127 songs submitted this week for review
Melodrama, single/video by Angelina Mango. The 23-year old daughter of one of Italy’s major pop stars, Angelina needs nor family name intro- she is a fast rising star on her own and this song proves it. Rapid-fire rap lyrics tracked by clap beats, and organ-filled breakdowns, with spaces for her operatic voice . Complex, urgent, angry, habit-forming. Stream on Spotify ad other major platforms Italian.
Devotion, single by Cassandra Jenkins. From her new album My Light, My Destroyer, this stripped down song, lightly backed by a guitar strum and orchestral accents brings Jenkins seductive, feminine, power voice to the fore. As the song crescendos She is talking to you and she is doing so beautifully you want to cry. Jenkins sings like her words are caught in time and space, sometimes nostalgic, sometimes immediate, sometimes far sighted. But the stories she ells pierce your heart. Stream on Spotify and other platforms.
Soup, single by Remi Wolf. A softly moving beat behind a moving soundscape scaffolds an urgent, feminine voice that pulls you along with his force. Not sultry, but convincing. A song that will put on replay to listen as you tap your foot. Stream on Spotify and major platforms.
Sexy to Someone, single by Clairo (Claire Cottrill). Bedroom pop, but more. Beautifully produced to showcase her breathy voice. Structured like a pop song, but with off-kilter touches that make it even more interesting. A brilliant piece of pop songwriting and arranging and producing. Listen several times to follow the lyrics. Stream on major platforms.
Blush, single by Girl Ultra. One of Mexico’s most intriguing musical artists, Girl Ultra can be fire and ice. On this song she just pure mystery with a touch of jungle drums, synth effects that carry her into space. The beat caries you along, the synth fascinates you and her voice seduces you. Altogether beautiful and disturbing Stream on major platforms. Spanish
Alma Florecida by Gabby Moreno. Traditional, yet modern, as only the Latin Grammy winning and Grammy-nominated Gaby Moreno can do. With Country inflected twangy guitars by LA LOM (Los Angeles League of Musicians) Moreno takes us on a smoothly sailing adventure with her beguiling voice . Yu can feel yourself standing in the plaza of a Mexican or Guatemalan village watching a couple in a romantic courting dance. Stream on all major platforms. Spanish.
