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😄 ariff a.b. / hollywood review

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but first, the news

yes that’s right, news time! a short selection of links to all things going on in the music biz:

• saint levant is really good → looking

• more kendrick news, biggest rapper ever ?

• nme 100 artists to watch dropped → how many do you know?

more i’ve been listening to

noisy / green light

if you ask me things need to be more noisy not less.

mallrat / pavement

personally i also believe in mallrat supremacy

superserious / let’s consume

today was the first day in forever that was nice and sunny for a bit and it made me need a song like this

genre: pop
release date: 27/12/24
runtime: 4:06
video: yes :)

contents

• 😄 ariff a.b. / hollywood review

• but first, the news

• more i’ve been listening to

  • superserious / let’s consume

    • what i like

    • what i don't like

    • my drunk opinion

    • for fans of

    • should you listen to more

• next edition out next tuesday!

working through the back log of song submissions! let me tell you gang, there are some real bangers in there. it’s a real goldmine, both for findings songs that probs wouldn’t get a look in anywhere else, but also getting yourself lost in a wee journey of music discovery and going off and finding tons of new stuff. this song did that for me this week, and also is really really good. it’s from a small artist but one who is absolutely hustling, with over 100k streams. real impressive. it’s a gentle but steady builder of a song, giving us a good time processing out all those emotions.

this song does such a great job of escalation. the pacing is just absolutely on point, and at no point do you think to yourself ohh man this is dragging a bit becuase melodically or tonally there’s always something working it’s way in and dialling things up a notch. whether that’s the strings or the electric guitar, the big ol bass drums or even the vocals. it’s really impressive how this song just goes and goes. the vocal performance underpinning this is also really impressive. tons of tone and just a great rather distinct voice make the whole performance feel real and emotional.

production wise this song is real close but no cigar. at times you can almost feel the midi instruments, and at other times the mix just doesn’t quite hold it all together with some stuff getting lost or going for a wander.

got my lighter up anyway man let’s do it i’m crying you crying let’s cry for a bit we’ll feel better

this song really sent me on a little nostalgia trip and had me right back in my shoes as a babyfaced 18 year old discovering this absolute banger - full circle by half moon run.

this is another debut, but a pretty good one at that! it’s got some really impressive stufff going on and a lot of promise for future work. i think a bit of effort behind it in the production lane of things would have this artist absolutely shining.

or better yet, reply to this email! what did you think of this song? have you been listening to anything good lately? any gems i’ve missed?

next edition out next tuesday!