Artist of the week

23 May 2022

Artist Of The Week: Oski Bravo

Our Artist Of The Week is: Oski Bravo

Oski Bravo are a Dublin five-piece that started with Donnchadh Egan and his beautifully crafted collection of songs. In 2016 they recorded their debut EP with Liam Mulvaney and released it in October in the Odessa Club, Dublin. The tracks secured a number of Ireland festival appearances and national airplay.

Listen to their latest single: We Want The World

Oski Bravo has received diverse comparisons from “the warmth of early REM”, Idlewild, Revelino and The Pixies and we can see why. The band’s latest single, “We Want The World”, gives us a taste of classic songwriting paired with a very Micheal Stripe-esque lead vocal.

The genesis of the album kicked off in 2019 while laying down tracks in Darklands Audio Studio in the heart of Dublin City with Dan Doherty. In 2020 they returned to Darklands to continue with the album. However, as we can well imagine, Covid kicked in and knocked their release and performance plans. That said they used the time to polish the album and are now ready to release. Descriptions going so far as “the track builds to a glorious crescendo, I’m almost embarrassed by how many times I clicked back to the start of the song as soon as it finished”.

Oski Bravo Debut album out 25th June 2022.

For more information on Oski Bravo head over to their website here.

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16 May 2022

Artist Of The Week: HI SIENNA

Our Artist Of The Week is: HI SIENNA

HI SIENNA is a female-fronted, alternative-pop band from Manchester. Their unique sound, infectious melodies and boisterous live performances captivate audiences from start to finish.

Listen to their latest single ‘Pride’ here:

‘Pride’ is one of those songs that you hear and immediately want to book tickets to see them live! The first 5 seconds pull you into an almost underwater-like, cleverly panned, instrumental moment, before a cool, husky vocal cuts through. It’s full of lyrical, melodical and even vocal hooks, and will be in your head for days.

Formed in late 2019, they bounced onto the scene with their debut single, Favourite Thing, headlined Manchester’s Deaf Institute and supported Scouting for Girls at the O2 Ritz. Lead singer Poppy-Jo’s vocals are often compared to the likes of Florence Welch and (a very manic) Bjork, with the band mostly taking influence from the 80s and 90s music scene and Manchester roots. Described as “a vibrant anomaly in both sound and vision”, HI SIENNA will soon be one of the biggest up-and-coming artists of 2022.

Future shows:

28.05.22 – A Stone’s Throw festival (North Shields)

04.06.22 – Sonic Waves Festival (Birmingham)

25.06.22 – Front Row Festival (Oxfordshire)

26.06.22 – Camden Live (London)

07.08.22 – Bingley Festival (Bingley)

For more information on HI SIENNA, head over to their website www.hisiennaband.com

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9 May 2022

Artist Of The Week: Samfire

Our Artist Of The Week is Samfire!

London singer, songwriter and producer, Samfire, has a fresh experimental sound that is accompanied by her ethereal voice and well-thought-out lyrics. She oozes authenticity, making her music easily relatable. Influenced by artists such as FKA twigs (particularly her industrial-sounding beats), Lana Del Rey, Kate Bush and Frank Ocean, you can be assured that Samfire’s music is sonically pleasing.

Listen to her latest EP “Time” here:

Samfire’s voice is reminiscent of early Florence + the Machine. It sits in the mix and is sometimes embellished with effects, making her vocals sound like another instrument – beautifully lazy and haunting!

Her music introduces you to a sound that will purposefully provoke your thoughts and move you to feel new extremes of emotion. Although Samfire is spirited and imaginative, she is also quite private. Through her music, though, she is able to safely tackle her thoughts and actualise them in a healthy way, satisfying the daydreamer inside of her.

Watch her live version of “Restless” here:

For more information on Samfire and her music journey check out her LINKTREE

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2 May 2022

Artist Of The Week: Luke White

Our Artist Of The Week is Luke White

Luke White is a singer-songwriter whose guitar-based music and heartfelt words mirror his influences John Mayer, Dermot Kennedy, Ben Howard, Damien Rice and James Blunt. Luke surprisingly started out as a blues and rock guitarist and transferred over to he songwriting world at the age of 16.

Listen to his latest single ‘Right Now’ here:

Taken from a string of upcoming releases, ‘right now’ is the latest offering from the singer-songwriter. An emotional and powerful track about heartbreak and love, the sombre pop song has elements of Dermot Kennedy and James Arthur. The relatable lyrics with an indie folk guitar and percussion makes the track a perfect fit for your evening and travel playlists.

Watch Luke’s acoustic performance of the track here:

For more information about Luke White, check out his smart link here: https://zez.am/officiallukewhitemusic

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25 April 2022

Artist Of The Week: DMNIQ

Our Artist Of The Week is DMNIQ!

DMNIQ (formerly known as Dominique Gilbert) is an LGBTQ+ music artist, songwriter and composer from Windsor, UK. She has been influenced by the likes of London Grammar, Coldplay and SYML, and has been a fan of classical and film music since a very early age.

She writes and performs intimate piano vocal tracks, combined with ambient and organic production elements, emotive melodies and comforting lyrics.

Listen to her latest single, ‘Show Me The Way’, here:

This is something a little different from DMNIQ’s usual style. It’s a unique, guitar-based pop track, intertwined with cinematic percussion layers, piano and ambient pads, and has been co-written and produced by Sam Clines. The track explores the array of natural emotions we go through as someone leaves us. Lyrically, the song may offer listeners some sort of acceptance and healing in moving forward from this loss. It reminds us of the love we have for others and the love we must have for ourselves.

Best known for her work in TV, Dominique’s song ‘A Little Higher’ featured in the popular LA TV Show, ‘The L Word: Generation Q’, written with and produced by composer Christian Reindl.

Dominique has also worked with TV and film composer Gavin Luke, including on their unique neo-classical vocal collaboration, ‘Hold Your Breath Still’. Together with her sync representative A&G Sync, Dominique is currently busy with bespoke projects for TV, and is also writing and producing her upcoming releases. A keen writer (which is where she started out), Dominique also writes for other music artists, including the likes of Ben Dolic and Beth De Bacci, helping others tell their stories.

Now, with the light at the end of the tunnel after the pandemic, Dominique is so excited to perform on stage again as she plans her intimately unique live set and releases her new songs under her new artist name, ‘DMNIQ’.

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