Track Of The Day: Ora The Molecule – ‘Sugar’

Having received acclaim from the likes of BBC 6Music and KCRW, Andalusia-based collective Ora The Molecule draw influence from an eclectic range of inspirations from Fleetwood Mac to St Etienne, and have now shared a captivating new single.

Sounding quirkily cool, ‘Sugar’ flows with glitch beats and whirring hooks that provide the backdrop for soaring, honey-sweet vocals, creating a truly dreamy soundscape that’ll capture the ears on first listen. Of the track, Ora The Molecule explain that it’s inspired by a “hedonistic satire of consumerism, ego and the deeply rooted human phenomenon that always needs more.”

‘Sugar’ is out now via Uhh Ahh Records.

Mari Lane
@marimindles

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Track Of The Day: Amahla – ‘Dorothy’s Verses’

Having played legendary venues such as The Jazz Cafe and The Roundhouse, and garnered support from the likes of BBC Radio 1 Extra and 6Music’s Tom Robinson, Hackney native Amahla was also been a recipient of the second ever MOBO Awards X Help Musicians Grant for her exceptional voice. Following the lush sounds of last year’s ‘Old Soul’, she’s now returned to grace our ears with poignant new single ‘Dorothy’s Verses’.

Exploring what truth is through the story of her grandmother, ‘Dorothy’s Verses’ flow with rich, impassioned vocals alongside luscious sweeping hooks, creating a truly dreamy – and deeply stirring – offering. Of the track, Amahla explains:

“‘Dorothy’s Verses’ is my grandmother’s story of looking at her life through a new lens of Alzheimer’s. But it’s also about the need to hear women speak from their truths. We’re living through Me Too, a movement where women are reclaiming their stories and pushing them into our collective memories, this is but/just one verse.”

Listen to the utterly spellbinding ‘Dorothy’s Verses’ here:

 

‘Dorothy’s Verses’ is out now.

Mari Lane
@marimindles

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Get In Her Ears w/ Scrounge, 24.01.19

Mari and Kate were back in the Hoxton Radio studio this week with loads of new tunes from the likes of Dream Nails, Grace Petrie, Charlotte Adigéry, Hockeysmith and Sarah Walk.

They were joined by the excellent Scrounge who chatted about their plans for 2019 and played a couple of live tracks too.

Tune in next week when Death Hags will be live in the studio.

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ALBUM: Tallies – ‘Tallies’

Blending elements of shoegaze, jangly guitars and indie pop, there’s much to be excited about with the release of Tallies’ eponymous debut album. They are a Toronto-based four-piece, fronted by Sarah Cogan, with lead guitarist Dylan Frankland, bassist Stephen Pitman, and drummer Cian O’Neill. One of the themes of Tallies is the universal impact of adulthood hitting you whether you’re ready or not. It’s the band’s soundtrack for adjustment throughout a year of change.

Opening track ‘Trouble’ is a song about naivety and being unable to foresee potential danger, especially as a woman. ‘Mother’ touches on the transition from being an adolescent -dependent on your parents – to a mature, independent adult (“leave your past tomorrow, don’t leave those skulls to dry”). There is a mixture of joy, nostalgia and sweet sadness, like memories of lost childhood and adolescence put to music, in tracks like ‘Mother’, and ‘Eden’. The music may be uplifting but the lyrics offer a dark undercurrent, put to exceptional guitar lines.

A more reflective mood features in the swirling textures of ‘Trains and Snow’ and the dreamily acoustic ‘Midnight’, whereas lead track ‘Beat the Heart’ explores the lack of empathy that exists, capturing our ears with the perfect production of smooth pop vocals, melodic hooks. Similarly, ‘Easy Enough’ reflects on changing relationships, whilst ‘Giving Up’ addresses global warming (“the embers they’re burning… cover me like a white sheet…giving up, no sign of change”).

Listen to this album as you gaze out at the January moon, the dreamy memories of salad days in your ears, and you will love this album as much as I do. If you’re old enough to have danced to the likes of The Smiths, Cocteau Twins and The Sundays, then you’re in for a trip down memory lane, as Tallies rework the best of their influences into their own fresh sound. If not, then welcome to the rediscovery of a sound that remains timeless (if the music doesn’t grow old, neither will the fans!). 

Tallies is out now via Fear Of Missing Out Records.

Fi Ni Aicead
@gotnomoniker

Photo Credit: Alex Gray

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