When members of the retro-pop septet Sofa first started writing collectively, one among its kin was recovering from a concussion, confined to darkish however tranquil days on his front room sofa. The remainder of the soon-to-be band would come over, and spend hours quietly writing the songs that may change into its first releases. The title “Sofa” is a tribute to that formative place and time.
Since then, the Boston-based band has offered out reveals throughout the U.S. and Europe, toured with Lake Avenue Dive, Cory Wong (Vulfpeck), St. Paul & The Damaged Bones, Sammy Rae, and Ripe, and performed main festivals, together with Boston Calling and Levitate. Sofa has additionally amassed over 60 million streams, and almost half one million month-to-month listeners on Spotify. The group has been featured by The Boston Globe, NPR, CBS Boston, and NBC Boston. Most not too long ago, it has earned the Salt Lick Incubator award, whose artist advisory board contains Charlie Puth, Jon Batiste, Julia Michaels, and Susan Tedeschi.
Now, Sofa is releasing its highly-anticipated debut album, Large Discuss, a meditation on multidimensional love. The file, out October twenty fourth, expands the band’s artistic canvas, mixing analog heat with up to date manufacturing. It’s a swirl of recent pop boldness grounded in classic instrumentation, interlocking and punctiliously organized grooves, reside horns, and layered harmonies.
“Large speak is the alternative of small speak. It’s about digging deep, making intimate connections, and being bolder, extra assured variations of ourselves,” explains lead singer Tema Siegel. “Large Discuss is the fullest expression of who we’re proper now,” guitarist Zach Blankstein provides. “It’s essentially the most collaborative we’ve ever been, with each member’s voice and sensibilities woven into the music. Mixing genres has all the time been a part of what we do, however this file takes that even additional—and with extra intention—than ever earlier than.”
Sofa started as a tangle of childhood and highschool friendships across the Boston space. Over time, these threads pulled tighter, solidifying into the lineup that features Tema Siegel (lead vocals), Zach Blankstein (guitar), Jared Gozinsky (drums), Will Griffin (bass), Danny Silverston (keys), Jeffrey Pinsker-Smith (trumpet), and Eric Tarlin (saxophone).
Self-produced, self-managed, and deeply collaborative, Sofa’s sound is formed by years of arranging, taking part in, and constructing collectively. Its sensibility sits within the junction between the pop hooks of Bruno Mars, Remi Wolf, Dua Lipa, Sammy Rae, and Charlie Puth, and the chops and groove of Earth, Wind & Fireplace, Stevie Surprise, and Motown.
Few artists have fused alt-rock, metallic, and entice as successfully as SosMula, the moshpit maestro who rocked sold-out crowds worldwide as a member of Metropolis Morgue. Free to observe his personal muse after that duo’s cut up, Sos switches up his common fashion on his new single, “MERCEDEZ BRAZY.” Buying and selling his common entice percussion for a skeletal drum-and-bass groove, Sos takes listeners again to the excessive Goth period, crafting a haunted anthem worthy of Bauhaus. Indulging in his vices after a break-up, the vocalist goes on a rampage, populating his subdued circulate with wild ad-libs as he resolves to make it huge on his personal: “Do me a favor, don’t do me no favors,” he intones.
“MERCEDEZ BRAZY” arrives with a haunted sci-fi music video, cribbing from classics that vary from Blade Runner and I, Robotic, to Frankenstein and Escape From New York. Within the video, Sos and his android companion tear via a dystopian metropolis in a shiny crimson Mercedes, having fun with a torrid love affair because the world falls aside round them.
Contemporary off signing his new take care of Ricky Hil‘s Limosa Nostra Information, in a JV with Atlantic Information, SosMula is able to make a serious solo impression together with his subsequent album, KAMP KRYSTL LAKE, a wide-ranging exploration of the New York-via-Brazil artist’s wide-ranging sounds and horrorcore aesthetic. Taking his darkish entice sound to its restrict, the album finds Sleezy on a mission, locking into every music together with his animated supply in an try to burrow into listeners’ subconsciouses. House to current singles “PROJECT BABY” and “TRENCH BRAZY,” KAMP KRYSTL LAKE arrives on October thirty first through Limosa Nostra Information / Atlantic Information.
