In this edition of LITM Pop Picks, we curate a range of sensational soundscapes brimming with emotions, energy, and stories, from artists LAZA!, Charles Moret, Rob Eberle, Cinnamon Sandhu, and r.mason.
LAZA! - I Don’t Care!
I Don’t Care! by LAZA! featuring Ana Gracey is a powerful and anthemic pop release that celebrates being audaciously authentic to yourself and owning your voice. The musical landscape embodies the boldness, confidence and self-love that lyrics eloquently explore, with the singer’s assertive and commanding vocals heightening the emotionality of the song. Towering synth tunes with gritty, warbling textures and distant harmonies form a rich backdrop. Thumping beats insert a pounding rhythm to the sound. The music emanates a formidable feel, bringing the lyrics to life through a majestic and spell-binding showcase of sounds. LAZA! and Ana Gracey have created a potent, infectious and liberating sonic experience in this release. Listen to I Don’t Care! by LAZA! featuring Ana Gracey here!
Charles Moret - Dreammaker
Los Angeles-based artist Charles Moret, knows how to move you with music. The soft intensity and tender passion in the soundscape will consume you and take over your senses with an emotionality that is unforgettable. Dreammaker is a surreal and stirring release, with lush spreads of synth, swelling melodies, effervescent vocals, dreamy ambiance, and a gentle rhythm. The music is immersive and expansive, giving you ample space to dissolve into the sound and feel every note and lyric. With carefully structured, minimal and maximal moments of instrumentation, Charles Moret displays impeccable production and composition skills. As the music soars and falls, slips in and out of order and chaos, you will feel yourself floating freely in the ebb and flow of it all. Listen to Dreammaker by Charles Moret here!
Rob Eberle - Half of You
New York-based singer-songwriter and producer Rob Eberle masterfully weaves emotions and experiences extracted from real life into mesmerising and moving soundscapes with a darker alternative pop-rock aesthetic. In Half of You, one can witness the beauty and terror of love, reminiscence, and longing through a tale of romance, one that is in soft decay. Rob Eberle brings out the ache and despair in a hauntingly beautiful way, at the heart of the music is powerful sombre piano chords, accompanied by a melancholy-soaked ambiance. The music swirls, swells, and soars, carrying you along in its currents, giving you an experience that is as close to the reality of being in a whirlwind of a romance. Rob Eberle's voice, sincere and emotional, reaches into the depths of your heart, injecting the intensity of the feelings into your veins. Half of You is a stunning, stirring release from Rob Eberle. Listen to Half of You by Rob Eberle here!
Cinnamon Sandhu - Materialistic Rani
Cinnamon Sandhu, a singer, songwriter, and composer blends Punjabi Pop, R&B, Western Pop, and Soulful acoustic sounds into dazzling, infectious soundscapes. In Materialistic Rani, Cinnamon Sandhu serves a high-octane, catchy, and vibrant cocktail of sounds, one that will get you grooving in no time. The musical landscape is bustling with a variety of sonic textures, noodly tunes, guitar riffs, warbling synth, bright horns, funky basslines, and a lot more. A mosaic of percussive elements pulse with a pumping rhythm, injecting an inescapable groove into the music. Cinnamon Sandhu’s voice guides you through the aural revelry with its smooth, velvety and melodic assertions on indulgence and materialistic pleasures. This song is an engrossing and entertaining release from Cinnamon Sandhu. Listen to Materialistic Rani by Cinnamon Sandhu here!
r.mason - Velvet Shade
Singer-instrumentalist Rebecca Barritt and guitar player Jonathan Blokmanis, the duo behind musical banner r.mason, bring expansive and mesmeric soundscapes that find their place right in the middle of duality, a delicate balance between lightness and tension, desperation and transcendence. In Velvet Shade, the two conjure an aural realm that is rich with swelling, gritty reverb-soaked guitar riffs, reflective electronic keys, ethereal ambiance, and the stunning vocal performance from Rebecca. As intricate and rich as the instrumentation is, there is pristine, seamless, and dreamy quality to it, reflecting just how much skill and intention this composition is created with. Rebecca’s moving lyricism and angelic vocals paired with Jonathan’s imaginative and impressive rendition of pedals and guitars gives rise to a musical journey that is evocative and soulful. Listen to Velvet Shade by r.mason here!
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