Every week 10 new rad tracks added

In order to not miss a beat Turn Up The Volume scans the musical
horizon daily (doing it for years now, actually) to stay in touch with
all new things sonically great and shares the results on a weekly
basis.

Check the 10 new rad cuts just
added to this rad 2023 playlist.

TRACK-BY-TRACK

1. ‘Off My Chest’ by GAB DE LA VEGA (Brescia, Italy)

Photo: Ronnie Amighetti

This Italian punk-rock songwriter is gearing up for his
4th album, ‘Life Burns‘ set for release on 1 March 2024.

Ahead of it, you can go bonkers to his new single Off My Chest

De La Vega: “The way interactions shape the way we are, especially in the formative years, is often under-looked. It took me a while to understand that some features of my personality exist and to face them openly, to be outspoken and verbal about them felt immediately redemptive and even liberating during the writing of the lyrics.”

Holy smoke! Off My Chest is a hurly-burly glam stormer. Wham bloody wham bam it goes while De La Vega exorcizes his demons. Riffs fly all over the place and make you want to start a one-man moshpit.

Blimey!

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2. ‘It’s Not A Phase’ by STRIKE TWELVE (San Diego)

Photo: Catalino Alvarez Jr / Cat Eye View Photography

Long-running San Diego/Temecula gunslingers return
with a new head-over-heels steamroller It’s Not A Phase.

“We joke around that when people like our wives first met us, they thought the band was a temporary phase. Now, decades later, we’re still going strong. While being in a band has great potential to be disruptive to the rest our lives, it is in fact the glue that holds us together.”

This easily could be a bonus track on Blink-182‘s new LP One More Time. This haymaker’s head-spinning velocity has a similar rapid-fire and breakneck dash. Dive in, go nuts.

Yeah!

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3. ‘Standing In The Sun’ by THE CREATURE APPEAL (West Midlands, UK)

These young swirling wolves have all punk burners and rock cylinders on. Fast-forward all the way. No breaks, no brakes, no mistakes. Ablaze drum/bass, manic riffs, agitated vocals and a blistering chorus combine for a fiery flamethrower that tests your stereo’s flexibility.

Listen up.

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4. ‘Petroleum’ by YARD ACT (Leeds, UK)

Press photo

British indie rockers Yard Act went to the indie top in
no time, last year with their ace debut LP The Overload.

Album number two, titled Where’s My Utopia? shows up on 1 March 2024.

Album artwork

Petroleum is the 2nd single. A lazy funky-bass and hip-shaking sucker-punch.

James Smith (frontman) “I lost it with the crowd in Bognor Regis and told them I was bored and I didn’t want to be there,” frontman James Smith said in a statement about the song. Me and Ryan [Needham] had a row after, and Ryan rightly dressed me down for the way I acted. It got me pondering the idea that, now this is a job, what are the requirements of it? People think they want honesty but they don’t, they want me to portray the version of honesty that they’ve paid to see and that’s part of the illusion.”

Go.

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5. ‘Tunnel Lights’ by CHELSEA WOLFE (US)

New album artwork

The Californian Goth diva has canned her 7th full length, titled
She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She. It’ll arrive next
year on 9 February.

Tunnel Lights is the 3rd piece from the forthcoming LP, Wolfe offers us.

Wolfe: “‘Tunnel Lights’ is about actually living instead of just ‘getting by.
It’s about waking up to the fact that you’ve been languishing in the dark
and it’s time to start taking steps towards the lights that’ll guide you out
of the tunnel-cave.”

Pure Wolfe.
Mysterious.
Enigmatic.

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6. ‘Heart-Shaped Jacuzzi’ by LOGAN’S CLOSE (Scotland)

It’s the title track of the quality-crafted debut album by this Scottish baroque pop duo.

It evolves slowly from a sepia-colored Beirut vibe with heartfelt organ fragments
to a highly emotive post-break-up cry out that stirs heart and soul. Stellar achievement.

Goosebumps.

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7. ‘Better Than Before’ by TOY CAR (Liverpool)

This fresh captivating Liverpool act shines with chilling verve and impassioned flair
on this electrifying power ballad with its stupendous vocals and its mighty imposing
chorus. Better than before is an astonishing stonker of a song.

Ear-stunning.

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8. ‘Real Life’ by KIIRSTIN MARILYN (NYC)

Having lost her eldest brother in May of 2021 NYC-based songstress Kiirstin Marilyn
has written an extremely personal yet universal 6-track EP, titled Kristoffer that will
take listeners on a heartfelt journey through a spectrum of emotions. With soulful lyrics, unforgettable melodies, and a raw, emotive delivery, this EP is a testament to the power
of storytelling through music. Stream it here.

Real Life is one of the breathtaking highlights. A sky-scraping vocal tour de force. Combined with the mind-blowing guitar play the emotionality runs high. Music can be a healing force. I hope it works for Marilyn.

Get puzzled.

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9. ‘The Fight’ by FUTURE ISLANDS (US)

(Photo Turn Up The Volume – live in Belgium)

Baltimore‘s lauded synth-pop act canned album #7. It’s titled
People Who Aren’t There Anymore and lands on 26 January.

Last week they dropped another new piece titled The Fight.
Sit down, relax, lit a candlelight and dream away to this
endearing beauty.

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10. ‘Too Late’ by Catherine Campbell (Chattanooga, Tennessee)

Singer-songwriter Campbell displayed her moving vocal warmth before and she does one again on Too Late. A magnificent musing with both subtle and charming acoustic guitar sparks, tender piano touches, and angelic backing vocals near the end. High-quality songwriting. Don’t miss this tender little pearl.

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ALL TOGETHER

Steam to Spotify and stream.

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