synth pop

New album Lover sees Taylor Swift shake off the bitterness of 2017’s reputation with album opener ‘I Forgot That You Existed’ proclaiming indifference to the public feuding between her and Kanye West: “It isn’t love, it isn’t hate it’s just…

When I first saw the muted pastel promotions for Taylor Swift’s upcoming album Lover, I was hopeful for a mature synth-based album, one that would be a landmark of Swift’s growth as an artist and as a person. Now, with the release of her…

Liverpool based duo, Two Islands, have recently launched their brand new track 'Still Life', which follows on from their earlier debut single entitled 'Heaven'. An uplifting vibe is immediately apparent as the track engulfs its listeners…

Arguably the buzz band of 2015, Stockport five-piece Blossoms just go from strength to strength. Debut EP Blown Rose came out in July and stirred up quite a buzz ahead of their autumn tour. They then went on to sell-out dates all around the…

AFFAIRS, the groovin' Manchester band, have released a new single called 'Brothers', which is already making waves. Produced by Ed Buller, this synthy track has already received words of praise from BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6Music. Lyrically the…

It's been a long time (too long) since I was last packed into the smaller room of Liverpool's O2 Academy for a gig. It's a lovely intimate, yet still relatively big time setting, despite being stupidly sweaty for sell-out shows. Tonight…

For their first release, BECOME takes on Elohim's own debut single ‘She Talks Too Much’ and transforms it with some EDM goodness. BECOME's remix maintains the original track's slowness but adds some delicious synth and snaps to keep us…

Los Angeles-based singer Anna Renee released her newest single ‘Lone Wolf’ on May 5th. With such soulful and thought-provoking sounds, reminiscent to those of Fiona Apple and Regina Spektor, it's no wonder that ‘Lone Wolf’ has been so well…