Micayla Shafran - Eurydice (Be My Light)
Think of this: You are walking alone through a forest. It's fogged up in all crannies. The light is fading, and every step you take feels like walking deeper into the unknown. The air around you hums. You look all around you for a source of light, and at a distance, you see a ray of brightness. You run towards it and a song plays in your earphones: Eurydice (Be My Light) by Micayla Shafran. The song makes you feel a number of emotions at once, the reason being that it sits at an intersection of genres. The piece is a dreamy pop, indie song with a core of cinematic influences. The piece evokes the Greek myth of Eurydice (the nymph who followed her husband into the underworld). Its narrative has a lot of mythological references, and the song feels like a story instead of just a feel-good piece. The track has a level of accessibility with dream/indie textures that broadens appeal. Also, the narrative gives the listeners something to think about instead of just passively consuming. It elevates the emotional stakes. The track features ambient pads, echoing vocals, and layered instrumentation, and it is all balanced well so the piece doesn't lose the pop structure. This makes the song radio-friendly and streamable while also being rich in texture. The song is a good fit for a movie like The Shape of Water" (2017). The myth-meets-modern tone. Both the film and the music take ancient devotion and wrap it in lush, cinematic beauty.
Fiona Amaka - Wingman
Think of this: It is late in the afternoon. You and your best friend are out on a coastal highway. The golden hour light is reflecting off your skin. Your hands on the steering wheel look bright and white as the light reflects. Your friend on the passenger seat pulls down the window and your hair starts wiring in all directions. You increase the volume of the tape as the song plays: Wingman by Fiona Amaka. The piece is a mid-tempo indie rock, folk rock love song. It blends elements of folk music like acoustic guitar, vocals, with indie rock sensibilities which include the electric guitar textures, the hook and the polished production. The song works with themes of love, appreciation, and partnership. “You are my wingman… you’re the special one,” the lyrics read. The song opens with a guitar intro. The listeners are immediately pulled in with an instant hook which sounds very organic. It speaks of authenticity and aligns withFiona Amaka style. For listeners, the instrumentation supports the emotional content rather than overshadowing it. Lyrics like “Oooh oh you are my wingman. You are mine. Hey- you’re the real deal. Baby you’re the special one…” send in a straightforward message: celebrating a partner. This gives the listeners a clarity and makes it easy for them to connect to the piece. The song features a very catchy hook, thus it lingers. A song that lingers is a win, and from a branding point of view, it means a deeper fan engagement. The song sounds like a perfect fit for the movie: Begin Again (2013).
Steel & Velvet - Orphan’s Lament
The latest release by Steel & Velvet, a cover of Robbie Basho’s “Orphan’s Lament,” is a hauntingly beautiful homage to the late guitarist’s spiritual folk legacy. The Breton trio reimagines Basho’s deeply moving composition with their own brand of intimate acoustic artistry, bridging the worlds of classic folk tradition and contemporary authenticity. From the opening bars, the listener is drawn into a landscape of warmth and melancholy, where each note feels like a whispered confession beside a flickering campfire. Johann Le Roux’s intricate baritone vocals control the emotional flow of the track with grace and restraint. His delivery balances the sorrowful undercurrents of the song with a quiet, redemptive strength. Complementing this are Romuald Ballet-Baz whose subtle expressive fingerstyle guitar playing weaves delicate layers of melody and texture. The production embraces a carefully crafted stereo field, giving every plucked string and vocal nuance space to breathe. The result feels intimate yet cinematic: like a moment frozen in time, where silence carries as much weight as sound. “Orphan’s Lament” would fit seamlessly into the emotional fabric of docu-drama or biographical films such as The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind or Lion, both of which explore resilience and identity through the lens of orphanhood. The song’s plaintive tone and stripped-down aesthetic would enhance any scene that grapples with memory, loss, and belonging. In the indie music scene, Steel & Velvet continue to carve a distinct space for themselves. Formed in 2021 by Breton musicians Johann Le Roux and Romuald Ballet-Baz, later joined by Jean-Alain Larreur; the trio draws on classical training and blues-rock roots to craft their minimalist sound. Their rendition of “Orphan’s Lament” doesn’t just cover Basho’s masterpiece; it reawakens it with sincerity, depth, and timeless craftsmanship.
