This edition of LITM Pop Picks brings to you 2010s pop-rock, grand worship tracks, light, feather-like tracks, and more. The list features artists Damien Cain, Lilies Of Peace Collective, Dianne Forte and more.
Damien Cain - Caleb
Deeply vulnerable, and deeply poetic in that vulnerability, ‘Caleb’ by Damien Cain will remind you of the soul and sound of the 2010s pop-rock sound. The instrumentation is delicate and ornamental and surprisingly raw at the same time, and this mixture allows the song’s story to come through in a profound manner. The song has every potential to be LGBTQ anthem, for it does not try once to be hush hush about who it is addressing and who it is being addressed by. A story of deep love, and equally deep heartbreak, this song will make you want to blast it on your speakers and go out on a drive.
Lilies Of Peace Collective - I See The Clouds Go By
With soft and gentle guitar layers opening up the track, ‘I See The Clouds Go By’ by Lilies Of Peace Collective will have your heart with its dreamy and warm rhythms. The song adopts a very light, feather-like musical arrangement, which allows the gentle tones of the song to be maintained. Light electric guitars with a simple riff, and a steady, grounding drum pattern that drives the song, and some soft synth beats which gives the song a light groove. The vocals in the song are equally soft, and will make your heart absolutely melt. Give this song a listen and you will find yourself feeling like you are floating above the world.
Dianne Forte - God Sees Your Heart
A melodious celebration of God's capacity of love and presence, ‘God Sees Your Heart’ by Dianne Forte will fill within you a new-found appreciation for the wonder that God is. The instrumentation is very choir-like, orchestra-like almost, with beautiful layers coming together in a powerful manner. The drums in the song are very dynamic, the piano progressions are emotive and shimmering, and the guitars are simply transcendental. The vocals are the real magic in the track, the main and the harmonisations, which give the song that epic tone, a celebration imbued with grandiosity. Full of emotion and full of stunning production, this song deserves a good listen.
Garbage Garden - Self-luminescent
Brimming with electronic shimmer, ‘Self-luminescent’ by Garbage Garden is highly reminiscent of the 2010s electronic pop scene. The production is bright, powerful, and full of an intoxicating energy, with fast paced beats and urgency that colours it. The song also manages to shift between restraint and full-blown cathartic release of energies, which gives the song a dynamic quality. Despite the song’s bright, shimmering approach, the song captures something way less shimmering. The song deals with the idea of the performance that we need to put up, the “hollow scripted lie” that we push ourselves to live, which ends up denting and tangling up our souls.
Pocket Lint - Amethyst Cameo
Blending genres and straying away from conventionality, ‘Amethyst Cameo’ by Pocket Lint does not strive to achieve a definable sound and instead creates and invents for itself. The song brings together synth-pop, new wave energy, a Depeche Mode type of electronic rock energy, and more. The song is very whimsical, dream-like, while carrying a tone that comes off as heavy and sombre. The song truly feels otherworldly, both in its language and its musical production. At its heart the song is a story of perseverance and the will to make things happen and then to make it happen, making it a beautifully metaphorical song with great meaning embedded in its words and rhythms.
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