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Wildcard (week 12):
Hollie Col – She Knows

March 18th, 2020

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Australia is a country with an incredible number of talented artists. That’s why I recommend as many of them as possible here at Carte Blanche Music. Here’s another one.

Have you heard of Hollie Col already? She’s a 24-year-old Australian singer-songwriter, who has been playing live a lot lately. Both in her home country, where she did two consecutive sold out headline tours, and in Europe. As a consequence, her devoted fanbase is steadily growing. If you weren’t familiar with her yet, allow me to introduce you…

She Knows is Hollie’s new single. Clearly, she’s heavily inspired by classic song-writing, but she gives it a modern spin. Produced by award-winning Steve Schram (San Cisco, The Cat Empire), it’s a joyous piece of summer pop. The track has an upbeat arrangement and an infectious vocal hook, which she sings with a youthful enthusiasm. Her lyrics are intelligent and insightful.

On the single, Hollie says: ”She Knows is a letter to the person who has the one you love. It’s bittersweet, bright and loud. It screams ‘you’ll never know her like I do, and she knows it‘.”

Well, I know one thing: this great song is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard!

In the Wildcards 2020 playlist you can find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.

werner's weekly

Werner’s Weekly (week 12)

March 16th, 2020

This is Werner’s Weekly, your compass to the music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:

Bée – Nothing Alike (Wildcard this week)
Ren – I Drive Me Mad (Wildcard last week)
Austra – Anywayz
Casey Lowry – Psycho
Merci, Mercy – Fucked Myself Up
Millie Turner – Jungle
The Lemon Twigs – The One

Click the links for more info and 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. Also added last week: Alma, Circa Waves, Fish, Foals, The Killers, and many more.

electronic | indie | pop | rock

single track

Some Sprouts – At Full Capacity

March 14th, 2020

German five-piece Some Sprouts steer a middle course between melancholy slacker rock and catchy indie pop. And they’re on a roll. However melancholic the themes in many of the band’s songs, singer Joshua Benker sounds so charming, that one can’t help but feeling good.

At Full Capacity is another example of Some Sprouts‘ nimble, summery tunes. It precedes the band’s new EP Les Rêves D’enfants, due out on 8 May.

Recommended as well:
Some Sprouts – Someone You Love

For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.

indie | pop

single track

Tones & I – Bad Child

March 14th, 2020

Let’s skip the introduction, shall we? I mean, the word ‘epic’ doesn’t even begin to describe what kind of year 2019 was for Tones & I. How often does it happen that an artist’s debut single becomes the biggest hit of the year? Worldwide!?! Dance Monkey was exactly that, and racked up more than 1,2 billion streams on Spotify alone.

In its slipstream, follow-up single Never Seen The Rain became a hit as well. Now Toni Watson (her real name) doubles her chances for a third hit. The Australian singer-songwriter just released two songs simultaneously: poppy tune Bad Child and ballad Can’t Be Happy All The Time. These are her first new tracks since 2019’s The Kids Are Coming EP.

Bad Child is my favourite among the two. Impressive how it’s already recognizable as a trademark Tones & I song. It begins with “My family always said I was the bad child, throwing me away into the bad pile”, but mind you, this is not autobiographical. The sad, seemingly introspective lyrics are based on a heart-breaking story of a friend, which she simply brought to life.

Recommended as well:
Tones & I – Never Seen The Rain

For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.

electronic | pop

single track

The Dears – The Worst In Us

March 14th, 2020

Not one of the youngest bands on this blog, The Dears have their roots in 1995. But hey, age ain’t nothing but a number, and here, it’s the music that counts. The Montreal, Canada-based band is led by the husband-wife duo of singer-guitarist Murray Lightburn and keyboardist Natalia Yanchak. They just announced the release of their eighth album Lovers Rock, out on 15 May.

As part of the announcement, the band dropped their new single The Worst In Us. An upbeat track about coming together in love, that starts off with a raucous electric guitar and powerful piano. Further on in the song, over rollicking drums, the piano returns, sounding like the one in Our House by Madness. How could this not be a great song?

