Boxing Club – She’s Like the Wind
Boxing Club is a London based post punk band with a sound to reckon with. They have a remarkable alternative style that transforms music and emotion into energy. The band’s latest release is a cover of Patrick Swayze’s ‘She’s Like The Wind’. While the original was dreamy and contemplative, this cover brings some intensity to the theme, to the feeling. With drifting riffs, electric chords and fiery vocals, the emotion is ushered into the post punk wilderness. Where anything can be anything. The original track had a little bit of melodrama swimming through it. Boxing Club builds up a theatrical force field, a production that takes the track to a stratosphere. With bold beats and a bolder vocal build, it takes off. The romance is still there of course, but it has a very obvious passion and unending enthusiasm to it.
Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends – Sing-Along Songs (Album Version)
When you get to the discography of Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends, you never know what gradient of rock you’re going to get. They celebrate the vintage appeal, and draw out unique perspectives and musical ideas to refresh the listening experience. Their latest release is ‘The King and the Sparrow’ album. A collection that is especially about the older, more lived in style of rock. Taken from this is ‘Sing-Along Songs’, a track that is made with a definite beat line, brimming riffs and a wandering bassline. The freedom in the bass plane brings a sense of fluidity to the composition. And the sing-along feels more spontaneous, more authentic. It’s fun and has a grand appeal. Reminiscent of The Beatles, there’s also modern elements that will take you to artists like Sufjan Stevens. A feel-good atmosphere in a song.
Cruel Ploy – fear
Cruel Ploy’s latest release is a dark alternative EP called ‘Fear’. It’s a five song collection that scales extraordinarily. In style, energy and concept. The artist has a powerful craft and you can feel it instantly and consistently across the tracks. For this week’s list, we picked the title track because it lays out quite the powerful stage. It is not your usual alt rock flow. The artist loops in modern electronic moments into emo rock, nu metal worlds to create an electro rock fantasy. While the vocals have a pop feel to them, the atmosphere around it glitches with an unstoppable barrage of riffs and tsunamic basslines. The darkness doesn’t just tunnel. It explodes. An inner world with all its nuances is revealed in totality. Nothing is held back. It draws out energy. It inspires release. So perfect for adventures because it makes it intense and passionate.
Plain Drifter – Rust
Plaint Drifter is a rock project from Queensland, Australia. Queensland. The banner is built to revive rock in new and timeless ways. In ways that make you feel so alive within the music. ‘Rust’ is their latest single. A track that is gritty, raw, with a lot of bite. Add to this a flying drift. And you get that fiery power of the theme. The riffs and grooves have a nice dance going on. With splashy moments, driving beats and a vocal spirit that stretches into the infinity, it’s a hard rock – classic rock highway that you can just drive down. It’s liberating, with that nothing to lose attitude. Like everything is transient. But a little heaviness to that theme and realization. And as you listen to the song, it’s just best to disperse into it, and come apart in its atmosphere. So good!
Sean Tweedley – Always The Same
Sean Tweedley is a singer-songwriter with an incredible new single, ‘Always The Same’. The track is a light and airy acoustic rock track to cap this week’s list off. It has a contemplative atmosphere that is well mixed in with luminous chords and floating melodies. Acapella vocals sing along the engaging rhythm. Sean Tweedley’s voice is a beautiful baritone that so effortlessly lifts off the song. It has a quality that both absorbs the soundscape and detaches from it. There’s an adaptability about it and a unique quality that pulls you in. And in this track, it especially shines through. As the artist explores the changing tides of life, comparing it with a few constants, it lends itself to this duality, to the melancholy but also the celebration. The vocals unify the feel-good moments and really carves out the essence of the theme. Listen Now!
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