. The project, which should be titled “Flawed”, has not been officially confirmed yet. Anyway, after “No Limit”, a featuring with Young Thug that can be streamed on Tidal since yesterday, the artist really caught our attention with “Crash”, an addictive ballad that will remind you the amazing “Climax”!
HighClouds discovery Fhin is making Waves
[su_dropcap style=”simple”]F[/su_dropcap]hin is a French producer who is rapidly ascending into a firm favourite here at Highclouds. Fhin’s reputation and fanbase has grown exponentially since being tipped by Highclouds almost a year ago on HumanHuman! His atmospheric and climatic music has been grabbing everyone’s attention making him a hot topic in musical circles. Check on his last track “Those Waves”!
RALPH – Cold To The Touch
[su_dropcap style=”simple”]R[/su_dropcap]affa Weyman is RALPH, a Toronto-based pop act that is bringing back the 70S and the 80s on the table. One year after “Trouble”, she’s back with the infectious “Cold To The Touch”. We prefer to warn you: once you start with this song, it’s like Chuckie. It will follow you till the end!
Majik – Closer
[su_dropcap style=”simple”]D[/su_dropcap]rift away into an atmospheric headspace with Majik’s enchanting new song, “Closer”. The duo stirs feeling and emotion into their song, sharing some deep insight into the paradoxical nature of love.
Kalon Rae – The Day That I Was Killed
[su_dropcap style=”simple”]A[/su_dropcap]fter working and collaborating with sartists such as Rita Ora, Paloma Faith and Coldplay it is time for Kalon Rae to break free with his own atmospheric ballads. The student is ready to surpass his teachers (not too difficult when the teachers are Coldplay). “The Day That I was Killed” is the debut EP from Kalon Rae and it is a humble and moving collection of tracks.
Alessia Cara – Here (Analogue Ghost Remix)
[su_dropcap style=”simple”]M[/su_dropcap]iscover Analogue Ghost, an electronic musician springing out of Florida and zapping us with his darker, dubbier twist on the immensely popular track “Here” by Alessia Cara. And good news, it’s a free download!
