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Dribble by 18-year-old @syccoworld (which is pronounced as ‘psycho’) is an irresistible, easy-going pop tune with an electronic arrangement at its core.

It also flirts with neo-soul, while Sycco’s smooth vocals flow on top of the beat. A huge talent! https://bit.ly/CBMsycco

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*Your* favourites among the Carte Blanche Music recommendations in July:
#Dopha,
@weareesteban1,
@LielaMoss,
@Fixkes,
@Shanguymusic,
@raye,
@roadstoroamusic,
@hakanhellstrom_,
#GraceFarriss,
#LolaLeLann.

Read more and listen via your platform of choice: https://bit.ly/CBMfav2007

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3 aug

In this week's Werner's Weekly, your compass to the music that matters:
@_TheMagicGang (@carteblanchemus Wildcard),
#Crimer,
@alfietempleman,
@bloxxband,
@E_E_,
@machinegunkelly,
@YoursTruly_Band.

Read more and listen via http://bit.ly/CBMweekly

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carteblanchemusCarte Blanche Music@carteblanchemus·
2 aug

This week, I'm proud to recommend new music by:
- @soaksoaksoak feat. #GemmaDoherty,
- @BLACKHONEYUK,
- @leonidenmusik,
- @lola_lennox,
- @deltaspirit,
- @Badflower, and
- @syccoworld,

Start discovering at https://www.carteblanchemusic.nl and listen via your platform of choice!

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31 jul

Off My Mind by @bloxxband is yet another great pop-rock song with a chorus as catchy as they come.

It comes with a clever video that sees singer Ophelia Booth jumping around between her band mates, who are all social distancing in their own, ehm, booths. https://bit.ly/CBMbloxx3

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carteblanchemusCarte Blanche Music@carteblanchemus·
30 jul

My favourite deep cut on @alfietempleman's EP Happiness In Liquid Form is Things I Thought Were Mine. A minimalistic, laid-back summer tune, based around a wonky synth melody and a funky guitar.

Templeman wrote, produced and mixed this one himself. https://bit.ly/CBMalfietempleman3

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carteblanchemusCarte Blanche Music@carteblanchemus·
29 jul

Brighton quartet @_TheMagicGang offer a wide range of musical styles. Personally, I like them best when they enter #TheStyleCouncil territory, like on their new single.

Make Time For Change is this week's Carte Blanche Music Wildcard! Read more & listen: https://bit.ly/CBMthemagicgang4

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carteblanchemusCarte Blanche Music@carteblanchemus·
28 jul

Sydney punk rock band @YoursTruly_Band released Together as their debut album’s second teaser track.

Filled with stomping beats, a groovy bass and soaring guitars, it sounds like an upbeat feelgood anthem. Lyrically however, it’s a different story. Read: https://bit.ly/CBMyourstruly2

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carteblanchemusCarte Blanche Music@carteblanchemus·
27 jul

In this week's Werner's Weekly, your compass to the music that matters:
#Crimer (Carte Blanche Music Wildcard),
@dovesmusicblog,
@FERRAROBAND,
@gracieabrams,
@oscarlangmusic,
@sam_and_sounds,
@the_go_team.

Read more and listen via http://bit.ly/CBMweekly

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carteblanchemusCarte Blanche Music@carteblanchemus·
26 jul

Carte Blanche Music may be on a short holiday, but I couldn't resist recommending great new tracks by @bloxxband, @alfietempleman and @YoursTruly_Band. Start discovering at https://carteblanchemusic.nl!

Meanwhile, check daily updates via the Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1PDB66AHkjIvASNIu17Vzf?si=g71CIqc9Rh6isE9M-w5Law

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Roads To Roam – Firework

Roads To Roam is a Dutch band consisting of 5 friends: Daan Solleveld (lead vocals, guitar), Boyan van der Heijden (keys, backing vocals), Pieter Boutkan (bass, backing vocals), Roy van der Heijden (lead guitar) and Rick de Jongh (drums). Each of them has their own vision, musical influences and ideas. In other bands, this could easily end up in a mess. Roads To Roam however have a coherent sound. That’s because the band members are capable of putting their egos aside.