Kristy Chmura - Dream Again
Think of this: In your apartment, you are standing at the edge of the balcony. Your hair is damp from the rain outside. Sleep lingers in your eyes, but you cannot get enough of the rain. You stand there, with mist dusting your face. The city is still, and the air smells of concrete and jasmine. A song plays from the neighbor’s balcony: Dream Again by Kristy Chmura. Dream Again is an alternative piece with a tinge of rock/pop to accompany it. The track is part of Kristy Chmura’s upcoming album, Inner Solstice, and is centered around themes of resilience and inner journey. The song has an intimate feel to it. The lyrics and the vocals work in coherence to produce a very textured alt-pop/rock sound space. The lyrics focus on resilience, self-rebirth, and inner strength, which gives the song a clean emotional arc and message. This is something that enhances the song's emotional engagement and helps fans feel connected. The track is a blend of accessible pop/rock structure with alternative sensibility, meaning the song has clarity (hook, chorus) but with texture and depth. A part of the song’s brand is the strong vocal delivery, and based on Chmura’sprevious narrative, this shows that she is evolving toward a richer, more textured sound. The song is a good fit for a movie like Wild (2014). One can hear it playing in the back when Cheryl (Reese Witherspoon) reaches the mountain ridge after weeks on the Pacific Crest Trail, exhausted, blistered, but finally beginning to forgive herself.
La Need Machine - Rock and Roll Show
Think of this: It’s Friday evening in a small, neon-lit bar that’s half performance venue, half community refuge. You can smell beer and wood polish. There are posters of Springsteen, Joan Jett, and Nirvana on the wall. A local band that almost broke up months ago is back on stage after a long hiatus. They roll and play the first song: Rock and Roll Show by La Need Machine. The song is a piece drawn from classic rock-and-roll, indie rock, Americana, even pop-punk and alt-country elements. It features beats that work around the classic rock foundation, with some indie sensibilities. The first thing that clicks after you hear the song is the instant connection of the title with the track. It sounds like rock, celebration, and performance. That clarity helps listeners know what to expect. The song is carried by a sense of tradition and authenticity, and that is enforced by the rock culture on which the song is based. The track features a strong and very catchy chorus, with guitar riffs that generate energy and invite immediate participation. It makes you feel like leaving all inhibitions and getting on the dance floor with your partner to groove. The band uses indie-rock production values like cleaner mix, modern instrumentation, and more, and this helps the piece maintain a core rock energy. This makes the song more accessible for modern listeners while still having authenticity. The song is a good fit for a movie like Almost Famous (2000). The film is a love letter to rock and roll, the culture, the touring, the heartbreak, and the salvation it brings.
YO - Coágulo de un instante
Think of this: You are sitting by the window in a train. The world outside is a blur. You see pale gold and muted blues outside. The condensation blooms across the glass. In that soft distortion, you catch your reflection overlapping with the landscape: half-you, half-world. A song plays in your head as you make eye contact with yourself: Coágulo de un instante by YO. The song is a new age piece. It has a contemplative, ambient, and meditative tone. This is something that shifts the song away from the mainstream pop or rock tempo. The track title directly translates to: “Clot of an instant” or metaphorically “凝結 of a moment.” The mood leans towards an abstract, atmospheric, and reflexive feel. There is instrumentation that the song leans on and a deep influence on space, tone, and texture. The title provokes a strong poetic image. It sounds like something fleeting, coagulating, capturing a moment. This is good for emotional resonance as it gives the listeners a sense of the depth of the song. Because the song is a new age, ambient piece, it creates a mood rather than chasing trends. This makes the track a unique one that can appeal to niche audiences. The production leans on textures and ambience, and that helps the song stand out. The song is a collaborative piece between Carmina Alegrí and YO, which provides a great contrast to work with, allowing voice textures to add a new flavor. The song is a good fit for a movie like Arrival (2016). The song’s sense of suspended consciousness reinforces the concept of non-linear time and emotional clarity that the movie works with.
