Soulful Sunday

DENNI IAN – Soulful Sunday With Danish Crooner And His New Affecting Musing ‘HERE, IN ABSENCE’

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13 August 2023


Artwork by Denni Ian

Artist: DENNI IAN
Who: Danish post-folk troubadour
Danish poet and singer-songwriter.

New single: HERE, IN ABSENCE
The 4th shared piece from his 2nd album, titled ‘Salt King’, out
on 15 September, after having been heavily delayed due to Ian‘s
being bedridden for almost nine months after a severe traffic
accident last year.

TUTV: His music has been compared to the brutal beauty of early Nick Cave,
the delicate intimacy of the late Elliott Smith, and the rich melancholy of Matt
Berninger of The National. But I also hear intonated echoes of Tindersticks‘s
heartrending crooner Stuart A. Staples.

Hauntingly melancholic and gloomily romantic. The song features magnific
male/female duet vocals creating, along with weeping violins and intimate
acoustic guitar play, a dark-coloured atmosphere. This is moody music for
the midnight hours. Highly affecting.

Video made by Ian.

WATCH/LISTEN

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DENNI IAN: Instagram

Soulful Sunday With Manchester’s Melancholic Hearts THE SLOW SHOW And Their New Bittersweet Ballad ‘SUBTLE LOVE’

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30 July 2023

Manchester’s melancholic hearts and romantic crooners THE SLOW SHOW
will delight their fans on 22 September with their 5th LP, baptized SUBTLE LOVE.

If you never heard of them, think The National, Father John Misty, Tindersticks and
Arctic Monkeys‘ latest accomplishment ‘The Car’. Impressive, right? You betcha.


Album artwork

They just shared the album’s title track following
intimate beauties One Shot and Builder Boy.

Subtle Love is another bittersweet candlelight
ballad for reflective twilight moments.

“Subtle love is light you leave on
Subtle love is a gentle lean on
It’s riding without your hands on
This love’s strong
Subtle love is light you leave on
Subtle love is a gentle lean on
It’s riding without your hands on
This love’s strong
This love is strong”


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All 3 singles.


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THE SLOW SHOW: Facebook – Instagram

CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS With Bone-Chilling Live Version Of ‘BIG EYE’

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23 July 2023


Artwork album

CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS, the passionate pop project of French artist
Héloïse Adélaïde Letissier released its 4th LP, baptized Paranoia, Angels,
True Love last month. A most perfervid 20-song record that sends shivers
down your spine on several occasions.

The closer of the album, is the epic slow-burning torch named BIG EYE.

His rendition of the song at this year’s Glastonbury Festival was
a stunning, overwhelming, bone-chilling and vocal master-stroke.

Listen/watch.
Get goosebumps.


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CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS: Instagram – Website

Soulful Sunday With JEREMY TUPLIN And His New Moony Reflection ‘LOVE TOWN’

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16 July 2023


Photo by Suzi Corker

Artist: JEREMY TUPLIN
Who: An indie singer-songwriter from Somerset, England. Lyrical and
genre-bending, his music blends alt-folk, indie rock and synth pop with
the occasional psychedelic soundscape thrown in for taste.

New single: LOVE TOWN
Piece from his 4th LP Orville’s Discotheque

TUTV: Love Town is a heart-warming and reflective musing about falling in love.
A romantic candlelight ballad for mind-relaxing moments. Sweet and sensitive.

Tuplin‘s vocality made me immediately think of The National‘s melancholic crooner
Matt Berninger with its affectional resonance. Beautiful. Let’s follow him to Love Town, wherever that might be.

Tune in.

JEREMY TUPLIN: Facebook – Instagram

Soulful… Sunday Bloody Sunday With U2

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9 July 2023

Irish rock legends U2 release a new album, named Songs Of Surrender last March.
An album with no less than 40 reworked/reimagined tracks from their astounding past.

One of the revisited songs is their 1983 anthem SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY (from their 2nd LP ‘War’)

They stripped the song to the bone
creating a goosebumps impact.


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Original version

U2: Bio – Discography – Website

Soulful Sunday With BAXTER DURY And His New Album ‘I THOUGHT I WAS BETTER THAN YOU’

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18 June 2023

Two weeks ago crooner BAXTER DURY (yes, the son of Ian) released
his new, 7th longplayer, baptized I Thought I Was Better Than You .

Dury about the making of the new LP in an interview with The Book Of Man: “I don’t really have a ritual about songwriting, one thing happens after the other. I found bits of music I liked by me or my son and just sang a story type of thing over the top. Like how you would in a hip hop way. But my songwriting instincts still kick in, so there’s a songwriting landscape to it, those chorus instincts.”

Dury still is a nightdreamer making music for nightdreamers, lonely souls, melancholic people, barflies and all easy-going ears that embrace moony musings like these.

Press play.
Relax.

