Songs like Tell Me a Story by Willow Grace are exactly why I started this blog. I love this song, yet there’s only a handful of plays on Soundcloud and Spotify at the moment and I feel like it really deserves a lot more attention. The song opens with some gentle guitar arpeggios and delicate… Continue reading Music Roundup: Willow Grace, Desai, Sovirez, Shinn!, King Tris, Hailey Simone, & Oghamyst
Category: Music Reviews
Reviews of new music discovered by The Forever Now
Music Roundup: Tape Runs Out, sentiments écoutables, Conni Krell, Adolfo Garcia
Hospital by Tape Runs Out establishes the melancholic atmosphere early with a few synth notes running out into a big, distant reverb. The song develops into a low, rolling, half-spoken and half-sung grinder. I enjoyed the broken phrasing “you woke up in hospital, you thought that you were back in school”. Whether intentional or not,… Continue reading Music Roundup: Tape Runs Out, sentiments écoutables, Conni Krell, Adolfo Garcia
Music Review: The Dustbowl Daddies, Phillip Eno, The Shy, McDead
The Dustbowl Daddies’ Nothing but Time opens reminds me of an epic song at the end of the movie as we get one last emotional look at the main characters as they go their separate ways. It’s a masterful bluegrass inspired alt-rock anthem saturated with emotion and energy. Well performed, well mixed, and well written,… Continue reading Music Review: The Dustbowl Daddies, Phillip Eno, The Shy, McDead
Music Review: Fawn, The Shy, Destro, Tejas Sharma, & Bran
“I am a liar” opens Fawn in her new track Burden. I’ll admit, the first time I heard this song I heard the words as “I am a lion” in a delicate faltering tone, and she had me, however, learning the true lyrics didn’t disappoint. The descending chords over the line, “if I say that… Continue reading Music Review: Fawn, The Shy, Destro, Tejas Sharma, & Bran
Music Review: Christian Cohle, Aditya Shukla, and Golda May
While promoting The Forever Now songs, I inevitably end up stumbling across a lot of great music that slips through the cracks of big music blogs, playlisters, and radio, but deserve a bigger audience. I’ve started The Forever Now blog to share some of the discoveries I’ve made along the way that I think should… Continue reading Music Review: Christian Cohle, Aditya Shukla, and Golda May