Every Other Weekend - Come Back (When You Feel Like)
Every Other Weekend has an interesting tapestry of music. Their latest release, Come Back (When You Feel Like), is a number that is out to change the world in it's own quiet way.. The singer-songwriter previously worked in a Manchester-based band called City Reign. The last song they wrote was in 2016, after which they took a break after the sad demise of their father. They have returned as Every Other Weekend, and Come Back (When You Feel Like) is ready to set sail into the world. Come Back (When You Feel Like) is not a number that believes in the concept of slow burn. It hits the floor running with the thumps of the drums and guitar. The track is an emotional release of sorts, a setting free of the untold and unanswered. The way the drums slow and allow the lyrics to come at you like waves that rush towards you. The instrumental and vocals follow this feeling as well. The drums slow down as the vocal layering begins. The production on this song seems like a personal rendition. It is raw yet crisp, leaving no space for doubts either in the quality of the song or in the meaning of it. The track perfectly captures the emotions in Juno. Especially because there is a monumental event that has taken place, and yet there is so much uncertainty in that moment. This can also define the art that Every Other Weekend makes as monumental. Each song is designed with different instrumentals with a variety of emotional undercurrents. You can listen to more of their work in the links attached above.
Mick J Clark - It's Christmas Party Time
Jig & Jingle along to Mick J Clark's festive party song, 'Its Christmas Party Time'! Watch Mariah Carey, cos there's a fresh, charming Christmas folk song in town! Mick brings an irresistably positive, upbeat energy to this track, a heartfelt reminder to let loose and live a little bit nicer this Christmas! We open onto the sounds of celebrations. That moment when Santa walks into the Christmas party all of a sudden, to the pure delight of all the revellers present there. A steady drum beat paired with jangly guitar strums leads us into Mick's gentle fun opening lines. He sings with a thouroughly enjoyble, affable energy, as he lovongly reminds us of the time. What time is it? Its Christmas Party time, oh yeahh! The lyrics are simple, light and everything you'd want in a fun, festive Christmas song. Musically, Mick infuses his indie rock sound with engaging Christmas sounds & adornments. This is a traack that sure to invite a jolly group sing-along and dance. The accompanying music video is exactly that. Mick or shall we call him Santa!, with a sack of gifts and his trusty ol guitar enthralls a gathering of Chrismaas celebrations. "its Christmas Party Time' is a trend-of-the-yearack that would slay in pretty much any end of the year, Christmas adventure comedy flick. Take your pick! See you at the Christmas party!
West Wickhams - Up to the Old Tricks
Jive in carefree abandon with West Wickhams's quirky, post punk, synth pop track, 'Up to the Old Tricks'! The title track from their new EP Sakura oozes a retro innocence, taking listeners on a dreamy, almost psychedelic soundscape journey of ethereal yet so reflective proportions. 'Up to the Old Tricks' is a strikingly eclectic noir synth pop track, whimsical, confident and multi-dimensional. It connects to the esence behind their latest EP 'Sakura', an exploration on the pathos of things. Like the symbolismic cherry blossoms flowers, known as Sakura, this track gets you forget your troubles and experience the transient beauty of existence itself. We open onto a retro-esque programmed beat, expanding with upbeat organ melodies, psychedelic guitar strums and nonchalant, distant vocals. We hold that melodic progression pretty much all throughout, hypnotic and psychic, just like the vocals. Its a track to lose yourself into, perfect for soft, reflective listening. The accompanying music video has the song playing along to a whimsical sequence of events, taken from a 1966 Czechoslovak postmodern satirical comedy flick, 'Daisies'. Perhaps way before its time and aptly as ever, the film critiques societal norms, attacks the patriarchal system, and those who rigidly adhere to its rules. And that the free-spirited energy that West Wickhams are bringing to their latest post-punk sound. This is music for dreamers. West Wickhams are Jon Othello and Elle Flores, a psyschedelique Garage Noir Deux peace, originally from Tresco on the Isles of Scilly. Following their breakout album release last year with 'Vivre Sa Vie', they're keeping the post punk, synthpop space very much alive and kickick with 'Up to the Old Tricks'!