BAXTER DURY: Facebook – Instagram

Soulful Sunday With MATTHEW RYAN JACOBS And His Heavy-Hearted Musing ‘STREET LIGHTS’

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11 June 2023

Who: A singer/songwriter from Kitchener Waterloo Ontario, CA. Incorporating everything he loves into his sound. From Delta Blues to alternative rock, to singer songwriters like Bob Dylan and Tom Petty.

New single: STREET LIGHTS

JABOCS: “The lyrics to Street Lights are a little depressing if you really pay attention to
them or read them outside of the music and melody. The song kind of moves through
stages of life – the first verse being young and hopeful, the second verse being the reality of adulthood, and the bridge is kind of a ”shut your mouth and don’t ask questions“ scenario.
With the chorus reminding you that in the end we’re all going to die. This is only one perspective though, and a negative one.”

An old abandoned drive in diner sits weathered and rotting

TUTV: Americana twilight romanticism the Canadian way. Heavy-hearted and disturbed
as MRJ touches the difficult issue of life’s inescapable fact that in the end we’re all going to die. Great thing here is that MRJ’s warm and comforting voice and the galvanizing spirit of Street Lights sound rather encouraging than downcast, making feel our common fate less final. Invigorating voice, riveting melody/song. Score!


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MRJ: Instagram

Soulful Sunday With Stirring Songstress JUNEBUG And Her New Musing ‘HURT A FLY’

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28 May 2023


Photo by Monika Levčenkovaitė

JUNEBUG is the artistic moniker of Brooklyn-based songstress Carolyn Fahrner.

Her music, as a singer-songwriter, is characterized by its light and introspective nature, making it easy to listen to. It is refreshingly honest and straightforward, yet it possesses
a soothing quality that is truly comforting.

So far she released one EP, titled Turncoat. It came out in 2021.

A new EP is canned and will be released later in the year.

Ahead of it comes its single HURT A FLY.

Junebug: “‘Hurt A Fly’ is the feeling of anticipatory anxiety, like something catastrophic might happen, and you’re just bracing yourself for the worst. At first, the song was about the sadistic wish of wanting someone to live up to the pain you believe they could cause you. However, I soon realized that living in constant fear of how others might hurt you is a damage to yourself. None of us are incapable of causing harm, we are all capable of hurting others, and even more so capable of inflicting unwanted harm upon ourselves unknowingly. The culmination of all of these various strands of thoughts lead to the creation of ‘Hurt A Fly.”

Hurt A Fly is a bluesy and somber ballad with the soul-stirring voice of Junebug shining upfront. Her vocals lift this smooth guitar-groovin’ musing to a starry-eyed dream level
far away from toxic environments. Heartrending effort.

Tune in.


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JUNEBUG: Facebook – Instagram

Soulful Sunday With GRAHAM NASH And His New Romantic Album ‘NOW’

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21 May 2023

GRAHAM NASH is one of those musical artists that will sing until their last breath.

The English-American singer-songwriter started his amazing career back in 1962, when
he formed pop beat group The Hollies along with his schoolfriend Alan Clarke. In 1968
he left and headed to America to join David Crosby (The Byrds) and Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield).

Together the three sublime voices recorded/released 13 studio LPs. Solo Nash already released his debut in 1971. Two days ago, 53 years later, he has his 7th solo LP out, titled NOW. A characteristic singer-songwriter collection of 13 songs. Romantic, nostalgic and tender. Candlelight music for quiet moments.

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GRAHAM NASH: Bio – Discography – Instagram

Soulful Sunday With EASTER ISLAND And Their Moony Beauty ‘YOU DON’T HAVE A CHOICE’

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14 May 2023

Band: EASTER ISLAND
Who: Post-rock dream pop from Athens, GA.
So far they released two albums.

New single/clip: YOU DON’T HAVE A CHOICE

““You Don’t Have a Choice is an indie rock song that evokes an ethereal and moody atmosphere through its intricate instrumentation and emotive vocals. The track opens with a soft guitar melody and subtle percussion, eventually building up to a powerful climax of layered vocals and soaring guitars. The introspective nature of the lyrics is matched perfectly with the melancholic and contemplative instrumentation, resulting in a dreamy and haunting soundscape that encapsulates the overall mood of the song. Easter Island’s ability to create atmospheric and emotionally resonant music is on full display with You Don’t Have a Choice making it a standout indie rock gem. If you enjoy indie rock with intricate instrumentals, soulful vocals, and thoughtful lyrics, then this track is a must-listen.”

TUTV: This a moony and radiant beauty, an amplified musing with crystal guitar sparks reminding me of NYC darlings Interpol‘s 6-string galvanism. A gripping heart-and-soul touching reflection with mesmeric vocals for tranquilizing moments. Magic.

Watch.

EASTER ISLAND: Facebook – Instagram