Singer-songwriter Michael Addison’s fourth release – 2012’s ‘Blinding Shadows’ – was a misguided affair. Promoted as an alternative rock album with “raw, hard rock energy”, any potential it had was killed almost instantly by too much studio shine and use of an offensive amount of vocal filters – the very antithesis of the raw energy he was said to create. Two years on, his eight track mini album ‘Resisting Fate’ doesn’t really resemble that previous release. Did Addison himself look back and feel the autotune abuse was a mistake? Maybe he did…but it’s just as likely he used it as a fashion statement since that disc came at a time when autotune was rife among many forms of pop (and indeed rock) music. ‘Resisting Fate’ is a warm and complete sounding release, with the good fortune of having lost the heavy filtering – at least a half-dozen of its numbers happy to stand on their own terms, not swamped by studio tinkering, or too heavily indebted to other artists.
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New song streaming from Dead Professional
It’s been a while since the DIY music world heard from John Harouff (aka Dead Professional), having last offered new music in July 2013. The singer/songwriter is now back with something new for your ears.
His most recent offering entitled ‘I’m Not The One’ can be streamed below.
Nina Persson: New album artwork and upcoming live dates
As reported last week, sometime Cardigans vocalist Nina Persson releases her debut solo album in early 2014. The live dates to promote the release have now been confirmed… You can check out the artwork and list of live dates below.
New video from Brendan Canning
Brendan Canning, member of Canadian collective Broken Social Scene, releases his second solo album in the UK on December 2nd. Entitled ‘You Gots 2 Chill’, the album is already available as an import.
You can watch the video for the lead track ‘Plugged In’ below.
‘Animal Heart’, a new video from Nina Persson
Nina Persson, best known for being frontwoman with Swedish alt-pop sensations The Cardigans will release ‘Animal Heart’ – her first solo record – early in 2014.
Although The Cardigans have not released any new music since 2005, Persson has been involved with other projects, including A Camp, The Citizens Band and a guest appearance on Manic Street Preachers’ single ‘Your Love Alone Is Not Enough’, as well as starting a family.