Lewis Stubbs Junior – Back Home to You
Lewis Stubbs Junior’s folk rock single ‘Back Home to You’ is a journey to the self. Exploring wayward moments, wild emotions, and the comfort of home, the song throws us back to the era of Bob Dylan and Nick Drake. Lewis Stubbs gives us a memorable performance as his vocals melt into a complex and melancholic nostalgia. It’s a warm puddle of such deep ambiguity and nuance. Listening to it is like listening to rich poetry. The instrumentals are designed to punctuate the vocals, elevate and reveal the emotional perspectives that it holds. The song feels both like home and a strange place. With invisible threads of current passing between these themes, leading the listener to soft epiphanies.
Casey McQuillen – Good
The folk pop of Casey McQuillen is youthful, modern, and vulnerable. It’s as if she has drawn from her own journal entries and laid it out in the lyrics for us. Her latest release is ‘Good’, a song that delves into spaces inside us that we change to fit in. A storytelling flow blended with a stream of consciousness narrative, designed to give us a unique insight into the protagonist’s mind. With confessional tones, contemplative moments, and explorative instrumentals, the artist delivers such an intimate space. The acoustics dot swishing synth backdrops; performative touches to personal flow. Such a fresh songwriting style. Reminiscent of some of Taylor Swift’s work.
Janet Devlin – cigarette sweets
Janet Devlin’s rustic voice concludes this week’s queue on a high note. In her latest single, ‘cigarette sweets’, the artist reminisces about an old love with a deep, baritonal melancholy. Matching informal ukulele acoustics with a voice that forms in the past, the song swirls with moments and frames from that time. With violins brimming with imagery and emotion, the listener is progressively given context and scenes. The feeling of young love, youth, heartache, growing pains and the grief of time passing. It is layered accordions, trickling tangents, and travelling vocal lines; all of it taking us back with emotion. Immersive and evocative. Listen Now!
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