Born Vinicius Sosa in Sao Paulo, Brazil, SosMula and his household moved to New York when he was younger. The household moved round a bit, however finally settled in Spanish Harlem, and the younger Sos grew up fully-immersed within the hip-hop tradition of the 5 Boroughs, whereas additionally falling in love with the period’s exhausting rock and heavy metallic music. After years of trying to stability his love of music with the attract of the streets, SosMula fashioned Metropolis Morgue, pioneering the trap-metal sound as one half of the celebrated duo. Metropolis Morgue was huge within the underground, racking up billions of streams and promoting out dates with their raucous performances and uncompromising sound. Throughout his time in Metropolis Morgue, SosMula continued to make his personal solo albums, together with his 2021 debut 13 SONGS 2 DIE 2 and final 12 months’s 29-track SLEEZ RELIGION.
Now with Metropolis Morgue formally cut up, SosMula seems to be to point out the world what he can do on his personal. He has a robust associate in his nook within the rapper, singer-songwriter, designer, and entrepreneur Ricky Hil, who signed Sos to be the primary artist to launch below Limosa Nostra Information, in a three way partnership with Atlantic Information. SosMula and Ricky Hil launch their “KILLA SEASON TOUR” in February, that includes music from KAMP KRYSTL LAKE and Ricky’s upcoming album, 10,000 Grams.
Hailing from West London, Jules is redefining what it means to be weak in trendy music. Fusing soul-stirring melodies with introspective lyricism and warranted, versatile flows, he carves out an area that feels each deeply private and universally relatable. Mixing Entice, Jersey Membership, R&B, and his Caribbean influences, Jules channels inspiration from Drake, Skepta, and Child Cudi—crafting a sound that’s unmistakably his personal.
Following a string of profitable singles and worldwide performances, Jules now unveils his extremely anticipated debut album, Loverboy Chronicles—a 10-track exploration of affection, heartbreak, and self-discovery instructed via the lens of a person unafraid to really feel deeply. Throughout the file, he navigates the frenzy of attraction, the glow of lust, the sting of heartbreak, and the peace of self-love, whereas confronting how digital tradition distorts connection and intimacy.
Energetic dance-pop artist Kyle Waves has launched his new single, “Restart Love.” With driving beats and uncooked emotion, the upbeat monitor portrays the chaotic attract of dysfunctional love, as ardour and battle spark throughout the dance ground. Stream “Restart Love” on all digital platforms worldwide.
“Restart Love” is a high-energy synth-pop monitor that explores the stormy but fascinating aspect of affection. With an infectious, uplifting melody, the music is certain to get your complete nightclub shifting. The music completely captures the extraordinary, “out of breath” moments of a turbulent relationship, and its lyrics mirror the ‘melting’ and ‘smiling’ in love. “‘Restart Love’ is my poisonous relationship anthem, of which I’ve undoubtedly had a number of,” explains Kyle Waves. “I actually needed to speak about that aspect of toxicity the place you retain coming again as a result of perhaps there’s one thing pleasing in it, otherwise you and the opposite particular person have by some means discovered a rhythm in it. It’s not wholesome and it’s one thing value avoiding, however whenever you’re in it by some means it feels good.” Reflecting on how the music matches into the present period that he unveiled together with his summer time EP Alerts, Waves provides, “I’m persevering with my Alerts period with extra upbeat and danceable tracks, experimenting inside that fashion. ‘Restart Love’ feels extra eccentric and playful than the tracks from the EP, including a recent dimension to the picture I’m constructing. It’s the proper jumping-off level as I progress past the EP.” Written and produced by Waves and blended and mastered by Kai Tsao (KLND Audio), “Restart Love” combines vibrant power with catchy melodies, marking one other thrilling chapter in Waves’ thrilling artistry.
