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‘I want people to not be so scared’: Addison Grace

Coming out as non-binary, gay, transgender or any gender is never easy, but for Utah’s Addison Grace, the music industry was ready (mostly) to embrace him. The 20-year-old singer, songwriter, and social media star has fast made a name for themselves as a singular new artist, showcasing their one-of-a-kind perspective through mesmerising bedroom pop and a bold, funny, utterly idiosyncratic online persona. Last month, the Salt Lake City artist released his debut EP ‘Immaturing’, the five-track EP is a project that sincerely documents his challenging experiences growing up. Making personal music for a universal audience, these intimate songs somehow manage […]

Banji: rising the ranks through lockdown

Forced to focus on writing and recording, Banji honed in on their identity as a band. Off the back of their Great Escape Festival performance in May, Banji frontman Morris Brandt speaks with abridged. About their forthcoming debut album Freshcakes.  The iconic Brighton festival would be the band’s second-ever festival performance in the UK (following Liverpool Sound City) and they were met with a wonderful, appreciative crowd.  Morris said: “We loved Brighton. We’ve never been there before but was super cool, everyone was really nice. It was a good day, sunny and it was fun on the beach there. “The […]

Getting to know Southampton newcomer Daring Darling

Behind the bustling cargo shipyard and cultural city of Southampton is the 60s psych-rock artist Darling Darling making inroads across the south of England. Already one year into his smoothly sardonic and enthusiastically empathetic project, mastermind Matt Bisgrove has released three singles including his latest ‘Strangers’. It’s one of Bisgroves’ most mature pieces of work yet. The twinkling sounds, vocal layers and soaring atmospherics are stylistically embedded like you’re playing it on a vintage record player. Incorporating a lick of modern R&B from Frank Ocean and The Weeknd, ‘Strangers’ is a tasteful play on love, heartbreak, pity and pain all […]

Listen: “For a Moment You’re Mine” – Little Monarch

It satisfied something in me for the moment, and personally, it felt important to put out there and just not care how much attention it got. I can picture a flock of monarchs fluttering around in the bright morning sun. Birds chirping in the distance. I am dreaming and white sun peers through blinds, wasting […]