Exzenya - Till I'm Drunk and Consused
Exzenya has broken the norm with her imagination of music, her latest release, Till I’m Drunk and Confused, is a wonderful cog in the system. In the age of algorithms and trying to be popular, she chooses to be unapologetically herself. Her music is a blend of pop and R&B, soul and techno. In a world that asks for confirmation, she refuses to bow down to the system. Instead, she has created a vibrant world of her own. This avant-garde artist is setting a trend for new-age artists. Her music embodies the essence of life's chaos. Yet there is a method to her madness and a melody to the mayhem. The strings act as the spine while she paints a world that whirls around in heartbreak. Her vocals are raw and yearning for this love. While her music reflects this chaotic world where all sorts of news and aesthetics bombard you, it forces you to set the world aside and just listen. It refuses to bend in a society that demands that you break. We see a performance art to her music very similar to the kind of performance that Yorgos Lanthimos engages with in Attenberg. There is this fluidity along with these broken staccato movements in the films that resembles both the emotions in the film and the song. There is a liberation and catharsis in her music, to embrace the madness of the rebellion. Exzenya is laying the groundwork for a unique aesthetic that is unmatched, unreplicable, and unheard of. You can view more of her work by clicking on the links attached above.
Erro - Shadowland
Here’s a thought: Some albums settle into you like a deep but low, steady breath. When you listen to it for the first time, it is like some pieces fall back into their original places. It’s similar to finding a companion of sorts, a contemplative companion that turns your private grief, displacement, and introspection into something sacred within you. Listening to Shadowland by Erro feels just like that. The album is an alternative and ambient-leaning indie record that builds its world through layered synths, twilight-soft vocals, and a persistent sense of wandering. Each track of the album works more like a vignette than a pop structure. It pulls the listeners towards a reflective, almost cinematic storytelling tradition. The first song on the record is called Shadowland. This opener sets the tone: drums, drifting synth textures, and a narrative about moving through emotional dimness. It feels like someone describing the moment they realise they’ve been living in survival mode. Lines about learning to see in the dark shape the whole album’s thesis: pain, but lucid. The next song in line is Honey Bear Lane. This track is all about emotional stagnation and features guitar loops and steady beats. It leans toward indie-folk. The imagery that the song tries to show is that of movement. The song captures a paralysing ecstatic feeling many listeners know too well. This is followed by The Watcher. Here, the production sobers up a bit. The lyrics talk about the distance between a person’s image and the conflict with the same. The idea of your heart not being into something works as a personal critique. It’s one of the strongest narrative cuts. The songs that follow, JMS, Walls, and Dragonfly are perhaps the album’s emotional core. Now, the vocals push forward, almost trembling. The pieces deal with loss, absence, and self-doubt without melodrama. There is some sort of reflection involved. A blend of soft electronic elements with folk phrasing. Walls talks about identities we shed as we grow, and the people who no longer fit the world we live in. Its simplicity is purposeful, and that makes it resonate more deeply. The next song the record features is Words About Life. The track is a metaphor-rich piece about fragility. It sounds very soft. In this piece, light and body imagery mix together, giving the song a sort of poetic density. It leans into social awareness: how people carry invisible burdens and still glow through them. The album ends with Over Me. This last piece is about some sort of acceptance. It is spacious and warm despite the theme. It asks what it means to leave a darker chapter without rushing toward the light. It ends the album with a kind of gentle surrender. The album is a good fit for a movie like A Ghost Story (2017).
Masadi - Soma
Masadi is your cup of tea for some grounded music, and Soma, their latest release, will unlock new emotions from within. Masadi is a Barcelona-based songwriter whose weapon of choice is the piano. Her music evokes deep emotions as she explores grief, loss, and joy in her art. Her exploration and release for 2026 is a thing to keep your eyes out for. This project is divided into three parts: Death, Transformation, and Rebirth. Her music tinkers on the edge of pop but with an R&B depth to it. Her music begins with an eclectic vocal section, then we slowly hear the music creep in with an almost bachata touch to it. It is interesting to hear sharp drums that don’t overtake the song at any point. Her vocals and vocal layering shine through and through. She gives us vivid and vibrant imagery with her music. This is owed to the eclectic blend of instruments and the vocal range that her voice in this song offers. The amalgamation of sounds and textures shows the impressive production value on this number. Soma would be the perfect number for Ticket to Paradise. The film is a wonderful mix of different kinds of romances at different stages of life. You would think there’s nothing better than her vocals when you pay attention to the way she bends each note and musically aligns them. This is until you notice her ability to imagine and conceptualize notes with such strong imagery. Masadi has an unmatched and unparalleled imagination to turn music into something so cinematic. You can catch more of this sonic painter in the links attached above.