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Picture Credit: Emma Hunter   Emma Hunter - Nightingale Release Date: April 16, 2021 Length: 04:13 Genre: Art Pop / Alternative Rock Origin: Oxford , England In her previous single release " Here I Go ", Oxford's Emma Hunter  sung about a person that was wondering whether they could be better off when leaving their dangerous partner. The song was featured in the Discoveries of the Week , by the way. Emma Hunter 's new single lets the narrative continue, as the protagonist falls in love with another person and hopes for a chance of a better life. Different to the folky tunes of "Here I Go", the narrative has now moved over to a jazzy enviroment. Together with Rosie Bruce  (violins) and Tom Bruce (drums), Emma Hunter  lets the darkness of Alterative Rock merge with gloomy Jazz and hence creates a wholesome and artistic soundscape. The anthemic chorus shines like a bright sunray while the verses resemble rainy streets. "Nightingale" is a powerful Art...

  Picture Credit: Desert Storm Artwork: Mattias Frisk Desert Storm - Omens Release: May 01, 2020 Label: APF Records Format: Vinyl/CD/Digital Length: 39:23 Genre: Sludge / Stoner Doom Origin: Oxford , England At first I was a little confused when I received the copy of Desert Storm's fifth longplayer "Omens". Haven't I already reviewed them before? And if so, how come I didn't know about their earlier works? Turns out, I did not know the band before and I simply confused them with Portugal's Space Rock band Desert Smoke whom I reviewed for Betreutes Proggen . Anyways, here's Ellio Cole  (drums), Chris Benoist (bass), Chris White  (bass, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), Ryan Cole  (guitar), and Matthew Ryan  (lyrics, vocals). Together they are Desert Storm, a Stoner Doom and Sludge band from Oxford. "Omens" features a spoken intro and seven new tracks. The quintet creates nightmarishly dark and sedatedly rolling soundscapes on their new releas...