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WinWel - Until We're Old
Read more . . . →MrSuicideSheep remains the most reliable channel on the internet for finding music that makes you feel things you weren’t planning to feel, and WinWel’s Until We’re Old is a textbook example. This is gorgeous melodic electronic music with a vocal that hits the exact sweet spot between hopeful and heartbroken. The title alone tells you what you’re in for, and the track delivers on the promise. There’s a warmth to the production that a lot of electronic music forgets to chase, all rounded synths and a beat that never tries to dominate the emotion. WinWel understands restraint, which is the...
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Iaco & remy - I'm Not Going Anywhere
Read more . . . →Dim Mak is Steve Aoki’s label, which usually means cake-to-the-face festival maximalism, so “I’m Not Going Anywhere” from Iaco & remy is a genuine left turn. This is softer, more songwriterly, the kind of indie-leaning electronic record that sounds like it was built around an actual feeling rather than a drop. The title is a promise and the track treats it like one, circling back to that reassurance over a gently insistent groove that never quite explodes the way you keep expecting it to. That refusal to detonate is the whole charm. It builds tension and then just sits in...
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Arcando & Charlotte Haining - Release Me (Drum & Bass Edit)
Arcando and Charlotte Haining took Release Me to the DnB edit and it hits harder than the original. This version is the one.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestWhat you missed this week, minus the corporate emo. -
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MIND - Out Of Reach
MIND's Out Of Reach is MrSuicideSheep at its best — melancholy electronic with real restraint. Headphones on, window out.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogSome shirts are statements. This one is a verdict. -
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Rules - In Your Love
Rules turned In Your Love into a glowing little anthem that plants itself in your head on first listen. Didn't know them. Now I do.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogMade for people who left the room during Yellow. -
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Kiholm & LEA KEY - Take Me Back
Read more . . . →Kiholm teaming up with LEA KEY on “Take Me Back” lands right in that sweet, nostalgic pocket of melodic dance music that pulls at something without being manipulative about it. The vocal is wistful and warm, a plea for return that the production wraps in shimmering synths and a steady, propulsive beat. There’s a real sense of yearning baked into the whole arrangement, the kind that makes a packed room go quiet for a second before the drop sends everyone moving again. Kiholm has a deft touch with these emotional builds, never rushing the payoff. The melody is the star...
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It's Different, Staarz - BadBoyHeaven
Read more . . . →“BadBoyHeaven” is a ridiculous title and I mean that as the highest compliment. It’s Different has been doing this melodic, slightly emo-tinged electronic thing for years, and pairing up with Staarz here results in something genuinely catchy. The track rides a wave of bright synths and a vocal that’s equal parts heartbreak and swagger, a combination that shouldn’t work as well as it does. The drop is anthemic without being obnoxious, the kind of thing that would absolutely detonate at an outdoor festival as the sun goes down. There’s an earnestness to it that I find weirdly endearing in a...
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NOVEMBER KID - you're the only place i need
Read more . . . →MrSuicideSheep has a knack for surfacing artists right before they blow up, and NOVEMBER KID feels like one of those. The all-lowercase title tells you what you’re walking into: soft, emotional electronic music made for headphones at 2am when you’re thinking about someone you probably shouldn’t be. Normally that description sends me running, because a lot of this stuff is wallpaper. This one has a spine. The chords do something genuinely lovely in the second half, opening up in a way I didn’t see coming, and the vocal chop carries real ache instead of the usual processed sadness. It’s restrained...
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Lane 8, Kasbo feat. BJOERN - World Is Mine
Lane 8 and Kasbo is the crossover that needed to happen. BJOERN on vocals stops it going too deep into feelings. World Is Mine.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogWhat if your laundry was also a personality? -
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Seven Lions - Summer (feat. Oaks)
Seven Lions does the summer track and it actually works. Summer feat. Oaks is going on every feel-good playlist by end of May.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogShips in 3–5 days. The outrage ships immediately.
