The House Flies – Sweet Foxhound
The House Flies are an indie rock band. They have a way with storytelling that is both luminous and mysterious at the same time. Think Smiths, with their melodic rock and feel-good compositions. But just a little bit more edgier, perhaps with a complexity and a warping depth. Their latest release is ‘Sweet Foxhound’, a bittersweet exploration that takes you into both underwhelming arcs and zealous riff arcs that you never want to recover from. The dopamine hit from this song is so fresh and addictive. Floating through moments of memory and storytelling, they allow the emotions to leap out, as if in a landslide. It washed all over you. The melancholy is there, the rage is there, but there’s also a nostalgic softness. It’s fun to be a part of this mercurial soundscape, to be at the whim of the protagonist’s storytelling and emotional exhibition. It’s messy but you root for it, you relate to it and perhaps feel validated by it.
Harry Kappen – The Longing
Harry Kappen is a singer-songwriter and rock musician who brings an eclectic flavour to this week’s Riffs & Roads queue. With his single, ‘The Longing’, he explores a contemplative space with a dynamic riff and bass chemistry. They swarm the soundscape, lift into his live vocals and bring the theme to life in real time. The emotion that is contained in the title becomes a tangible sentiment that you can perhaps tie back to your own life. It makes you nostalgic, a little bit melancholic. But mostly, it creates that evocative depth, makes you realize the world that exists within desires, people, places, and things. With an alternative pulse, he leads us into a reflective abundance that you definitely need to experience.
For You Brother – Fly Away
For You Brother’s third single ‘Fly Away’ is an instrumental that is fantastical. The track is rife with sensibilities. With an active guitar line that speaks volumes and an atmosphere around it that immerses you in its complexity, the track is just what you need filling up your car. Especially during a long drive. The hard rock planes are blended with psychedelic thrusts. Energy shifts and flows, it progresses, picks up and lands on you like a star. And the heat that then surrounds you, whisks you away into a deep, layered, and driving guitar space. The whole composition celebrates the rock genre for all it is and everything that it can be. You’ll see stylistic ethos going back to the 70s, flowing through time to this ultra alternative era. Listen Now!
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