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Sounds like:
Perfume Genius,
Sault,
FKA Twigs,
The Weather Station
By
Vinay_R
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Feb 17, 2025
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This song's meaningful lyrics are mixed with interesting production that isn't all too common.What Benjamin Booker strives to do with this EP seems to bring serious issues to the forefront of his songs. The soft an...
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2

Sounds like:
Moses Sumney,
Sampha,
Vancouver Sleep Clinic
By
Ralph Hendrik
on
Mar 26, 2018
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London's MTMBO has released a handful of tracks over the last few years and recently resurfaced with his track "Mottingham."
There is something eerie yet incredibly captivating about this track and I particularly love the harmonizing. It is a sound ...
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3

Sounds like:
Nick Cave,
Tom Waits,
Leonard Cohen
By
Tobias Handke
on
Aug 1, 2017
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"The Devil Below Me" is the melancholic first single from Brighton artist, Josh McGovern.
A folksy ballad spearheaded by McGovern's intimidating Nick Cave-esque baritone, "The Devil Below Me" also has a little Jeff Buckley feel to it, with the UK si...
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4

Sounds like:
Sampha,
James Blake,
Bon Iver
By
Jake LiBassi
on
May 3, 2017
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In what could be one of the years most emotive tracks, Kidepo (whose moniker pays homage to the Kidepo Valley in his native land of Uganda) takes us on a spiritual journey through his homeland.
His Reunion EP features soundbites of rainforest wild...
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5

By
Tobias Handke
on
Apr 21, 2017
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Brooklyn-based Canadian ACES' Stranger EP is finally here and is everything I hoped it would be are more. The three track EP is full of sparse electronic soundscapes, with Alex Stewart's yearning vocals holding it all together.
The EP contains the p...
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6

Sounds like:
M83,
Young Magic,
CHVRCHES,
The xx
By
Kelsey Simpkins
on
Apr 13, 2017
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Usually if I can't get past the first track on an album, that's a scathing condemnation. But with the band Graveyard Club, the fact I can't get past the first and title track of their sophomore LP, "Cellar Door," without putting it on repeat at least...
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7

Sounds like:
Julia Stone,
Joan As Police Woman,
Lisa Hannigan
By
Tobias Handke
on
Feb 12, 2017
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My obsession with Nordic acts continues with the release of Ida Wenøe's (pronounced EE-da ven-O) haunting yet compelling "Lyla."
The gothic-folk ballad is reminiscent of early British folk, with Wenøe's distinct vocals swirling above the acoustic fi...
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8

Sounds like:
Nadia Nair,
Hozier,
Nick Murphy (fka Chet Faker)
By
Roxine Staats
on
Jan 14, 2017
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The heart-wrenching potency of hauntingly detached vocals and delicately minimalistic instrumental accompaniment have produced formidable genre juggernauts like James Blake and Bon Iver, and fresh-faced Albin Lee Meldau is in line to capitalize on th...
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