In this week’s LITM Pop picks, the sunny soul for the holidays is brought back in our playlists with artists like Martin Reynolds, Matt McKnzi, Madelyn, Kete Bowers and Anaïs and the Hoops. Listen to their beautiful music here and follow them for more like this!
Martin Reynolds-It All Feels Like Christmas
The season is of the holidays, and Martin Reynolds is here to make us feel good about it. Most Christmas songs feel like a carol, but this artist knows how to draw the essence out. His latest single is an infusion of the merry season, as well as the imagery that makes this time of the year so memorable. Just the acoustic and his voice makes it a holiday tune, and he composes the rest of the layers with a different kind of mastery. Martin Reynolods is in the festive air, you can listen to his admission of joy in his latest single here:
Matt McKnzi-Ghost
His voice will remain in your memories for some time. Matt McKnzi could have been defined under one of the many genres he enjoys. We’ll do you a favour and give you none. His latest single shows him to transcend the seeming boundaries of hip-hop, pop and soul with a style that has to be uniquely only his. The single is a rich blend of him navigating beats, yet delivering the lines with immaculate conviction. This is a musician who is prolific, and wants to blend the things in music he loves. Follow him here with his song:
Madelyn-Nowhere Quite Like Home
Her layered voice and beautiful compositions might have enraptured you before. She returns with another pop song that has all the glamour, called Nowhere Quite Like Home. It is the resonating feeling that we all get, tied in the webs of our house and memories from there. Maybe there is no way to get rid of that, and Madelyn bares it all in this single. You can feel it all when she sings the verse, and it is an emotional book she has written extremely well. Listen to her single here with us!:
Kete Bowers-Holy Night
There are ties to your heart, Kete Bowers will make with his baritone voice and magical guitar playing. His latest single Holy Night brings the poetry and music together in a different kind of matrimony. The song is an effortless, well constructed garland of sounds, creating a boat on troubled waters. You will float across in this cradle of care, which Kete Bowers makes with his voice and notes. This song is one of the best he has written, and will create the kind of flow you need to approach the day of Christmas. Listen to the song here:
Anaïs and the Hoops-Fool For You
Bringing her soulful voice combined with some great instrumental elements, Anaïs can control the weather in your head with her voice. Sublime and surreal, she plays off the instrumentals, while creating this dissonant but melodic breakout. It is a song that has some great range, with distortion parts also coming together with interesting transitions. The result is a chorus that you will remember forever, and parts of her style that will remain as a part of your DNA. Listen to the single here and follow her for more!:
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