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Wildcard (week 14):
Wildcard (week 14):
Hozier – Too Sweet
With his debut single Take Me To Church, in 2023, Hozier introduced an infectious mix of blues, soul and gospel. 11 years later, this isn’t just his trademark sound, but it has also been an inspiration for other contemporary artists. In other words: his influence reaches further than the huge hit his first release became.
Last August, the Irish song smith released his third album Unreal Unearth. Last week, a companion release came out: the 4-track EP Unheard. It features four previously unreleased songs taken from the recording sessions for the album. First single Too Sweet is currently exploding on Spotify and one can hear why. It’s a wonderful song in the best Hozier tradition.
It shows the facets and multitudes of a relationship, as the singer talks to his significant other. While she prefers to lead a healthy lifestyle, he indulges in the various ‘pleasures’ of life. The singer favors the rawness because his partner is ‘already too sweet’. The song further explores the theme of how differences can evolve during a relationship.
Too Sweet by Hozier is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. This implies that it will be prominently displayed at the top of the blog for an entire week.
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In the Wildcards 2024 playlist you’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.
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Hozier (feat. Mavis Staples) – Nina Cried Power
With only one smash hit to his name (Take Me To Church has been streamed over 860 million times on Spotify alone), Irish singer-songwriter Hozier may appear to be a one-day fly. Truth is, that he influenced so many other artists with his infectious mix of blues, soul and gospel, that he made his definitive mark on this decennium’s music.
The title track off his EP Nina Cried Power is Hozier’s new single. It features legendary American soul/gospel singer Mavis Staples, and Booker T. Jones on the organ. The track names iconic artists, activists and other people who fought for human rights. Among them Joni Mitchell, John Lennon, James Brown and Nina Simone, who is name-checked in the song’s title.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 33)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Cole Bleu – Baby Blue Summer
indie | pop - Boogie Monster – Fall From Grace
indie | pop | soul - Foster The People – See You In The Afterlife
funk | pop - Hannah Grae – Star Crossed Lover pop | rock
- ‘t Hof Van Commerce – In De Chalet
hip hop | indie | pop - Hozier – Nobody’s Soldier
pop | rock | soul - Leoniden – Keep Fucking Up
rock - Ora – Bad Day
indie | pop - Ella Red – Representative indie | pop
- The Script – Home Is Where The Hurt Is indie | pop
- Skegss – Out Of My Head
indie | pop | rock - Tamir – Pass U By
indie | pop | soul - Telenova – Margot pop | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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Werner’s Weekly (week 16)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your guide to the best new music, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Lola Young – Big Brown Eyes (Wildcard this week)
- Hozier – Too Sweet (Wildcard last week)
- Grace Angelique – See You In Your Dreams
- Jebediah – Don’t Stop
- Royal Republic – Ain’t Got Time
- Lucia – Love You Better
- Willow – Big Feelings
Listen to each of the tracks via the Werner’s Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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Werner’s Weekly (week 15)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your guide to the best new music, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Hozier – Too Sweet (Wildcard this week)
- Päter – 4-7 Company
(Wildcard last week) - Angie Colman – Don’t Wanna
- Creature Fear – Sorbet
- Master Peace feat. Georgia & Princess Superstar – I Might Be Fake-Arrr
- Wild Horse – Keep On Moving Up
- Mia Wray – What If
Listen to each of the tracks via the Werner’s Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 13)
Only the *best* new music from a guitar-heavy release week. Added to the playlist (alphabetically):
- ADMT – Weekend Offender indie | pop | rock
- The Awkward – Tiny Black Tattoo indie | pop | rock
- Olivia Booth – Wasted indie | pop | rock
- The Buoys – Subject A indie | rock
- Chasing Kites – Collide indie | pop | rock
- Cupnoodle – Bababababy
indie | pop - Cusker – He Can’t Tell Me indie | pop | rock
