NEW TRACK: Seraphina Simone – ‘Better Days’

Transforming her anxious thoughts about heartbreak into a vibrant anthem of hope, Seraphina Simone has shared her latest single ‘Better Days’. Following on from her bittersweet track ‘Liverpool‘ which she released last year, the London-based artist blends drum & bass rhythms, evocative synths and emotive lyrics on her new single to help her recover from the residual grief at the end of a relationship.

“‘Better Days is waking up at 4am with a heavy chest and a lump in your throat and a constellation of thoughts, worries and what-ifs pinballing around your head,” Seraphina explains about her new single. “but [it’s also about] knowing that somewhere in the future there’s a you that’s happier, and just trying to keep a hold of that thread. It’s panic and sadness and frustration and hope plaited together.” Seraphina’s resilience in the face of this lingering heartache permeates the track. Pairing her cutting lyrics with her soft vocals, she pacifies the ache of a past love and leans into the possibility of new future romance in the process.

Co-produced with Matt Wills (Charlotte Plank, Alice Merton), Seraphina’s ‘Better Days’ was premiered by Lauren Laverne on her BBC 6Music Breakfast Show, marking a successful start to 2024 for the artist. She’s currently busy working on her second EP, the follow-up 2022’s Milk Teeth, which should be released later this year. Seraphina has also announced a London headline show at The Courtyard Theatre on 24th April 24th. Grab a ticket here.

Listen to ‘Better Days’ below.

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NEW TRACK: SPIDER – ‘daisy chains’

Following on from last year’s smouldering single ‘straight out the oven‘, Irish-born, London-based alt-pop artist SPIDER has returned with a tenacious new anthem titled ‘daisy chains’. Taken from her upcoming new EP, an object of desire, which is set for release later this year, the track is a raucous ode to trusting your instincts and advocating for yourself when others encroach on your space.

“‘daisy chains’ is the epitome of ‘don’t take my kindness for weakness,’” explains SPIDER about her new single. “I wrote it about a really shitty experience where I continued being super kind to someone who invaded my personal space and made me feel really uncomfortable. I just didn’t think I was entitled to feeling weird about it and I didn’t feel like I could stand up for myself either. The lyrics are violent, but the invasion of someone’s space – in any type of way – is violent. Writing this song allowed me to reclaim that moment and properly feel the anger I had towards them without forcing myself to take the high road and ‘be above it.'”

Through her uncompromising lyrics and direct vocals, SPIDER explores these visceral and conflicting feelings. “I like to chase / and I hear that you’re a runner” she taunts over punchy beats and gritty riffs, gladly taking back control after feeling intense discomfort and unease about the situation. ‘daisy chains’ is aural proof that, as SPIDER states in her own lyrics: “I’ve got spine”. Her upcoming EP, and her previous releases (2022’s C.O.A, and 2023’s HELL OR HIGH WATER) all form what SPIDER coins as her “Unholy Trinity of Young Adulthood” collection. Through her music, she explores what it’s like to be a young black woman, coming of age in a Catholic household, and navigating the world and the music industry as a genre-blending and uncompromising new artist.

After watching SPIDER storm the stage at The Green Door Store for The Great Escape Festival in Brighton last year, we’re excited to share the news that she’ll be playing her first ever headline show at London’s Camden Assembly on 20th March. Grab a ticket here.

Listen to ‘daisy chains’ below.

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NEW TRACK: Fears – ‘4th of the 1st’

A poignant reflection on emotional resilience and self-soothing, Dublin-born, London-based interdisciplinary artist Constance Keane aka Fears has shared her latest single, ‘4th of the 1st’. Taken from her newly announced second album, affinity, which is set for release on 22nd March via TULLE, the track is a delicate blend of soft vocals and hypnotic synth loops that delicately dismantle the duplicitous and intrusive thoughts that follow in the aftermath of a complicated breakup.

On her debut album Oíche, Fears balanced her intense ruminations on trauma alongside dainty synth loops and tentative beats to shine a light on a personal metamorphosis. On her upcoming album, affinity, she continues to create emotive, elegant and enlightening soundscapes, but this time she spotlights the ability to find peace in the often chaotic settings around her. Written and recorded between London, New York, and Dublin, across 10 tracks she shares stories of human connection in its strongest and most fragile forms, something which her new single ‘4th of the 1st’ beautifully highlights.

Fears gives more context to ‘4th of the 1st’, which is inspired by a phone call she had on the same date back in 2022: “It’s about checking in with yourself and reassuring yourself after an experience with someone who denies what you know to be true of your time together,” she explains. “I think it’s unfortunately a pretty common thing to have someone tell you how much they’re into you and then decide that they actually never said that when they’ve changed their mind. I’ve experienced it a few times anyway, so I wanted to write a song for myself to say ‘no you DID actually say that, I didn’t make it up’.”

The single is accompanied by a video, directed and edited by Fears and filmed by Colleen Lee. The visuals aim to subtly highlight the “trust and bond that can be found in sisterhood,” and poetically depicts how women proactively signal to other women information that could help to keep them safe.

Watch the video for ‘4th of the 1st’ below.

Pre-order Fears upcoming album, affinity, here

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NEW TRACK: Chelsea Wolfe – ‘Everything Turns Blue’

A shadowy rumination on the convoluted process of healing from an unhealthy relationship, Chelsea Wolfe has shared her latest single ‘Everything Turns Blue’. Taken from her upcoming seventh album, She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She, which is set for release via Loma Vista on 9th February 2024, the track is a hypnotic blend of compelling vocals, brooding keys and brittle beats which reflect the aching sincerity of true self-liberation.

Following on from her previous singles ‘Dusk’, ‘Whispers In The Echo Chamber‘ and ‘Tunnel Lights’, Wolfe’s new track continues her narrative of recovery, rediscovering self autonomy, and redefining what resilience both looks and sounds like. ‘Everything Turns Blue’ is about “finding yourself again after a long era of being part of something toxic,” she explains. “Making a split with someone after 10 years, 20 years, 30 years — there’s going to be some high highs and low lows as you begin to process it all.” Wolfe captures these emotional fluctuations succinctly in her lyrics. “What do I have to do to heal you out of me?” she questions throughout the track, before ultimately emerging from the shadows feeling stronger and more self assured.

Wolfe describes her upcoming album She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She as “a rebirth”, breaking the physical and emotional chains that once prohibited this cathartic process. “It’s a story of freeing yourself from situations and patterns that are holding you back in order to become self-empowered,” she explains in more detail. It’s “an invitation to step into your authenticity,” and as she poetically concludes: “like the dark moon, that void space can feel unpredictable and looming, but it also holds so much potential, mystery, and excitement.”

Watch the video for ‘Everything Turns Blue’ below.

Pre-order Chelsea Wolfe’s new album She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She here

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