Tove Lo by Kenny Laubbacher
Our favourite pop track this year, Tove Lo doesn’t disappoint with ‘No One Dies From Love’.
A heartbreak bop you can dance to, the Alaska-directed video follows movie star Tove and a robot named Annie 3000 get it on in a steamy dystopian love story.
Watch below.
Sounds like: Charlie XCX, ASTR, Broods, Hayley Kiyoko, Nina Yasmineh, Tove Styrke
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Alex Frew – Antisocial Love Song
Toronto-based singer/songwriter Alex Frew shares some nostalgic visuals for his new single ‘Antisocial Love Song’. It has a modern emo aesthetic with a pop tinge. Watch below.
Sounds like: Halsey, Gaspar Narby
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Seraphina Simone – O M D
Seraphina Simone by Tara Rowse
The wonderful Seraphina Simone returns with her deeply personal and moving single ‘O M D’. It’s a ruminating love affair that sees Simone tackle the minefield that is life in your early twenties.
Sounds like: Celeste, Lana Del Rey, Laurel, Chløe Black, VÉRITE, Blondie
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Danny George – Thinking Out Loud
Introducing UK/Stockholm based producer/artist Danny George. His new single ‘Thinking Out Loud’ is a harmony-led ode to dating in your twenties, from a male point of view.
Sounds like: BAD CHILD, Bronze Whale, Ayelle, Zanski, TWO LANES
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Mokita – Ready Yet
Multi-instrumentalist and all-round talent, Mokita shares his emotionally-charged pop/EDM single ‘Ready Yet’, continuing to explore songwriting themes such as depression, anxiety, and relationships.
Sounds like: EXES, Handsome Ghost, joan, FRND
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Aimée Steven – Today
Uniquely talented songwriter Aimée Steven is sharing her view on the fragility of the current world in new single ‘Today’. Taking a classic approach to the single, it’s reverb-drenched and full of retro charisma.
Sounds like: Goldfrapp, PJ Harvey, Anna Calvi
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Hedara – We’re Not The Same
Hedara has just released ‘We’re Not The Same’, the final track from her stunning, effortlessly powerful new EP ‘Sad Girl Syndrome’, full of piano-led, electro-pop.
Sounds like: Jessie Ware, Kiesza
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Georgie – Chasing Kites
UK-based Georgie shares the expressive ‘Chasing Kites’ taken from her album, out now. Georgie was the first signing to Soul Kitchen Recordings (the label set up by Jake Bugg’s management company: Soul Kitchen), and it’s the only song on the album that she didn’t write or produce during the lockdown. Listen below for that uplifting feel.
Sounds like: Sigrid, Adele, Emma McGrath
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Kasbo – Play Pretend Feat. Ourchives
Kasbo by Olof Grind
Swedish artist and producer Kasbo shares his emotionally-charged new single ‘Play Pretend’. Featuring Ourchives’ soaring vocals, the track marks a new chapter ahead of his second studio album ‘The Making of a Paracosm’ will be out on 23 October via Foreign Family Collective / Counter Records, and features a passionate embrace amongst nature.
Sounds like: Frida Sundemo, Talos, Gryffin, Vanic, Shallou
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Jesse Hite – I’m Glad You Called Me
American-born French residing Jesse Hite combines music from the West Coast of the US with synth-laden electro inspired by his French antics. His new single ‘I’m Glad You Called Me’ combines poppy hooks with a generous nod to 80s disco.
Sounds like: Róisín Murphy, Shy Girls, Jungle, LCD Soundsystem, Ian Brown, Goldroom
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Dominic Fike – Double Negative (Skeleton Milkshake)
Dominic Fike by Daniel Prakopcyk
A new wave of rockstars are taking over, and with Billie Eilish‘s seal of approval, Dominic Fike is making huge waves with his modern take on emo-pop. The track ‘Double Negative (Skeleton Milkshake)’ is one of the more indietronica-friendly tracks taken from his genre-bending new album, ‘What Could Possibly Go Wrong’.
Sounds like: Glass Animals
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Glass Animals – It’s All So Incredibly Loud
Glass Animals by Ollie Trenchard
Glass Animals shares the David Wilson (Tame Impala, Christine and the Queens) directed video for new single, ‘It’s All So Incredibly Loud’. Written about three seconds of life, in which during that short heartbreaking moment, devastation creates a deafening silence, followed by a point of no return.
