Tracks Of The Week – 31.03.17

The second new single from their upcoming album Life After Youth, ‘This Time’ is a shiny new offering from Land of Talk.

With the album made up of songs that got vocalist Elizabeth Powell through tough times, ‘This Time’ – hand in hand with the rest of the album – is now acting as tool to help other people do the same. Sulky and gritty, but oddly meditative, ‘This Time’ sees Powell lead a team of equally brilliant musicians in something that is both powerful and calming. Inspired by her ill father telling her to get back to writing music, and influenced Japanese tonkori music, ‘This Time’ sees all sources of inspiration – from the melancholy to the unusual – make for something completely new for Land of Talk. And something very beautiful.

Life After Youth is out on 19 May

Following support slots for the likes of Dream Wife, Day Wave and Beach Bay, as well as racking up a ton of acclaim off the back of 2016’s releases, Seeing Hands are set to make serious waves this year; and ‘Love You Still’ is getting the ball rolling.

Swirling synths and huge 80s drum patterns, Seeing Hands mix dreamy psychedelia with pop sensibilities. Despite the track being about the problems in a relationship mostly caused by overthinking, it triggers the complete opposite: a summery blissfulness reminiscent of festival fields and no cares whatsoever.

‘Love You Still’ is out now

From falling in love with music age four, teaching herself piano, guitar and singing, and now – 22-years-old and having found her feet in the indie pop world – Sash has perfected her sound.

Following debut single ‘Night Light’ released late last year, Sash has shared ‘I Don’t Want Something From You.’ Between strong, quirky guitar riffs, infectious drum beats and Sash’s arresting vocals, ‘I Don’t Want Something From You’ tells darker tales: “The song tells a story of a young girl manipulated in the music industry and how she fights back. This song means a lot to me, it’s about standing up for yourself, staying true to who you want to be and not letting anyone change that,” says Sash.

And ‘I Don’t Want Something’ is Sash doing just that: a dose of strong indie-pop that is entirely controlled by Sash herself.

‘I Don’t Want Something’ is out now

Ahead of the release of her debut album in June, ShitKid (AKA Åsa Södergvist) is introducing us to her tipsy, but super cool, sound.

‘Tropics’ is tipsy in the best way – the sitting in the park on the first hot day of the year with a few ciders kind of way. In fact, everything about ShitKid embodies that feeling: a nonchalance perfectly captured in her flimsy vocals and bendy guitar lines. Despite this nonchalance, ‘Tropics’ shows Åsa’s creations as well-calculated: in all its bizarreness there’s a precision. ‘Tropics’ is intoxicating.

FISH is out on 2nd June

Melissa Svensen
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Melissa Svensen

Melissa Svensen

Melissa, 22. Editor. Student, music journalist, probably talking about Blur or Bowie