Video: I Got You - Seramic

Following on from the recent unveiling of his single I Got You, Seramic has just released it’s accompanying video. Not content with just creating the song, Seramic (real name Marcus Foster) also co-directed the video.

Taking synchronised swimming and somewhat flipping it on its head, the majority of the video is shot underwater. The video reverses the visual metaphor of the duck serenely floating whilst it paddles furiously out of sight, albeit with way more grace than that implies.

Describing the video Foster said:

“I wanted to take a sport and highlight its more subtle artistic elements. In this case, I chose synchronised swimming and focussed what happens underneath the water, rather than above the surface.”

The video fits perfectly with the song’s supportive theme:

“[I Got You is about] always having someone's back even if you part ways. It's about being kind even if you lose someone. It plays with your expectations a bit more than some previous tracks, you don't quite know where the song is going, like an out of control lawn mower heading for the children.”

It's a crazy barn storming funk record that feels enjoyably out of control. Check it out:

Stream: This Is How It Starts - Hugh

Everybody thought it couldn’t happen but 2017 has already proven it is a way shittier year than 2016.

Everything may be totally fucked, but hey - at least we have a new track from Hugh and this time it comes with the news that we can expect an album to come later in the year. This Is How It Starts is appropriately the first single from that album.

This Is How It Starts is the sound of the band at their best - contemplative vocals weaving through thick, dubby electronics. Full of the wistful feeling of unrealised potential, Josh and Izzy’s vocals doing that thing they do so well - a perfect aural companionship.

Stream: Calling - Ukiyo feat. Your Girl Pho

The new single Calling by Ukiyo features a stuttering synth line that feels like beautiful seizure. Intense, broken and impossible not to move to.

Ukiyo is 20-year-old Australian musician and producer Timothy Arnott. On this new song he teams up with Your Girl Pho on vocals to create a sweetly infectious tribute to the object of her affections - the only problem is that they aren’t returning her calls.

Check it out below:

Stream: Cry Baby - Rooms

LA-based duo Rooms are back with their second track, the follow-up to Bittersweet Company. Cry Baby is a breathless piece of gently bubbling electro-pop, gently shifting bass melting into the vocals.

There is a stark intimacy on this track - haunting questions that follow a love turned sour... The release coming with the starkly penned missive: " I know you cheated on me at the Loews in Santa Monica. "

Check out Cry Baby below.

Stream: Nirvana - Ryder

Having made waves with her sophomore single Ruins, NY-born LA-based artist Ryder is back with her first new single of 2017 in the form of Nirvana.

Opening with Ryder's delicate vocals atop of a slow building synth melody, Nirvana quickly builds to a crescendo, the bass kicking in after a minute, but it is Ryder's urgent-sounding vocals that really set this the track apart.

Describing the track, Ryder says:

"The release is exciting for me because it feels like a door opening to more new things you will hear from me. I've grown a lot in the last year as an artist and creator; I can't wait to share that. I grew up around classical music and used to perform in choirs as a young kid, where I'd sing classical choral arrangements and folk music as well as a brief stint in opera. The hauntingly beautiful melodies and harmonic layers from those genres are inspiring motifs I try to constantly incorporate in my music wherever I can. ‘Nirvana’ to me is a blend of classical melodic moments with contemporary pop music.”

Nirvana was produced by Max Ferrari and Phil Shaouy and co-written by Trey Campbell and Ryder is now working with one of my favourite products, David Sitek, amongst others. Exciting stuff.