Sounds like: alt-J, Tender, Pale Hands, Foreign Air, Everything Everything, Son Lux
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Releasing her first single of 2020, Josefine delights us with her alt-pop track, ‘Let It Go’. Living in Los Angeles, the Rytmus Music High School (Stockholm) graduate is in good company, with previous alumni including global pop icons Robyn, Tove Lo and Icona Pop.
Produced by Martin René (Meghan Trainor, H.E.R, Snoop Dogg, Madcon) the L.A. beach chill track could be her most popular song to date, although this is no easy feat, having racked up over nine million streams from her previous seven singles.
Sounds like: Frances, Aimee, Robyn, Tove Lo, Icona Pop
Wild Horse – Don’t Want You To Go
Kickass trio Wild Horse shares the slow-burning, yet anthemic single, ‘Don’t Want You To Go’.
With it’s soaring and dynamic energy, it gives us a snippet of what’s to come from their upcoming album, ‘We Are In An Identity Crisis… But We Love It!’.
Sounds like: Somebody’s Child, Sam Fender
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CRi x Jesse Mac Cormack – Never Really Get There
Montreal-based electronic artist CRi is quickly becoming a household name within the ambient electronic scene.
Having already released on TOKiMONSTA’s label, Young Art, and Anjunadeep, his new single ‘Never Really Get There’ is driven by his anxieties and desires for introspection, represented in expansive synths and Jesse Mac Cormack‘s elegant vocals.
Sounds like: Ford, Ben Böhmer, Cubicolor
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Motion Cntrl – EROS
Bi-coastal synthpop duo motioncntrl shares the dreamy and elegant ‘EROS’.
A nod to the spirit of the 80’s and throwback pop, they’ve managed to fine-tune a sound that evokes a future where technology and humanity collide.
Sounds like: Beach House, Chromatics, The XX, Karen O, Joy Division
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Rangleklods – Like That
Danish artist Esben Nørskov Andersen- aka Rangleklods – shares his beautiful electro/house fusion, ‘Like That’.
Complete with deep club grooves, intended to make you move, the opening track, ‘Like That’, taken from his new EP, is a euphoric rave of melancholy.
Sounds like: WEIRDO, Caribou, Kashmir
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The Endorphines – Home Feat. AMAYA
Stockholm siblings Alva & August Heldt – aka The Endorphines – continue their fresh take on nostalgic R&B in new single, ‘Home’.
Featuring the vocals of AMAYA, it’s set with a dreamy and euphoric backdrop, as they croon about finally not being lost anymore.
Sounds like: The Magnettes, Banks, Fabich, Pastel, Midnight Pool Party, Keljet, Caswell, JUJ
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Lazy Queen – Sober
Lazy Queen by Lukka Fogie
Oslo-based alt-rock/punk outfit Lazy Queen share the potent new single, ‘Sober’.
Discussing the complex nature of addiction – a subject close to lead singer Henrik’s heart – it’s a frenetic and unpredictable beacon of sound as the band explore to find balance and normality.
Sounds like: Nothing But Thieves, The Hunna, The Amazons
Asha Gold – Passenger
Classically trained London-based Asha Gold releases her new single ‘Passenger’, one of the first songs she ever wrote during her travels in Europe.
It’s a freedom inspiring release, full of escapism, as Asha keeps on travelling forward in a bid to grow as an individual.
Sounds like: Nakala, Frank Ocean
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The Endorphins – Parachute
Stockholm siblings The Endorphins shares ‘Parachute’.
A more soulful change in direction to their previous single, ‘Dead or Alive‘, the ’90s inspired R&B breaker was written about intensely falling head over heals for someone.
Sounds like: The Magnettes, Banks, Fabich, Pastel, Midnight Pool Party, Keljet, Caswell
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Junípero – Want To
Continuing their quest to musicalise experiences and connect deepest desires, Mexican duo Junípero shares ‘Want To’.
Mixing dream-like melodies in a way that play with every sense, the well balanced folktronica-styled track is both multi-dimensional and atmospheric.
Sounds like: Beach House, Explosions In the Sky, Mogwai, Band of Horses
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Maude Latour – Furniture
New York City-based Maude Latour‘s bubbly new single ‘Furniture’ is unapologetic as ever.
Written at the lowest point of a breakup, the song oozes bravery with an ounce of playfulness. This is her joyous breakup song, that she now shares with the world!
