"The Shore" was originally released as a single in July 2023
" I think the doom...comes out very effectively: is there anywhere more sombre and sullen than a shoreline after a storm, with the remnants of dark glowering clouds, the wreckage of anything that got in its way & even the sort of thing ....which the sea has vomited up? They evoke this mood very well: bringing the darkness, weight & threat of a cumulonimbus to our speakers ... and Liv's very stately & measured vocal emphasises the apocalyptic much more frighteningly than had she gone for a banshee effect: you feel that what is coming is grimly inevitable & that no power can hold it back.". ("Hot Music Live").
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Alex Henry Foster again collaborates with Canadian-Japanese artist Momoka, who also translates the lyrics from English to Japanese. Bandcamp New & Notable May 7, 2024
Smooth, sophisticated pop with neoclassical flourishes from the Berlin-based duo of Fabian Till and Birk Buttcherey. Bandcamp New & Notable May 2, 2024
Another devastatingly beautiful batch of indie rock confessionals from Ontario singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Linnea Siggelkow. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 28, 2024