New Video: Southern Sunrise- ‘Brighton’

Posted: May 14, 2013 | Author: hayleyffox | Filed under: Features | Leave a comment »

Southern Sunrise have unveiled the video for new track ‘Brighton’, which is also the title track from their debut EP, out on 1st June. The duo – comprised of York’s Shonagh Macleod and Holland’s Arjan Pieters – bring together their different influences for a song about the quirky seaside town. Macleod sweetly sings, “We’ll dance through the night, dance with those lights, dance though the night ’til we fall apart”, as songwriter Pieters adds some harmonies over the folky guitar, soft drums and tingling xylophone keys.

The video is centred around taking in the sites of Brighton – the beach, pier, the lanes and the dome – as the hushed words about warm pebbles beneath your feet create a homely atmosphere. It’s like a tourism ad for Brighton, they certainly sell the place!

Review: Deap Vally – ‘Get Deap!’ EP

Posted: May 14, 2013 | Author: hayleyffox | Filed under: Reviews | Leave a comment »

LA duo Deap Vally release their debut EP, ‘Get Deap!’ See what I thought of it over on Contactmusic.

http://www.contactmusic.com/review/deap-vally-get-deap

New music from the last week I wrote about for The 405

Posted: May 13, 2013 | Author: hayleyffox | Filed under: Reviews | Leave a comment »

Sunset Graves – ‘Safe and Empty’

http://thefourohfive.com/news/article/sunset-graves-safe-and-empty-listen

Hairy Hands – ‘Arrows in Flight’ (Part 1 & 2) [405 Premiere]

http://thefourohfive.com/news/article/hairy-hands-arrows-in-flight-part-1-2

Listen to Phantom’s stunning cover of Bon Iver’s ‘Skinny Love’

http://thefourohfive.com/news/article/listen-to-phantom-s-stunning-cover-of-bon-iver-s-skinny-love

Glass Animals – ‘Black Mambo’

http://thefourohfive.com/news/article/glass-animals-black-mambo-listen

Benin City unveil new track ‘Faithless’
http://thefourohfive.com/news/article/benin-city-unveil-new-track-faithless

Fathers – ‘Night Terror’ [Track of the Day]

http://thefourohfive.com/news/article/fathers-night-terror-track-of-the-day

Scout Niblett – ‘Gun’ (Video)
http://thefourohfive.com/tv/scout-niblett-gun-405-premiere

Frankie & The Heartstrings – ‘Nothing Our Way’ (Video)

http://thefourohfive.com/tv/frankie-the-heartstrings-nothing-our-way-405-premiere

Die Mason Die – “My Favourite Cave’ (Video)

http://thefourohfive.com/tv/die-mason-die-my-favourite-cave-405-video-exclusive

Dave Bronson – ‘Outside’ (Video)

http://thefourohfive.com/tv/david-bronson-outside-405-premiere

Life & Limb – ‘Fools Nest’ (Video)

http://thefourohfive.com/tv/life-limb-fool-s-nest

New Video: JAN – ‘Work For The City’

Posted: May 9, 2013 | Author: hayleyffox | Filed under: Features | Leave a comment »

JAN has unveiled the video for her new single ‘Work For The City’, taken from her self-titled debut out on 17th June Via Enclaves Music. JAN is Brooklyn’s Kim Talon, of LA duo Eagle & Talon, and she’s recently recorded her 12-track debut with The Gossip and Blonde Redhead producer John Goodmanson. The track has a feisty nature, not vocally dissimilar to Marina and the Diamonds, though it’s more vamped up with bigger riffs and a smashing beat, which sound a tad Paramore-ish.

The video features JAN in everyday situations like in a bed, brushing her teeth, on the bus – not all at the same time – but they’re made odd by people surrounding and touching her for no apparent reason. Eventually, the end she appears to be getting into a bit of a tizzy about it, too right!

JAN – Work For The City from Enclaves Music on Vimeo.

Review: Oliver Wilde – ‘Flutter’

Posted: May 8, 2013 | Author: hayleyffox | Filed under: Reviews | Leave a comment »

Oliver Wilde has showcased the impressive ‘Flutter’, taken from his debut LP, ‘A Brief Introduction To Un-Natural Light Years’, due for a July release via Howling Owl Records. So why is this so impressive? Bristol artist Oliver Wilde has devised this wonderful sound for himself, where his silky voice is embedded among the natural-sounding intricacies of the guitar and some lush reverb-coated pulsations hovering in the background.

Nearer the end, once Wilde has chillingly murmured, “It’s a long way down”, a couple of times the music takes a more glitchy direction. Confused fuzzing noises make themselves known as the rest of the tones settle for a quiet end. Wilde has this raw ability to captivate through his compelling, melancholic music, and with that, it’s reminiscent of Deerhunter and James Blake.