Category: Single

When I sit down to write about a new album, single, or singer, I like to return to one thought: worshipping the classics is a noble and, let’s be honest, safe endeavor. But the most valuable thing begins where someone dares to take a step forward. You can remain a spectator on the sidelines of…

There’s a phrase that’s been haunting me for days now – ever since I first heard Bam Rigby’s new single. “Stop lurking in your own background and take a step forward. Life will pass you by if you’re just watching it from your seat,” the artist himself says about his new work. And you know,…

«Love is an attempt to rewrite the past while the future pretends not to notice.» I always thought that soundtrack composers were invisible. They conduct our emotions from the shadow of the movie screen. They know which note to mix into someone else’s tears. Which acoustic pause to place before someone else’s kiss. But what…

A familiar feeling: you hear or read a succinct line – like “Love is not an escape from a fire, but the choice to stay in it together” – and it gets stuck in your head for a long time. Shawn Brown from Portland took this thought and literally made it sound, transforming the aphorism…

Songs rarely appear right away. Some are written in an evening, others require time, pauses, and returns, until they finally coincide with what a person truly feels. With “Someone’s Got To”, CATLEA had it happen exactly like that. Perhaps that is why it sounds very sincere. “When I originally wrote the song,” CATLEA confessed, “it…

“A broken heart is a wonderful leash, if you know which way to lead your ex,” – one of the greats would surely have said this, finishing their cold coffee. After all, romantic disappointment turned long ago from a personal tragedy into one of the most profitable storylines of the 21st century. But while some…

“Rarely is only one besieger guilty of the destruction of a common castle – the cracks are laid together.” A breakup is rarely an explosion. More often, it is the slow crumbling of plaster, behind which it is easier to hide than to admit one’s own share of the blame. But what happens when the…

Sometimes all you need in a difficult moment is someone’s voice quietly saying, “You’ll make it.” There are days when you hold on thanks to inner strength and the presence of someone who believes in you. Usually, you think about this later – when you surface from routine, get through it as best you can…

“It’s built into human nature to love without reciprocation – to pour ourselves into deities or people that don’t give us clear answers.” In this thought by Lisa Martin lies a paradox familiar to anyone who has ever got stuck in the limbo of their own feelings. Romantic vulnerability is a dangerous thing, but damn…

They say that in the afterlife, we are awaited either by absolute nothingness or by infinite light. But perhaps true bliss is the absence of obligations. A world where no one demands that you file a tax return, reply to accumulated chats, or iron a shirt for tomorrow. Paradise is a place where earthly bustle…