Track Review

DA//TE Isn’t Here To Hide The Pain With “All that’s left”

What’s great about emo/alt-rock tracks is they’ll either have you screaming from its surging energy or leave you staring blankly at the ceiling like you’ve been carrying the weight of the world. DA//TE’s “All that’s left” is here to make you do both. DA//TE is an artist from Berlin, Germany known for his hands-on approach

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Sophia B’s “Can’t Erase” Is A Cruel Reminder That Forgetting Is Harder Than Goodbye Itself

In the pool of tracks that bleeds in heartbreak, there are few records that mirror it vividly instead of just simply narrating the pain. Sophia B’s “Can’t Erase” gives you that exact same feeling, and it’s a cruel reminder that forgetting is harder than goodbye itself. In the pool of tracks that bleeds in heartbreak,

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Harry Kappen’s “The Longing” Holds Too Much To Be Forgotten

Once in a while, you’ll stumble upon a song that makes you stare blankly at the wall because it touches some buried wound you thought you’ve forgotten. This time, that song is Harry Kappen‘s latest single, The Longing. Harry Kappen is an acclaimed Dutch multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer. Now, he steps on the stage with

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“It Was Written” Is Designed to Sit With You, Like an Afterimage Burned Into Your Vision

There’s a certain type of rapper who doesn’t need to scream about how authentic they are because the authenticity is baked into every syllable. Black Silver, better known as The Navigator, falls squarely into that camp. His new single “It Was Written” doesn’t so much announce itself as it does loom into view, slow and

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Eylsia Nicolas’ “A Beautiful Mess” Will Make You Dive Headfirst Into The Flame

You can’t call it pop music if it doesn’t play between chaos and sleek hooks. And there are rare cuts like Eylsia Nicolas’ “A Beautiful Mess” thriving in that duality, the kind that will leave you aching and glistening at the same time. Eylsia Nicolas is an American singer-songwriter of Irish and Filipino heritage. From

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Why “Falling 4 U” Works: It Doesn’t Try to Be Anything Other Than Devastatingly Earnest

Every once in a while, a love song sneaks up on you, not because it’s saying anything particularly groundbreaking, but because it’s delivered with such brutal sincerity that you’re forced to sit down and reckon with it. Enter Cydan’s “falling 4 u,” a track that feels less like a song and more like the emotional

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Michellar’s “Never Say Sorry” is heartbreak and forgiveness in restraint

Heartbreaks doesn’t always need to be disguised in raging percussion hits and overly-dramatic lyrics to be relatable. Michellar’s latest single Never Say Sorry takes a soft, quieter road to prove it still hurts—even more when it’s delivered in a soul-stirring voice. Commemorating their one-year milestone in the music scene, Michellar is back with another evocative,

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Breakups Don’t Often Feel Clean; Neither Does Wotts’ Terminal and That’s What Makes It Stick

Breakup songs are a dime a dozen. Half of Spotify’s indie playlists are padded with them, and most sound like someone opened GarageBand, whispered into a USB mic, and called it “vulnerable.” But “terminal”, the new single from Ottawa duo Wotts, does something different. It doesn’t cry at you. It doesn’t romanticize collapse. Instead, it

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