Just listen how all of their influences come together in the band’s new single Firework. 5 instruments, 5 visions, 1 song.

Firework. The title says it all. Both musically and lyrically. The song is about a once explosive relationship, but the passion has been put on a back burner. However, the desire to flare up the fire is strong. Why? Because, quite honestly, it was the best they ever had. This story line easily translates to the post-lockdown situation.

Recommended as well:
For A Better Day
Believe
Safe
We Are

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

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Plants & Animals – House On Fire

Plants & Animals are a Montreal-based trio, consisting of guitarist/vocalists Warren Spicer and Nic Basque, and drummer/vocalist Matthew Woody Woodley. They have announced their first album in four years’ time. Entitled The Jungle, the self-produced record is set for release on 23 October.

House On Fire, a driving track peppered with bits of synth-y chaos, is the album’s new single. It combines indie and post-rock the way bands like my beloved Public Service Broadcasting do. Meanwhile, the vocals and harmonies immediately bring Talking Heads to mind.

The song was inspired by Spicer’s concern for a friend of his. The band explain: “We started working on this a couple of years ago. Warren was afraid for a friend’s health. He thought he was self-medicating too much and not taking care of himself. He couldn’t let go of this image of an overworked dude swallowing too many sleeping pills and falling asleep with the stove on. So it began as the place next door, sometime before Greta Thunberg turned the expression into a rallying cry, where Earth is the house and the people are sleeping. It’s terrifying, and on the whole we’re not unlike this friend, are we?”

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

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Liela Moss – Atoms At Me

Ever since the start of British rock band The Duke Spirit, in 2003, Liela Moss has been their front woman. Releasing her debut album My Name Is Safe In Your Mouth, in 2018, she also started a parallel solo career.

For her upcoming sophomore album Who The Power, she worked again with partner/producer (and TDS bass player) Toby Butler. They wrote and recorded the album in their studio in Somerset. The difference this time, she explains, was a desire ‘to create something more urgent’, which captured a sense of renewal while conveying a strong sense of despair at modern culture. “Perhaps that oscillating energy is best expressed musically via machines. We spent much of our time playing with vintage synths and drum machines, building a more visceral palette. I wanted the album to convey a depth of field, to be multi-layered yet feel simple, and to groove.”

First single Atoms At Me contains all of these elements. Amid its simmering darkwave throb, Moss issues a call to free the senses from the call to consume.

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

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Shuffalo – Stay On Me

Shuffalo was formed in early 2018 amidst Canada’s Rocky Mountains. Brayden Bell, then a singer-songwriter, and long-time collaborator Steve MacDonald met drummer Mac Bennett and they immediately connected. Bringing in friend Bailey Clarke, they became a four piece indie-pop band. Their 2018 debut EP Heart Attack won them the YYC Music Award for Alternative Recording of the Year in 2019.

In the summer of that year, Shuffalo began working on their follow-up recordings under the supervision of producer Ryan Worsley and producer-engineer Matt Di Pomponio. Stay On Me is the band’s new single. It explores many important topics, such as climate change, mortality salience, love, and the fight for a better tomorrow. The song travels with two lovers as they question their past, live in the moment, and explore future challenges. Its mesmerizing chorus pulls you into another world and takes you on a journey.

Stay On Me is the first in a series of releases set for the summer of 2020.

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

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Wildcard (week 26)
Baxtr – Bloom

In the 30 years I’ve made radio shows, each of my programmes consisted for at least 50% of female voices. I didn’t even select them on purpose. Much of my favourite music appeared to be sung by women, simple as that. I’m very happy female artists gain more ground on festivals and radio playlists nowadays. There’s so much talent out there!

Take brand-new, all-female alt-pop trio Baxtr from London for instance. Floss Mackintosh (vocals, guitar), Bash Powers (guitar, keys, backing vocals) and Keiko Jackson (drums, backing vocals) have been close friends of 10 years. They shared the vision of being in a band together for a long time, and finally made it real.