Sounds like: Caro, Chloe Lilac, Claud
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Urchin – Break In
London-based jazz turned indie musician Urchin (aka Leo Appleyard) shares ‘Break In’, taken from his ‘Night Light’ EP.
Making his vocal debut on the left of the centre track, it features gorgeous, heavy vocal melodies that pick up some plucky UK-influenced electronica.
Sounds like: Kudu Blue, Kllo, Two Door Cinema Club, Von Sell, Ratatat
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TALU – Take You Home
Local Crawley band TALU share their new single ‘Take You Home’.
Recording the drums in a warehouse and everything else in their living room and kitchen, the band captures the joy in everyday moments, offering a delightful slither of nostalgia that you’d desire from a modern day indie-pop band.
Sounds like: The Wombats, Two Door Cinema Club, Sea Girls, Bombay Bicycle Club, Hoofa
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Alice MC – My Love
South London’s Alice MC shares her new single ‘My Love’, taken from her debut EP, ‘Storyteller’.
Despite her music fitting best within the jazz, soul and folk genres, Alice MC started by studying Opera at the Guildhall School. She soon realised her destiny was within the jazz worlds.
Sounds like: Laura Marling, PJ Harvey, Lianne La Havas, Beyoncé, Kate Bush
The musical landscape in 2020 is full of high and heavy production, layers and layers and processed sound to please the listener, and in general, this sounds great. However, it’s a special moment when you can really appreciate a song for its raw authenticity, and that’s exactly what Bjorn Rydhog provides with his latest single, ‘Into Your Heart’.
The track introduces itself slowly, allowing you as the listener to settle into its vibe before Bjorn stuns us with his blissful vocals. Recorded in the legendary Tambourine Studios in Bjorn’s hometown of Malmö (Sweden), the singer takes us on an emotional and relaxing journey with the help from featured vocalist Moa McAllister from Peach Baby.
The video for the melodic track is soft in its visual presentation with gentle beams of colours. Watch below.
Sounds like: The National, Bon Iver, Elbow
Stockholm based producer and writer Alec Baker is showing off Marcus Møller‘s dance moves in the Basliel Berhane-directed video for ‘Something About You’.
Much like the Wes Anderson-inspired visuals, the Swedish newcomer takes a minimalist approach to his pop music, combining saccharine vocals with ambient synths.
The song is co-produced with uber talent Summer Heart and features vocal melodies and lyrics from art-pop experimentalist MANX.
Alec Baker’s new EP is due to drop in the Summer.
Sounds like: Summer Heart, HAIM, The Japanese House
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Psychedelic-glamour duo Juno Francis shares ‘Queen’s Anthem’, a glistening song with lush disco synth-scapes and dreamy vocals.
The now Berlin-based duo (originally from Sweden) enjoy ocean kissed winds and musical trips to the woods, and the new single is a nostalgic swim in the memory river, back to the roots in the north of Sweden.
Sounds like: Susanne Sundfør
Big Fox by Anna Brånhede
Taking a step back is important during these times.
Luckily for us, Charlotte Perrier – aka Big Fox – has released her sophomore album ‘See How The Light Falls,’ an effortless slice of sophisticated pop and melodic folk.
Discussing her new release, the Malmö born artist says, “I thought a lot about the unsaid. All the words that I constantly avoided, held back, and how they slowly created a wall between me and others. As if I was underwater, looking at the sun through the surface. And I finally realized that I was the one stopping myself. So, I think I subconsciously wrote this song to push myself off that cliff, to let love in.”
The album was initially due for release in May 2018 but had to be postponed when the singer received a shocking Lymphoma diagnosis. “It all happened very quickly, and it was almost like entering a parallel world with a different time scale, rules and priorities,” she said.
18 months down the line, Charlotta is better and “slowly reclaiming my life back.” The period of gestation gave the finished album more gravity and significance for the songwriter. “When I listen to it now, I actually like the album even more,” she says. “I have some distance from it. When you’re in the middle of the process, it’s easy to get caught up in the details and not really hear the song anymore.”
The single ‘Let Love In’ is one our favourites from the album – layered with hazy synths, string melodies, and soft effortless vocals, it signifies the feeling of desperately longing to be more open with others and taking new steps to change that.
Sounds like: Cate Le Bon, Aldous Harding, Alice Boman, First Aid Kit, Warpaint