For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.

indie | pop | rock

single track

Mathea – Wollt Dir Nur Sagen

March 14th, 2020

Mathea is currently the most streamed artist from Austria. In 2016, she participated in talent show ‘The Voice Of Germany’, where she didn’t get to the top places. Nevertheless, her 2018 debut single 2x, released at age 20, was a huge success in the German speaking countries. A #1 hit, it was awarded the Platinum status and was ultimately streamed over 60 million times on all platforms. Follow-up single Chaos and Alles Gute were hits as well. A star is born.

One of the reasons of Mathea’s success is her honesty. She may be young of age, she has something to say, and she does so in plain words. No metaphors, no kitsch. Her new single is another convincing song. In Wollt Dir Nur Sagen, she tries to get an important person to understand her feelings for them. But apparently, saying ‘I love you’ is harder than it seems.

Wollt Dir Nur Sagen is a fresh and modern-sounding track. It’s put out ahead of her debut album M, which is set for release on 1 May.

For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.

pop

single track

Deluxe – Barcelonnette

March 14th, 2020

Deluxe are a French band from Aix-en-Provence, which is 200 kilometres from the village of Barcelonnette. The sextet’s new single is an homage to this town. It’s one of the five new tracks on an expanded edition of Deluxe’s album Boys And Girl. Last month, I already wrote about another bonus track, I Love You.

As we’ve come to know from Deluxe, Barcelonnette is an energetic, sunny sing-along song. A fun track, that makes you want to dance, throw a party and share your enthusiasm with as many people as possible.

Recommended as well:
Deluxe – I Love You

For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.

pop

single track

Miya Miya – Underwater

March 14th, 2020

Miya Miya are a UK-based four-piece. They started making music together after connecting at university. As a song-writing team, they wrote and produced music for others, but now it’s time for them to shine themselves.

The band mix the timeless sound of classic artists like Fleetwood Mac, Queen and Jeff Buckley with the influence of contemporary artists like Imagine Dragons and The Chainsmokers. By consequence, Miya Miya combine intimate storytelling with an epic stadium sound.

Underwater is their promising debut single. Don’t let the soft opening chords fool you. They set the stage for big drums, polished guitars, electronic sounds, huge bass grooves and emotive vocals.

For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.

indie | pop

single track

Sega Bodega – U Got The Fever

March 14th, 2020

Sega Bodega is London-based artist Salvador Navarrete. This explains the title of his latest album Salvador. He currently has some bad luck. Or bad timing, at least. His new single is called U Got The Fever. Obviously, this has nothing to do with Corona, but I hope politically correct music directors see that too. Okay, the song is very contagious, but only in a good way. That’s why I think it deserves to spread all over the world.

The first notes, with a sampled “Ooh-aah” remind me of Cloudbusting by Kate Bush. Of the part that goes “Ooh I just know that something good is gonna happen”, to be exact. Elsewhere, we hear an old-school, computer-generated rhythm and an eerie whistle melody. All and all, it’s got something spacey to it. And it holds some good advice as well, in these challenging times: “Go home, lock your doors, turn off your phone, and hope it’ll all be okay in the morning. Although it never is…”

For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.

electronic | indie | pop

single track

MarthaGunn – We Don’t Need Each Other

March 14th, 2020

I must have overlooked this, when it was released on Valentines Day. And if I did, maybe you did too. By the way, a month later, it’s still as good as it was back then. So here we go…

I’m sure you remember MarthaGunn’s track Heaven, released four months ago. We Don’t Need Each Other (great title for a Valentines Day release) is the Brighton five-piece’s latest single. A groovy tune, which mixes timeless pop beats with their signature funky guitar riffs. Call it indie pop, if you like. This infectious and energetic song with relatable and punchy lyrics might as well be the ultimate anti-Valentines anthem.

Sure to be liked by fans of Haim.

Recommended as well:
MarthaGunn – Heaven [2019 Version]

For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.

indie | pop | rock

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Wildcard (week 12):
Hollie Col – She Knows

Werner’s Weekly (week 12)

Some Sprouts – At Full Capacity

Tones & I – Bad Child

The Dears – The Worst In Us

Mathea – Wollt Dir Nur Sagen

Deluxe – Barcelonnette

Miya Miya – Underwater

Sega Bodega – U Got The Fever

MarthaGunn – We Don’t Need Each Other

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