Naoko Hiranuma – Surfing Is a Waiting Game
Naoko Hiranuma is a singer-songwriter and an alt folk artist with worlds within her vocals. Her voice quivers and flows with a gentle otherworldly quality that really settles in. ‘Surfing is a Waiting Game’ is the artist’s latest single. The track has a circular rhythm, a gentle rise and fall of chords like the tides of the ocean. As she starts to sing, two things happen simultaneously. A watercolor scene starts to form. Pastel sunset frame and a daze that starts to swirl within it. A montage of paddling into the ocean and trying to become a part of the ocean’s rhythm. There’s something dreamy and endless about this scene. If you enjoy artists like Lana Del Rey and Billie Eilish, you’ll love the vocal softness and its carrying emotion.
Podge Lane – The Coast
Podge Lane is a singer-songwriter and acoustic folk project that leans into the raw and unplugged moments of the genre. Their latest release is ‘The Coast’, a track that feels like an old photograph. It’s a little rough around the edges, but the feelings contained within it is just pure gold. The song is a storytelling piece that reflects nostalgically and revels in sweet memories. The soundscape has that cloth in the wind kind of feel. Drifting, fleeting, being pulled away ever naturally. And through this frame is the artist’s recollection. His vocals are honest, a sincere outpour that brings a great love to life. A fiery love that burns too bright, too quickly. There’s a lot of grief and heartache, but this track brings acceptance, a sense of healing to the whole chapter. It’s a bittersweet swell in a small town setting. Cozy, classic, and timeless folk track.
EJ Ouellette – elegant sunrise
EJ Ouellette is a violinist and composer who lets the music pour into his soundscape. There’s a soft vividness to his compositions that you can feel buoyed by. His latest release is ‘Elegant Sunrise’. From ‘The Fiddle Funnel Sessions’ with Lisa O’ Donnell and EJO Wrecking Crew. It’s festive while also being kindred. Across the track, the violin melody sprawls out, endlessly like a vast landscape. Drops of piano melodies float into the air and through the loops and tunnels, the fiddle comes alive. And just like that, you’re going with the classical grandeur of this composition. It is expressive without words. Just the instrumentals have a way of granting you so much feeling and scenery. The best way to listen to it is to journey with its ambience, with its feeling and its lift.
Gideon unna – heaven is here
Gideon Unna is a composer and singer-songwriter who has a fresh song called ‘Heaven is Here’. The track features the vocals of Naomi Shapira. An alt folk composition that floats with luminous rhythms and soft melodies. The beat flow is soothing like lulling ocean waves. Warm currents of the song lifts and washes over you, taking on blissful sensibilities. The song is about being in nature, with a waterfall over you and a butterfly fluttering around. Naomi’s vocals are not just the words, mainly the emotion and sentiment beautifully sets the scene. And as you keep on with the beat flow, the blues, the birds and the musical harmony reveals itself. And they bring a pleasant lightness and warmth to your heart.
Prem Byrne – How Life Is
Prem Byrne is a singer-songwriter and alt folk artist who builds contemplative worlds. The thoughtful songwriting swirls around you just as the stories lift into them. He really paints a picture to immerse in. ‘How Life Is’ is the artist’s latest release. A track in which he thinks about time, youth, age, and death. Especially in the context of societal perception. However, it also has a grand philosophical plane to it all, a blending stream of consciousness, storytelling track. It is made with acoustic guitar riffs, a pop style rhythm, and vocal lifts that are reminiscent of bands like Coldplay. As you progress into the track, the artist builds it up into a melancholic yet beautiful journey about death and afterlife. It feels dreamy at certain points, almost desirable, lending new and multiple dimensions to the theme.
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