To me, Bloom is one of the best debut singles of the past years. A euphoric banger, inspired by ‘80s pop songs, with added guitars and hooks of the catchiest kind. Shamelessly danceable, flamboyant, and empowering guitar pop in the best Haim tradition.

‘Your summer is coming soon’, they sing, and I’m sure that goes for the Baxtr girls themselves as well. About to ‘bloom’ in no-time, the band gave their career a hell of a kickstart with this first single. To ensure this gem won’t be overlooked, Bloom by Baxtr will appear here prominently for a full week as the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard!

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

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Werner’s Weekly (week 26)

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:

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: Annie, Halsey, The Killers, Yello, and more.

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Ocean Alley – Way Down

Beloved Aussie band Ocean Alley’s music has been streamed over 260 million times already. They thank this success in part to the fact they’re one of Australia’s most exciting touring acts.

Last week, the six-piece released their new album Lonely Diamond. It was produced by long-time collaborator Callum Howell. Recording took place at Grove Studios, built by INXS’ Garry Gary Beers. The long-player includes previous singles Stained Glass, Infinity, Tombstone and Hot Chicken.

Another stand-out track, Way Down, is the band’s new single. “It’s one of the most energetic songs on the record”, Ocean Alley lead guitarist Angus Goodwin reckons. “A really good toe-tapper and fun to sing along… a fun one for the crowd.”

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

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Mélodie Lauret – À Quoi Tu Penses Quand Tu M’adores ?

If you like a speak-singing delivery (where the artist alternates speaking with singing), French music has a lot to offer. Grand Corps Malade, for instance, is renowned for this characteristic style. So is Mélodie Lauret.

I’ve been a fan of Laurets ever since she debuted with her single 23h28, less than a year ago. In the meantime, she put out her first EP, and a second EP is slated for release in the autumn.

À Quoi Tu Penses Quand Tu M’adores ? (‘what do you think about when you make love to me?’) is the 20-year-old singer’s new single. As always, Lauret doesn’t wear her heart on her sleeve. This time, she narrates about the hazardous feelings that can affect a romantic relationship. The instrumentation is sparse, but very effective, pointing all your attention to the tormented lyrics. But even when you don’t understand a word, it’s a beautiful song, with a tangible melancholy.

Recommended as well:
Mélodie Lauret – 23h28

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Eskobar – Behind The Sun

Who thought Eskobar were a band from the start of this century, is proven wrong. The Swedish band still exists, and appears to have started their ‘chapter 2’. At least, that’s the title of their upcoming album. Their seventh, already. After releasing their first five albums with an interval of two years each, #6 took them eight years to make. Luckily, Chapter 2 will appear ‘only’ four years after their latest long-player.

By the sound of the singles so far, Eskobar found inspiration in the early ‘90s of the last century. I heard echoes of PM Dawn in When Your Heroes Fall, and when listening to Behind The Sun, it’s impossible not to think of The Stone Roses. Our Swedish friends are fully aware of that, by the way, and it’s nothing to be ashamed of. By the way: I also love how the first notes sound like The Art Of Noise’s Paranoimia.

Reviving the Madchester sound, Behind The Sun is an epic affair with a chorus that goes into larger-than-life mode. As far as Chapter 2 is concerned: bring it on!

Recommended as well:
Eskobar – When Your Heroes Fall

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

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Tokio Myers (feat. Mychelle) – No More Gang Wars (Together)

Torville Jones is a pianist and music producer born in London, better known by his stage name Tokio Myers. His career took off after he won TV show Britain’s Got Talent in 2017.

As a follow-up to his debut album Our Generation, he just released the Black Dawn EP.  It supports the Black Lives Matter movement and the fight for unity and equality. The three tracks feature black artists – Mychelle, Afronaut Zu, Kaidi Akinnibi and J’Danna – speaking about their experiences and everyday struggles in the hope of sparking powerful, honest and uncomfortable conversations.

No More Gang Wars (Together) is the EP’s lead track. It contains a beautiful string arrangement over a driving beat, which has a drum & bass feel about it. A great song with a powerful message.

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

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