THESE RELEASES SLAP!
SLAPS! is our new tag for our highlight reviews. Basically, we think these releases are really, really good - they slap.
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SLAPS! is our new tag for our highlight reviews. Basically, we think these releases are really, really good - they slap.
“In this project, I make whatever I want,” Cayenne declares in her Spotify bio, and this freewheeling, playful attitude dominates Cayenne's hyperpop gloss, all the while connecting with emotional sincerity – poignant, heartfelt, and occasionally tender.
On FREEDOM?, dapat music connoisseur Don Aaron ups the ante from its predecessor F A C T S in pretty much every aspect - be it in songwriting, production, or overall cohesion.
Electrico were pioneers who made Singaporeans realise amazing music could be made on our shores - on Fire In The Sky, they remind us how they captured our hearts in the first place. We stand on the shoulders of giants, and man, these giants are still a force to be reckoned with.
Like a sucker punch out of nowhere, Heaven Affair’s latest leaves you only with exciting questions, knocked dizzy and looking for more with its final seconds. The Lord may be on their side for their next effort – but for what this time’s worth, there’s plenty of soul waiting to show for it.
Whack is a far cry from BGourd’s previous releases, and an even wilder left-field foray compared to anything else Singaporean rap has to offer. But it’s a genre-bending experiment that works with its infectious energy that is more than enough to convince even the biggest naysayers.
Devastatingly personal, it’s a haunting return to form for lewloh. A powerful portrait of regret, Summer Boy is arguably the best song he has ever made.
After the odyssey of warping through Planeswalker’s 20-minute wormhole that is Entity, it’s a while before one can awake from its thrilled daze.
Going all out with a keen pop sensibility, dense vocal arrangements, and head-bopping trap rhythms, Chriskris’ debut is an inspired take on soulful R&B-tinged hip-hop.
Microchip Terror’s undated sound fills the imagination with the terrors of a System Shock-esque world – with B-movie body horror and haunted Nintendo cartridges alike.
With his emotional vulnerability, husky production choices, and a unique delivery, mary sue brings you falling down insomnia’s rabbit hole with him.
Teaming up with singer Marj, Wednesday’s Child delivers a perfectly soulful and groovy ode to holding on and unwanted goodbyes.
With Cayenne, the Sobs’ frontwoman’s pop-star fixation is no longer an undertone, but instead the M.O. The result is as they describe on their Bandcamp – clank!, bangers, huge.
The Prodigal Son is a swift burst of intensity showcasing Naedr firing on all cylinders. For a band named after the lowest point, its 74 seconds only show that the only way to go is up.
"Distort everything” is slowtalk’s motto – on berpecah, the duo demonstrates their slogan to destructive effect.
Everything is a promising new entry for Kotoji - a songwriter slowly grasping the keys to classic indie-rock melancholia.
Wovensound is an underrated project, and Sickleberry Sunsets is a strong testament to Vinod Dass’ dense competency and creativity as a musician, producer, and songwriter.
Fauxe and Shye’s collaborative effort More is powerfully melancholic yet still hopeful, a strong testament to how music can help express the feelings and thoughts that words just can’t.
Overall, Yikes! doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel but instead opts to use the groundwork laid out by the likes of Nirvana, The Vines and Jay Reatard for an album that’s a masterclass in garage rock songwriting and performance.