In this edition of LITM Rock Picks, we bring releases defined by profound themes, explosive energy, and captivating melodies from artists Jekyll, Maru Haru, TINKR, Mother Vulture, and Marky Wildtype.
Jekyll - Breathe In
Breathe In sees Jekyll craft their signature, hauntingly intense, melancholy-soaked soundscape. The expansive ambiance, dark atmosphere, and musical depth allows you to plunge into the murky, and alluring waters of emotions like grief, love and spirituality. Somber, heavy piano chords open the song to an ominous, enigmatic start coupled by the plangent, commanding vocals of the singer. As the music grows in intensity, the vocals get hazier and louder, almost ghostly, harmonies and melodies swell to lofty heights, and the atmosphere grows more intriguing, in a terrifying sense. At the same time, with the appearance of trilling tunes, thumping drums, and rousing musical progressions, the song shape-shifts into a more awe-inspiring, frisson-inducing soundscape that completely consumes you. Listen to Breathe In by Jekyll here!
Maru Haru - To the Strongest
Austin-based, Asian-American indie rock band carries you away into ethereal, radiant, and orchestral sonic worlds in their songs. With emotionally-charged lyricism and vast soundscapes, the music lets you immerse yourself in moving melodies and stories. To the Strongest has a wistful, cathartic, visceral feeling to it, accentuated by the hypnotic ebb and flow of the music. With tender lows and rousing crescendos, the music captures and releases you. Reflective piano chords, grand orchestral infusions, emphatic vocals, dreamy interludes, and a lot more embellishments of sounds produces a stellar, otherworldly symphony, one that arrests your senses. Maru Haru are a rare phenomenon, combining imaginative, authentic expression with commendable skill and passionate musicality. Listen to To the Strongest by Maru Haru here!
TINKR - skin
Brighton-based singer-songwriter TINKR, captures the chaos of the human experience in her bold, electrifying soundscapes. skin is yet another release that displays TINKR’s candid exploration of life’s messiness, with complete vulnerability and honesty. Somewhere between the pounding thumps of the drums, gritty basslines, luminous riffs, and shifting atmospheres, you will find a place of comfort, a place to belong and relate. The music is mystical and real, it provokes and soothes, and therein lies the brilliance of TINKR, in infusing the music with the truth, with emotions. Her voice, earthy and heavy, is anchored to the music, holding melodies and meanings together, despite the weight and momentum of the instrumentation. skin is an impressive release from TINKR. Listen to skin by TINKR here!
Mother Vulture - Break Me
Mother Vulture brings you an explosive, eccentric energy doused in alt punk fury in their harsh and hyped soundscapes. Break Me goes off like a firework, with scorching hot riffs, piercingly sharp vocals, and racing rhythms. Mother Vulture commands a fleet of fuzzy power-packed guitars, thunderous drums, and raucous outcries into a calculated frenzy, one that is meant to invigorate and start a fire in your spirit. Despite the cacophonic, bombastic style, there is a liberating freedom, carefreeness and craze to the music that makes you want to come back for more. It is fierce and formidable, yet inviting and infectious, and that is a rare phenomenon to conjure in music. That is exactly why Mother Vulture is rising to fame, and definitely one to keep on your radar. Listen to Break Me by Mother Vulture here!
Marky Wildtype - Place of Peace
Edinburgh-based songwriter, musician, and producer Marky Wildtype presents the depths of his emotionality and life experiences in sublime soundscapes that reflect his long and profound relationship with music. Place of Peace gives you a deeply moving, powerful, and cinematic experience, with moments of aural minimalism and moments of towering grandeur. His introspective lyricism combined with the opulence of his instrumentation makes for a potent blend, giving you an unforgettable and stirring listen. The somber piano chords and tender vocals create a feeling of vulnerability and openness that heals you. As the music progresses, more textures and layers unfurl–warm strums, airy percussion, reflective chords, and bright solos–like a blooming flower about to reveal the majesty of its design. Place of Peace comes together so beautifully that it is a stunning thing to witness. Listen to Place of Peace here!
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