These LITM Singer-Songwriter Picks come to you from artists like Julie Pashcke, Sarah Rose, The Storm Windows and more!
1. Julie Paschke – Cold In Your Town
With an ethereal folk-rock sound, Julie Paschke delivers Cold In Your Town. It’s haunting in its simplicity: acoustic guitars dominate the landscape, while Paschke’s voice moves in between the layers, drifting in and out like smoke in the wind. The song is fresh, intense and unpredictable in a way that makes Paschke’s mastery over music clear as she evokes emotions in you effortlessly through the twists and turns she’s incorporated. Its writing is vivid and imaginative – with lyrics like the titular “So pull me in / Darling, you’re so strange to me … It’s cold in your town / I’m walking alone,” it conjures up imagery that you can almost touch.
2. Sarah Rose – Waiting Game
Opening Sarah Rose’s debut album, Love Stories & Legends, is Waiting Game, an emotionally charged indie-pop track. Amidst all the harmonies, Rose’s voice stands tall and clear with its intensity and effortlessness. The whole song lies on a bed of light drumming and guitar, giving the whole affair a feeling of weightlessness, like it could fly away if you give it just the smallest chance. With lyrics like “You got to know me and put your wrongs to right / And I was different, or maybe I was your type, your kind, and you were mine…” Waiting Game is sweet in its sincerity, and keeps you listening!
3. The Storm Windows – Santa Goes to Space
The Storm Windows have added a whole new layer of cheer to the holiday season with their latest single, Santa Goes to Space. A sweet, heartwarming song drawing from country and folk influences, it’s warm in the way Christmas carols often are. It paints a vivid picture of Santa Claus and his reindeer going as high as they can fly, spreading the festivities throughout space. The song stands out because of its beautiful imagery and simple, straightforward message: that Christmas, at the end of the day, is about spreading joy, kindness, and warmth as far as it can go. After all, “young and old celestials and extraterrestrials / Christmas isn’t just for Earth, it’s for the whole wide universe.”
4. Chloe Hawes – James Dean
Listening to James Dean feels like listening to a raw, slow venting coming to you through layers of smoke. Chloe Hawes’ vocal delivery is stunningly alluring, even through – or maybe because of – the husk and rasp present through the voice, which brims with vulnerability, resilience, and most of all, quiet, throbbing defiance. Through its runtime, the track blooms open: starting off restrained, almost hesitant, it becomes something of a confession, unbridled and straight from the heart. The songwriting ebbs and flows with a melodic rhythm that pushes and pulls you along with it – as does the rest of the track’s elements. Listen here!
5. Jimmy Eff and the Sundogs – Better Like Before
Jimmy Eff and the Sundogs’ latest single, Better Like Before, is bittersweet, heartwarming, and feels like it’s a part of something bigger than itself. With vocals that come to you like through a wall, the song feels deeply intimate, like you’re listening in on something personal to the people behind it, something you can only observe from a distance – oddly, this only increases the intimacy and connection you feel to the song. It’s a promise: that things do get better, that you have “so much to live for”, that a new day brings new joys even with all its challenges. Give it a listen here!
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