- Goddamn Wolves – Nowhere indie | rock
- Hozier – Too Sweet pop | soul
- Ethan Jegers – Milky Way indie | pop
- Longy – Prisoner indie | pop | rock
- Maxïmo Park – Favourite Songs indie | rock
- Rojjo – Todo Va Bien
indie | pop | rock - Slow Bones – Hiro dance | electronic | indie | instrumental | pop
- Stone Mile – Out There Somewhere indie | pop | rock
- Frank Turner – Letters indie | rock
- Twenty One Pilots – Next Semester pop | rock
- Vanderwolf – Colston Sleeps In Bristol Harbour indie | pop | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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Werner’s Weekly (week 12)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your guide to the best new music, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Caity Baser – Pretty Boys (Wildcard this week)
- youproblem – Avalanche (Wildcard last week)
- Bronte Alva – I Hate Birthdays
- Hozier – Eat Your Young
- Lower Loveday – You Could’ve Been My Queen
- Luna Morgenstern – Dance Dance (Don’t Go)
- Phoenix (feat. Clairo) – After Midnight
Listen to each of the tracks via the Werner’s Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 11)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added this week (alphabetically):
- Bronte Alva – I Hate Birthdays indie | rock
- Bleach Lab – Indigo indie | pop
- Riley Biederer – Beautiful Boys indie | pop | rock
- The Book Club – Everything I’m Feeling indie | pop | rock
- Comment Debord – Blood Pareil indie | pop
- Dande & The Lion – Children Of The Hour indie | pop | rock
- Hozier – Eat Your Young pop | soul
- ixaras – Lately indie | pop | rock
- Lower Loveday – You Could’ve Been My Queen indie | pop | rock
- Luna Morgenstern – Dance Dance (Don’t Go) electronic | indie | pop
- Phoenix (feat. Clairo) – After Midnight indie | pop
- Stuck On Planet Earth – Crack In The Glass indie | rock
- Super db – Back To Me indie | pop
- Temples – Afterlife indie | pop | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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Minerva Daisy – Something Strange
Minerva Daisy – Something Strange
Minerva Hibbert is an independent 20-year-old alternative pop singer based in Manchester, who goes by the stage name Minerva Daisy. Born to a very creative family, she took up piano lessons at the age of 6. A few years later, she slowly progressed onto song-writing and began performing as a professional singer, songwriter and keyboardist at age 16. Minerva currently studies at the British Institute of Modern Music. She’s influenced by powerful female musicians like Etta James, Nina Simone, Florence & The Machine, P!nk, Lily Allen and Kate Nash, as well as artists such as Hozier and Queen. As you might expect, her own music is a tasteful mix of rock, pop, soul and jazz.
Pop-rock anthem Something Strange is only her fourth single, and her darkest track to date. This is a result of the story behind it. Minerva explains: “Something Strange was written as an emotional outlet almost immediately after I found out an ex partner had been unfaithful to me. This is probably one of the most raw and brutally emotional tracks that I have written and so I wanted the instrumentation to reflect that and give the track the punch it needed.“
With hard-hitting drums, distorted piano melodies, powerful lyrics and some gritty guitars and synth, her mission is accomplished. A catchy, upbeat and dynamic song that deserves a large audience.
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Rick Astley – Every One Of Us
A lot has changed since Rick Astley started his career as a tea boy in the Stock Aitken Waterman studios. His first proper single Never Gonna Give You Up (1987) was a worldwide smash and in the years that followed, he sold over 40 million records. After 1993, Astley retired from the music industry at the age of 27, deciding that family life was more important.
In 2007, he made an unlikely comeback as an internet phenomenon. His Never Gonna Give You Up video showed up everywhere unexpectedly, a viral internet meme known as ‘rickrolling’.
On 25 October, Astley releases a new greatest hits album: The Best Of Me. It features original and reimagined versions of his hits, as well as the new song Every One Of Us. A tune with a surprising new sound, in line with that of Rag ‘n’ Bone Man and Hozier. Astley wrote and produced the song himself, and played all of the instruments on it. A great and welcome return!
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