Black Sands is the musical challenge of LA-based songwriter and producer Andrew Balfour, a veteran artistic whose work exists in distinction — a collision of cinematic magnificence and emotional honesty, of darkness and light-weight. For the previous 5 years, Black Sands constructed a fame on immersive, genre-bending soundscapes that drew comparisons to alt-pop auteurs like The Weeknd, The 1975, and Publish Malone. However together with his latest work, Balfour turns the quantity down — and the vulnerability up.
The brand new chapter of Black Sands trades experimental synth pop maximalism for stripped-back songwriting rooted in Americana, pop-country, and acoustic storytelling. It’s not a reinvention. It’s a homecoming.
Born out of immense private loss — the deaths of each his sister and brother, every tied to habit — this new period is extra grounded, extra centered. The music was written on a guitar in quiet moments, after the noise had settled. It explores the emotional rigidity between grief and development, reminiscence and momentum, love and remorse. However it additionally makes area for pleasure, summer time nostalgia, and the unusual optimism that lingers even in damaged locations.
“Making Reminiscences,” the primary single of the brand new period, is a radiant, feel-good anthem — a love letter to carefree nights, shared glances, drinks that blur into laughter, and the sort of moments you want you could possibly reside in ceaselessly. It’s cinematic, sun-soaked, and tender. Different forthcoming tracks discover completely different shades of emotional duality: the reckless allure of “Rock Me”, the place Bacardi-fueled escapism masks loneliness; and “Our First Night time”, a contemporary love story wrapped in timeless heat and quiet marvel.
Whereas the brand new sound leans into the textures of country-pop and folks, Black Sands stays unmistakably trendy — cinematic in spirit, emotionally layered, and lyrically intimate. Assume guitar-forward storytelling filtered via the lens of somebody who’s lived via distinction: former touring guitarist, international artistic chief, brother, and wanderer.
Based mostly out of Nashville, Velasco was initially raised in South Carolina, the place her ardour for music first blossomed out of her background in musical theater. In 2021, Velasco started to launch her personal unique songs, along with her breakout single, “Go away Me Wild,” touchdown her spots on Spotify’s prime playlists resembling New Music Weekly and Contemporary Finds Nation. Securing a number of radio interviews throughout the U.S., Velasco showcases her distinctive, edgy sound and impassioned vocals. Her single “Name Me” was featured on a number of playlists, with its music video being proven on CMT, marking her place as an rising drive inside the trade. Current singles resembling “Paper Boy” and “Title on my Telephone” have been championed by notable retailers like CMA, Vast Open Nation, Holler, and Ones to Watch. Velasco has carried out as an opener for acts like Love and Theft, BRELAND, David Nail, and Tierra Kennedy.
Seattle, WA-based eight-piece psych funk outfit Cytrus publicizes their punchy sophomore album Duality due out November 14 and accessible for pre-save now. With the announcement, the band shares the primary style of the challenge with “Outta Management,” out now. Plus, the band will carry out reside through YouTube and later, in particular person, this winter throughout Oregon and Washington–see dates.
Duality pays homage to Sixties & Seventies rock, soul and psychedelia, whereas exploring themes of excellent, evil, mortality, immortality and time. Over six tracks, the group finds their groove with flowing instrumentals, hovering solos, hard-hitting riffs. With these songs, the band discovered their id, their creative course and paved their path ahead.
Jared Squires (guitar/vocals) says making the album “felt tangible, pressing and liked. I feel this shines via within the last product. This can be a sophomore album from a band that has the utmost respect for consideration to element of their craft. I’m simply actually pleased with what we created.” The group hopes to take listeners on a journey that delicately balances nostalgia with present-day and the acquainted and the international
Sluggish, sludgy and melancholic, “Outta Management” seems to be on the decisions one makes and the way one spends their time. Because it unfolds, it reminisces on how these decisions performed out. It was with the making of this monitor that the band discovered their course for the challenge as an entire. It’s change into a staple within the excessive power reside present, so capturing the magic in a studio proved to be a problem, however the band is pleased with the end result. Owen Mayo (guitar/keys) says, “The studio rendition appears to preserve the true essence of our performances from the previous 2 years, whereas additionally benefiting from the polish and maximalism that you may get from a completed file. We’re very pleased with how this one turned out, and that’s a giant motive why we selected it as our lead single for this album.”
