The longing so evident in Elena Tonra’s voice is unwavering and alongside the change in pace, points Daughter on the right side of the musical evolutionary scale.Īvicii has broken his year long musical hiatus to bring us a new six-track EP full of typical Avicii tracks. With a slightly more up beat feel compared to their ‘Youth’ days, ‘Burn It Down’ is an impressive melancholic song, but with an underlying beat which erupts about midway through, to create a single reminiscent of recent releases from the likes of London Grammar. Produced by Skrillex and featuring hip-hop inflected tones, ‘Angel’ is the second single released from the girls’ self-titled new album, set for release on August 25th. With synthetic grunts and a good bassline, it has all the makings of a successful track however, it’s repetitiveness – count how many times the girls utter “Angel” – causes it to fall short. Last week saw a couple of tracks from the newly solo Camila Cabello and this week, from the girl group she was borne from, Fifth Harmony. I will further justify my point about RAT BOY’s disaffected youth persona… SCUM is definitely worth a listen if you enjoy artists like Jamie T and The Streets, as debut’s go, it bodes well for things to come. Across 25 songs (and skits), the singer/rapper plays the angsty disaffected youth persona brilliantly in his moanings about gentrification and Donald Trump. Singles ‘LAIDBACK’ and ‘REVOLUTION’ are the only teasers we’ve been given in the run up to RAT BOY‘s debut album, SCUM. A laidback (excuse the pun) track featuring guitar work from Blur’s Graham Coxon and a political musing similar to the likes of Jamie T, they put us in good stead for the album and now that it’s finally here, that premonition can be solidified. A follow up to 2012’s The Truth About Love, Beautiful Trauma is due for release on October 13th.
Along with the release of her new single, P!nk has also announced her first album in over five years. A ballad with anthemic dance music undertones, it is certainly successful in showcasing the strength of the singer’s vocals (“What about us/ What about all the broken ever afters?”) which produces a reliable first track back after her hiatus. P!nk – ‘What About Us’ĭitching the rebellious pop punk image which made her famous, P!nk is back with new track ‘What About Us’, co-written with Snow Patrol‘s Johnny McDaid. A pretty substantial one, so let’s get stuck into the things worth some words. P!nk and Avicii have returned after each of their own respective hiatus’, alongside a track from girl group Fifth Harmony and a follow-up single – ‘The Way You Used To Do’ was the band’s first sign of new music since 2013’s …Like Clockwork – from the legends that are Queens of the Stone Age. Following our dry spell last week, the heavens seem to have opened, and as a result, we have an abundance of new things to get stuck into.
Finally, we have a This Week In Records where it looks like things may be happening.