Song reviews

Hey, another potential pop princess. To her credit, Ger Carriere adds some acid to her words of relationship discontent and thus makes her song “Can I Be Her” rather more than just another soundtrack for a visit to the mall.

At the very least, “Fun! And How To Have It” proves that Juppe knows how to make a loop more than just another way to go round in circles. This is quirky indie pop with enough in the way of humour to keep you both interested and smiling.

“Soma” hits the mark for a sensitive singer songwriter with Sofia Sampaio putting enough heartfelt introspection into her words to make it all sound authentic and the more muscular backing track giving the song some backbone.

You can’t beat a bit of introspection in the morning and, with the addition of looped electronica to set the atmosphere, Yndling has all the modern day angst you need to make her song “Fences” resonate with your reality.

“Sunshine”, despite the title, isn’t really a summer song but A. Wesley Chung nonetheless weaves an uplifting message into his introspective and often downbeat words with the result still being pleasing to the ear.

Almost a nursery rhyme for grownups, “Hate Him” avoids any actual anger in the lyrics but is nonetheless a song for our insular times that will resonate with those in emotional turmoil with Rooue adding the processed sharp edges that make the song work.

Another day, another genre. The folk metal genre is a new one for me but Brachmond make “Geister Der Nacht” an interesting listen with all that manly metal muscularity being balanced by celtic style violins and female vocals. Worthy.

Bat Zoo tuns up his emotions and takes his song “Lemon” for a walk down that oft used retro soul street on the way to its conclusion and he’s got enough feeling in his voice to make the journey worthwhile for us.

Whilst looped with merciless precision, “Canary Song” demonstrates both literacy and a sense of purpose in its lyrics and Veronica D’Souza has a voice with sufficient distinctiveness to make the song move upwards.

“Blender” features some innocuous female vocals before hitting the grunge highway with a degree of conviction that tells you just who this band hero worships. Cosmic Kitten nonetheless make some decent noise with this one.

“Blue Skies” works better than you might initially have expected as Sunny Luwe’s robust vocals are soon matched by some pointed lyrics. This is undoubtedly a song of our times yet it seems more poignant than its obvious commercial potential would suggest.

“Playtime” has that late sixties/early seventies spiritual vibe although Coloured Paper Shapes deliver the song with the kind of polish that would be expected of a Nashville alumni of these days. A radio friendly song.