Rising singer-songwriter Reese Goode is taking the nation scene by storm along with her upcoming debut EP, Fact. Constructing momentum from her first three singles–which have collectively earned over 260,000 streams on Spotify–Goode unveils her fourth single, “That Ain’t Love,” a monitor that captures the bittersweet realization that generally love means letting go.
Texas-raised Reese Goode started her journey as a musician early in childhood, rooted in her love of guitar, singing, and songwriting. She is deeply influenced by the nation artists she grew up listening to, resembling Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, and Miranda Lambert.
“That Ain’t Love,” produced by Don Miggs and written by Reese, gives a heartfelt reflection on realizing {that a} relationship has run its course, but nonetheless wishing the opposite particular person the very best. Mixing sincere lyricism with soulful nation instrumentation, the monitor highlights Goode’s potential to show private moments into universally relatable songs. Her sound brings a refreshing authenticity to at present’s nation panorama, mixing nostalgic storytelling with a contemporary edge that feels each acquainted and new. Sharing her inspiration behind “That Ain’t Love,” Reese explains, “This can be a music that I wrote a few relationship. Once you begin to really feel such as you and that particular person don’t actually work anymore, however you continue to hope they get every little thing they need in life.”
Via “That Ain’t Love,” Goode hopes listeners discover the braveness to acknowledge their very own self-worth and stroll away from a relationship that now not feels loving. She hopes her listeners will stand tall, discover peace, and in her personal phrases, say, “I’m leaving tonight.”
During the last three many years singer/songwriter/guitarist Tom Hamilton has made a profession of pushing rock n’ roll boundaries, fronting a cadre of bands together with Brothers Previous, American Infants and Ghost Mild. Hamilton additionally sings and performs lead guitar within the juggernaut up to date Grateful Useless cowl band, Joe Russo’s Nearly Useless.
At this time, Hamilton is thrilled to announce his debut solo album I’m Your Vampire, due out on January 23 through AWAL/Relix. The primary single off the album, “Don’t Give Up On Me” is out now with accompanying music video directed by Joe Lee. The album was co-produced by Hamilton and Alex Farrar (MJ Lenderman/Wednesday).
It wasn’t till not too long ago {that a} sequence of private and societal crises compelled the Philadelphia primarily based musician/songwriter/producer to rethink his method and at last forge forward below his personal title.
“Once you’re in a van on the highway for 20 years, you reside in your bubble, you suppose that your world is a technique — and it’s not. The pandemic break gave me the time to see that. Then my band broke up and my dad acquired sick. The one respite I had was the studio.”
I’m Your Vampire, Hamilton’s most private effort but is a 10-song suite wreathed in tattered-flannel rock & roll that encapsulates Hamilton’s salvation in isolation, as he types via the darkness to discover a pinpoint of sunshine.
“It takes effort to not simply be jaded as we age — to not take a look at the world in a hardened approach,” Hamilton says. “Yeah, it’s a darkish, darkish fucking time, let’s make some lemonade.”
recent off a whirlwind launch of their irreverent new album Bonanza, Portland, Oregon’s The Macks share the official music video for “Cypher Sore Eyes.” This standout reduce from the current file is a droning, dissonant and disillusioned monitor the place they query how we’re supposed to maneuver about life when each motion appears to help a trigger we don’t stand behind.
Within the video, directed by Jake Thiessan and shot on 16mm and Tremendous 8, we see The Macks in uncooked type; trudging via their hometown haunts, gear in hand. “The objective was to point out our appreciation for Portland and showcasing the areas that we see on daily basis, not your commonplace vacationer places,” shared vocalist Sam Fulwiler. “It’s additionally a vibe piece that reveals us sporting what we truly put on on stage, which was a pleasant distinction to the primary video [“Dually of Man” / “The Modern Grape”] which has us wearing a approach that we by no means do with hi-fi manufacturing.”
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