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Picture Credit: COW   COW - Notemakers Release Date: April 16, 2021 Length: 03:35 Genre: Grungegaze Origin: North Wales / Liverpool , England COW are a quartet from North Wales and Liverpool. Coming together for jam sessions and further creative meetings quickly lead to the foour musicians forming a band - COW was born. Their latest single "Notemakers" was published via Chester's Mai 68 Records , and by looking at the cover artwork you might recognize whom the song is about. Here's "Notemakers", a sonic narrative about journalist Hunter S. Thompson  riding through the heat of the desert. The desert theme is present in the music as well, as COW implement the stolidity of Desert Rock à la Thin White Rope into the song. Yet, "Notemakers" has a certain dynamic motion to it which is predominantly due to the Alternative Rock (or rather Grunge) riffs. And finally, fine-grained like desert sand, the emotional atmosphere of Shoegaze completes the soundscap...

Picture Credit: Jace Metz Jace Matz - Above Water Release Date: March 04, 2021 Length: 03:00 Genre: Grungegaze / Rap Origin: Long Beach , California / Houston , Texas , USA With his song “Above Water”, Jace Metz has written an empowering anthem for everyone who is going through tough and challenging times. Of course, this tune fits the contemporary situation perfectly, as the global pandemic and its social or economic consequences for many people cause daily struggle. Hence, Jace Metz carries an important message to everyone who is faced with the desperation caused due to lockdowns, loss of employment, or lack of regular social interaction. From a first-person point of view, the musician describes the ongoing struggle, and the memo to himself to keep his head “Above Water”. It is a narrative that many people can relate with in these times, and even without reference to COVID, it is a powerfully empowering song. Jace Metz envelops his urge to not give up in a great soundscape mad...

Picture Credit: Bad Bloom Bad Bloom - Leave Release Date: February 05, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 19:11 Genre: Grunge / Shoegaze Origin: Rochester (New York) , USA Rochester is 200,000 inhabitants town in the State of New York, and by the way it is a sister city of my currrent home town Würzburg. Way more important, it is home to Kate Rogers  and Jay Trovato  who together are Grungegaze duo Bad Bloom. Formed in 2019, they released their debut EP "Candle" in the same year. After the planned 2020 tour had to be canceled due to... 2020 things, Bad Bloom did not lose their passion for atmospheric, emotional, and dynamic rock music. The result of their recent works is the EP on hand, called "Leave". "Leave" features five tracks of sensual, thoughtful, and psychedelic music. Driven by the energy of late-90s Grunge and Alternative Rock sound, loaded with fuzzy effects, and illuminated by colourful Dream Pop and Shoegaze, Bad Bloom have cre...