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Welcome to the first Songs You Should Hear of 2022!
Here's 15 great songs that you should try, or read my mini breakdown of each song and see which ones peak your interest!
Beth De Bacci - Passenger Seat
An emotional, sentimental, quietly intense piano-backed ballad with a memorable rhythm and melody. The tasteful, minimal production lets the vocals shine and the vivid lyrics and melodic switch up in the last third are fantastic.
Kate Ellis - Scars
A stand-out Country / Americana track with loose, chugging riffs and an uptempo rhythm led by charming, quietly confident, cooly delivered vocals. The live energy and layered, vibrant recording give this track a fun, vintage feel.
Alice LA - Mother!
A colourful, fantastically performed Pop track with chopped vocal samples, rhythmic, staccato bass, driving percussion, and tasteful synth work backing the melodic, catchy and exhilarating vocals that deliver an epic chorus with emotional, meaningful lyrics.
Devyn Moon & Jheru - much love
A smooth, laid-back, head-bopping R&B track with slick, clean production featuring piano, crisp percussion, and funky synth bass led by light, soft, soulful vocals with a complementary rap that matches the tone nicely.
Elanor Moss - Soundings
A homely, acoustic-backed Folk track with layered, quaint, soft vocals, brittle chords, pleasant background arpeggios, light keys, airy synths, and clean bass which all create a nostalgic feel that suits the vintage progression.
Tiya - I WISH U DIDN'T EXIST
A catchy Pop track with on-point production featuring broody guitar arpeggios, exotic melodies, rhythmic backing vocals and led by confident, bold, upfront vocals that deliver self-aware lyrics that depict the vocalist's internal conflict.
KaizanBlu & Denney - Run
A nicely textured and subtly layered Pop track with a dreamy, melancholic atmosphere led by emotional vocals backed with soft piano, wide, airy layers, light synth arpeggios, and textured snappy percussion.
Hollyanne - When I hear your call
An immediately catchy Pop track with Soul and Disco influences and an emotional core led by powerful, expressive vocals backed with punchy, driving percussion, bright shining guitars, rhythmic synth bass, and tasteful synth work.
Jensyn - I Wanna Be There
A wonderfully composed and produced Baroque Pop track with twinkly ambience, strings, piano, warm bass, and acoustic guitar that all meld into a beautiful soundscape for the heartfelt lead vocals and layered background vocals to glide softly into the mix.
Jamythyst - Sparkling
A punchy Dance Pop track with a retro, gritty, club undertone that also manages to stay super catchy and infectious with rhythmic bass, impactful, pounding percussion and fun synth work backing the sweet catchy vocals.
Heather Sarona - I'll Be Lost
A tuneful, well-written, acoustic guitar backed Country track with warm, sweet, and homely instrumentation also featuring banjo and fiddle which are led by pleasant, charming, and melancholic vocals.
The Red Pants & Hannah Rooth - Starlight Arboretum (The Way I Feel)
A unique Electronic Pop track with sweet, soulful, characterful vocals backed with quirky, dreamy, spacey, almost glitchy, production with piano arpeggios, swirling bright synths, a snappy drum backing, and fun, Chiptune inspired melodies.
Sapphira Vee - What Is This
A captivating Industrial / Dance track with hard-hitting minimal style production featuring gritty, distorted synths and momentum building percussion led by eerie, disjointed, whispering vocals that increase the tension and urgency.
Aiitee - Sound of Music
A hypnotising R&B / Afrobeat track with slick, dreamy production featuring pleasant, plucked string samples, clear handclap percussion and wide, spacey piano and synths led by the engrossing, soulful vocals that fit wonderfully into the mix.
Natasha Fairbairn - Catching My Breath
A raw, acoustic-backed ballad with a passionate and emotional performance that benefits from the direct, straightforward approach to the recording and delivers memorable, relatable, and engrossing lyrics.
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