Song reviews

Lorraine-Deitrich clearly walk on the stylish side of the rock street and their song “Everybody Wants Some Love” throws in some angular post punk moves to further distinguish them from the crowd. Sounds good to me.

Looped like a dancefloor diva, Camilla Sparksss stylishly emotes her way through “Stormseeker” to demonstrate that the art is strong within her whilst that foot stomping beat keeps the retro fans on her side.

Guitars drive “Knockout” on down the road as if it were a nineties power pop song and Hannah Duckworth does her vocal bit to energetically and confidently take you on a nihilistic trip down to the mall once more.

“Roadkill” is as lively as you would expect from a Belgian punk band and Captain Kaiser have taken a distinctly theatrical approach to entertaining your ears. The song is more power pop than hardcore punk yet it remains three minutes well spent.

“The Maiden Stone” is a thoroughly intellectual song with the complex arrangement making the most of Ross Whyte’s traditional Scottish musical influences and Terra Spencer adding the vocal charm. Bonnie, it is.

It must be the sunshine as you can’t cross a road these days without bumping into a new pop princess. Linds Sais breaks out an ornate arrangement for her song “Golden Hour” and duly starts her accession to the commercial throne.

The singer songwriter vibe is strong in Hannah DeLynn’s song “For The Record” and, with heartfelt sentiments and a polished production behind her, she has little trouble crossing the border into the land of commercial balladry.

Izabella Lily adds a healthy dose of maturity to the lyrics of her song “Freedom” and delivers them in a way that reinforces the earnestness of her conviction. The world needs more songs like this. It really does.

Classically styled with underlying religious inspiration, “Fac Me Cruce” successfully combines ambient electronica with the rather regal soprano voice of Sandra Lind Þorsteinsdóttir to elegant and uplifting effect. Electrio are a class act.

Time for something transcendental. Sister Wives inject enough in the way of muscular guitars and rather more delicate female vocals to make you think that “YnCanu” is some sort of trip into the mystical realm. I hear the clouds.

You can just feel that the art is strong in Ché Aimee Dorval and her song “Joyride” overlays brooding intent and emotional intensity over some stylishly presented and urban influenced beats. This is a cappuccino with chocolate sprinkles.

Erik Flaa takes a suitably mature approach to making his song “Storyline Mania” work with the tempo shifting and stretched out arrangement adding an element of theatricality but, below the surface, there is a serious point made.