Dark pop artist, Lia Hide sends an invitation to 'Dinner' with new single & video
Dark pop artist Lia Hide returns with her new single, "Dinner" taken from the upcoming, fourth studio album, The Missing Fourth Guest. The follow up to the first single, "Proposal", "Dinner" continues where Lia left off, giving another exciting insight into the upcoming album.
"It's an invitation to dinner, so we can mend things that went wrong. I go from being alone in my own head, in my mess, to reaching out for some communication with someone, anyone, so we can have dinner, discuss and focus on being alright." - Lia Hide
The new album, The Missing Fourth Guest borrows its theme from Plato's 'Timeaus' themes. It discusses human mortality, the emotional struggles of the recent pandemic and lockdowns and the modern man's place in the Universe.
As "Dinner" progresses introducing a driving live drum beat, the track bursts into a euphoric brass section elevating the soundscape and demonstrating Lia’s versatility and ability to flawlessly blend elements of alternative electronic, pop and jazz. Experimental, packed with musical complexity and beauty.
Gothic rock band Black Angel unveil highly anticipated new album, 'The Black Rose'!
Gothic rockers, Black Angel have just unveiled their fourth studio album, The Black Rose. Following up the previous and well received release, Prince Of Darkness, Black Angel further solidify their mark in the goth rock community with this new nine track, soon to be classic album.
Sticking with their hybrid Gothic Rock sound, Black Angel takes flavours from the likes of 80s predecessors, The Cult and The Mission while adding new tones of their own. There is definitely a slightly more sinister, edgy feel to the tracks on The Black Rose.
From the Mission-esque style of "Breathe" to the slick, guitar sounds and soaring vocals of "All Or Nothing" and "Look Me In The Eye" to the musically playful but thematically sinister "Carnival Man", Black Angel's diversity and trademark sound pulse throughout the entire release.
"Battle Cry" brings The Black Rose to an end. Inspired by one of the band‘s greatest influences, The Cult, this song is a romantic story of forever love.
The Black Rose is available on vinyl LP, CD and digital formats via Bandcamp.
Black Angel Is:
Matt Vowles - All Music
Cory Landis - Vocals
Dark pop / pagan synth duo, Esoterik have unveiled their new full-length LP, 'Alchemy.'
The concept of Alchemy has many different forms and interpretations but the analogy holds true for any artist in that we take elements or ingredients, which on their own have a certain character and then take on a transformation into something that didn’t exist before.
Is it magick or is something more tangible? Who’s to say? But there’s no denying that words have power and music in itself has the ability to illicit a variety of emotions that time stamp our journey throughout life.
About the album, 'Alchemy', the band says the following, "We took a different approach with this album than we have in the past with a clear vision from the start thematically of what we wanted to achieve and then crafted each track around that."
'Alchemy' is available on CD at https://www.esoterikmusic.com and digitally on Apple Music.
"When we begin writing new songs for an album they take shape in a variety of forms, but it’s important to us and we’ve also found it makes things much easier when we start to record, to ensure the foundation and structure is solid and flows well from melody to composition. A lot of these songs are written on an acoustic guitar and sound very different from the arrangements you hear now. We feel that once a song can stand on its own without all the bells and whistles, it can be guided into any genre with subtle tweaks here and there." - Allison Eckfeldt and Brady Bledsoe (Esoterik)
Today 16 years ago, Nine Inch Nails released ‘Every Day Is Exactly the Same’ as their third single taken from the album With Teeth. It became NIN 21st official release thus baring the Halo 21 catalogue number.
The radio single reached #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock singles chart in the Modern Rock Tracks category and #12 in the Mainstream Rock Tracks category. The song also reached number one on the Canadian Singles Chart, and received a nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 49th annual Grammy Awards. Though a planned music video was scrapped in the post-production stage, "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" still topped Billboard's 2006 year-end Hot Dance Singles Sales chart, it has so far spent 94 weeks on the chart.
Every Day is Exactly the Same (US CD EP tracklist)
1 "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" – 4:57
2 "The Hand That Feeds" (DFA Mix) – 9:03
3 "The Hand That Feeds" (Photek Straight Mix) – 7:47
4 "Only" (El-P Mix) – 4:22
5 "Only" (Richard X Mix) – 7:25
6 "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" (Sam Fog vs. Carlos D Mix) – 5:03
Every Day is Exactly the Same (Lyrics)
I believe I can see the future
'Cause I repeat the same routine
I think I used to have a purpose
But then again, that might have been a dream
I think I used to have a voice
Now I never make a sound
I just do what I've been told
I really don't want them to come around, oh no
Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same
I can feel their eyes are watching
In case I lose myself again
Sometimes I think I'm happy here
(Sometimes)
Sometimes, yet I still pretend
I can't remember how this got started
Oh, but I can tell you exactly how it will end
Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same
I'll write it on a little piece of paper
I'm hoping, someday, you might find
Well I'll hide it behind something
They won't look behind
I am still inside her
A little bit comes bleeding through
I wish this could've been any other way
But I just don't know, I don't know what else I can do
Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same (every day is the same)
Four years after the acclaimed album Oceans, the Swedish post punk band Principe Valiente are back with a new album. "Barricades" will be released on 18th March 2022.
If you have ever visited the world of Principe Valiente, the ten songs on the new album Barricades will feel pleasantly familiar. The dramatic soundscape rises like a fairytale forest around the singer Fernando Honorato's warm and unassailable voice. It's all in there, the beautiful melodies, the post punk energy and the cinematic drama.
At the same time, it is the quartet's most intimate album to date. On Barricades, the songs have grown out of melodies and chords rather than guitar riffs. Lyrically, Honorato has been seeking new paths. In the dark and sometimes desperate tone, there is always a streak of hope. "I haven't had the same need to express desperation and frustration this time. Now I wanted to try to sing more sensitive", Honorato says.
Barricades is an album deeply affected by the Corona pandemic. Most of the songs have been recorded from home with the members recording their individual contributions alone. This has given the album a special, almost thoughtful, atmosphere. “I've had more time to reflect freely both in terms of lyrics and recording, I've been able to try different ways. In the end, I knew exactly what I was doing with the vocals", Honorato explains.
If the band has previously been something of a solo project for him, this time all four members – Honorato, guitarist Jimmy Ottosson, keyboardist Rebecka Johansson and drummer Joakim Janthe have all contributed to the album. “There are more ideas coming together now. Everyone has added their different perspectives to the songs and it's much more of a collaboration together with Jimmy during the song writing”, according to Honorato.
On Barricades, the band's first album on American label Metropolis Records, Principe Valiente shows its full breadth as a band, from the epic ballad Porcelain to the power and sorrow of “I am you” These two songs also happen to be the album's first two singles. "I am you is the most intense song we have ever done", says Honorato.
As the world now reopens after almost two years of pandemic, Principe Valiente is ready to face it. “Our records never turn out the way we imagine them when we start working, but I'm very happy with Barricades. It feels like it's the best album we've done so far”.
