Category: New Music
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Acclaimed Singer-Songwriter Andy Shauf’s “Winter Driving” Playlist for COOL HUNTING
[ad_1] In advance of Iceland Airwaves, a celebration of seasonal travel through 14 songs Courtesy of Angela Lewis Earlier this year, critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Andy Shauf debuted his melodic, often mesmerizing eighth studio album, Norm, a conceptual collection of tracks woven together by clever lyricism, diaphanous vocals and warm, enveloping orchestration. From the spiritual musings of […]
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Ben Hazlewood: Chemical Roulette – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] David Graver is COOL HUNTING’s Editor in Chief. His areas of expertise include art, film, fashion, travel and hospitality, with further specialization in watches and spirits. David represents COOL HUNTING around the world at events including Baselworld, Milan Design Week, Miami Art Week, Tales of the Cocktail and New York Fashion Week, as well […]
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Glue Song – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] beabadoobee (aka Bea Kristi) returns with the sweet single “Glue Song.” The Filipino British artist’s gentle vocals coast atop tender melodies, a pretty string section and the occasional trumpet. It accompanies an equally saccharine music video—directed by the singer-songwriter and Jacob Erland—that features Kristi’s hometown of Iloilo. [ad_2] Source link https://coolhunting.com/culture/beabadoobee-glue-song/
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jite: isolation – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Over a chill house beat and sparse guitar track, recording artist jite gets vulnerable with dreamy, gentle vocals in her debut single, “isolation.” With pretty melodies and layered harmonies, the singer reveals her inner psyche with an intimacy on par with bedroom pop. The result is buoyant yet melancholy, personal yet completely affecting. Post […]
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Nothing’s Wrong – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] “Nothing’s Wrong,” the latest single from Miss Grit (aka Margaret Sohn), is at once dreamy and haunting. The track opens with creeping guitar and laidback percussion, progressing into Sohn’s gentle vocals and shimmering instrumentation. It continues the artist’s inventive lyricism that, for their debut album Follow The Cyborg (out 24 February), depicts a non-human […]
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in my ways – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Oakland, California-born singer-songwriter King Isis follows their first single “4leaf clover” with the new cut, “in my ways.” With an easygoing melody and fuzzy guitar, the indie track is equal parts angsty and bright. It is “about being stuck in a cycle of your own creation,” says the artist in a statement. “You don’t […]
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Nick Campbell Destroys feat. Antwaun Stanley: The End?
[ad_1] Art is Los Angeles-born bassist and composer Nick Campbell Destroys’ debut album, a spatial and surprising project of industrial jazz-funk that seeks to reinvent modern jazz. The last track, “The End?,” marks a fun and funky farewell, grooving through a comedic intro, dizzying instrumentation and funk-inflected, soulful vocals from Antwaun Stanley. The song has all […]
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Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] mui zyu: Rotten Bun From Eva Liu’s debut album under the moniker mui zyu, Rotten Bun For An Eggless Century, comes the track “Rotten Bun,” which follows “Ghost With a Peach Skin” earlier this month. Liu (the vocalist for Dama Scout) says of the gorgeous, expansive ballad, “‘Rotten Bun’ brings us into the fantasy […]
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pause: 怠け者 – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Japanese slowcore band pause share their first single “怠け者,” a pretty, melancholy song whose name translates to “lazy” in English. It begins with intimate vocals whose gentleness is punctuated by pulsating drums and atmospheric guitar. Toward the end of the near four-minute track, the soundscape expands and envelops, incorporating transcendent synths and a resonant […]
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Pinky Blues – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] London-based singer-songwriter Sophie Faith shares her five-track EP The Right Side of Wrong, and from it comes the smooth, jazzy “Pinky Blues.” Across a warm bass track, unhurried, blues-leaning percussion and intermittent guitar riffs, Faith’s soulful vocals and silky runs tackle self-preservation within relationships with palpable, candid emotion. [ad_2] Source link https://coolhunting.com/culture/sophie-faith-pinky-blues/
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Emotional Oranges: On My Way
[ad_1] R&B duo Emotional Oranges experiments with new sounds on their latest single, “On My Way.” Grooving on lush percussion and sensual lyrics, the track sees the pair trading their laidback, pop-leaning sound for a fresh, rhythmic and lively soundscape, inspired by South African amapiano. Dance-worthy and bright, it’s the final single for their upcoming […]
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Make Believe – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Tanukichan—the music project from Bay Area singer-songwriter Hannah van Loon—returns with their first new offering since the 2018 debut album, Sundays. “Make Believe” is a shoegaze-leaning ode to not believing in anything, and it opens with crisp drums before erupting into fuzzy production and van Loon’s dreamy vocals. The track is made with frequent collaborator […]
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Babygirl: Always – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Babygirl—the Toronto-based outfit made up of Kiki Frances and Cameron Breithaupt—shares a haunting track about heartbreak, called “Always.” Soaked in candid lyrics of longing, soft vocals and quick guitar bursts, the new single is infectious yet melancholic, a quality the duo describes as “bubblegum emo.” [ad_2] Source link https://coolhunting.com/culture/babygirl-always/
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Hello Hello – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Brazilian-Norwegian artist Charlotte Dos Santos weaves samba, bossa nova, jazz, synths and R&B together for her debut album, MORFO, a dazzling project about love, ancestry and transformation. Its first track, “Hello Hello,” is a breakup bop, blending sensuous Latin-inspired percussion with Dos Santos’ ethereal vocals. Sonically and conceptually layered, the single perfectly encapsulates the album’s enchanting […]
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Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] SEVDALIZA: WOMAN LIFE FREEDOM زن زندگی آزادی Named for a commonly used slogan in the Kurdish independence movement, “WOMAN LIFE FREEDOM” by Iranian-Dutch artist SEVDALIZA is a sparse, moving piece that expresses her support for oppressed women all over the world—specifically in Iran. The Tehran-born, Rotterdam-based singer-songwriter says in a statement, “I stand proud […]