Posts by Emma Orland

 With his highly acclaimed 2023 album Who Are You When No One Is Watching?, Braxton Cook reached new heights. He made his national TV debut, received an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Jazz Album, and logged production credits on high-profile albums by Taylor Swift and Jon Batiste. Today, the multi-faceted musician, singer, songwriter, and producer Braxton…

Indie-rock trio The Strike releases the joyously transcendent single “American Dream.” The upbeat track harkens back to those halcyon days of their remarkable, steady ascent. Listen HERE and watch HERE. “Our earliest gigs were playing weddings and corporate events, as well as city festivals that are very common in Utah during the summer months. While I was excited about any gig…

Acclaimed Swedish artist Sarah Klang returns with “Beautiful Woman,” the stunning first single from her upcoming full-length album, details to follow. Produced by Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and composer Eric D. Johnson (Fruit Bats, Bonny Light Horseman), the soaring, piano-driven indie pop ballad is accompanied by a cinematic video that features a vulnerable Klang expressing the song’s sentiment through powerful movement and…

Fresh off of their headlining tour through the US, UK, and Europe, French and Germany-based electronic duo il:lo unveils their latest exploration into downtempo/deep house with a new immersive auditory journey titled the fair, out now via Nettwerk. Dejan Dejado and Andreas Schütz follow up their moody and textured 2023 EP The Myriad with five new compositions that channel late-night drives, flashing lights, and the…

TODAY, the Wisconsin-based ambient indie-rock duo Foreign Fields continue to celebrate the announcement of their fourth full-length album, What It Cost, out September 13th with a magically soft and verbed-out new single, “A Little Longer.” Recorded at Hive in Eau Claire, WI, with engineer Brian Joseph (Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Volcano Choir) and accompanied by a video companion filmed in Red Wing, Minnesota, “A Little Longer” is the fourth…

Manchester-based ambient folk artist Ethan Helfrich (who releases music under the moniker Black Brunswicker) is excited to confirm the release of their upcoming album, Been Around Here Before, due September 27th via Nettwerk. Been Around Here Before was forged from a feverish memory bank of muggy Midwestern summers spent ambling through forests, streams, and caves in search of shade. Close your eyes,…

Today, LA singer-songwriter Emily James shares The aLtErNaTeS Pt. 2, the six-song conclusion to her exploration into the complex range of emotions that come with love, heartbreak, and the healing journey. Just like every story can have many different versions, every relationship has a range of conflicting emotions that arise at different stages. Similarly, Emily’s songs contain these multitudes…

Maui-born singer and Willie Nelson protégé Lily Meola proudly announces her new EP Heartbreak Rodeo set for release on August 23 with Nettwerk. The EP blends elements of pop and country, which she continues to showcase on the latest single “Mar Vista.” Meola’s soulful vocals and smooth emotional delivery capture the overwhelming feeling of heartbreak. Listen HERE.  “’Heartbreak Rodeo’ is the first…

Following first single “Islands”, Irish singer-songwriter Fionn Regan today announces his new album O Avalanche due out 1st November via Nettwerk and available to preorder from here. To accompany the announcement Regan has shared new single “Headphones”, a near-hymnal beauty on which his beatific vocals reference fleeting moments half-remembered over mellifluous ripples of glinting guitar. Watch the visualiser HERE and below. “I…

After landing on the BBC Radio 2 playlist with his recent singles “GOOD MAN” and “BLACK OR WHITE,” UK soul star Jake Isaac will release his new album BENJAMIN on 25th October 2024. What’s in a name?  The answer to that question is at once both simple and symbolic. The basic fact is that BENJAMIN is Jake’s middle-name, but it represents something more significant that seeps through every moment of…