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3 days ago | earmilk.com | Natalie Patrick

With her latest single “Freedom,” rising pop queen Vella makes another bold move in her sonic evolution, one that tastes of freedom. Propelled by the on-point production of Will Simms and Carl Ryden, this is no downbeat diary entry. It’s a bold, heart-stopping announcement, the sound of a young woman wresting back her narrative and taking flight beyond her past. From the opening notes, “Freedom” grows intentionally.

3 days ago | earmilk.com | Natalie Patrick

Indie-pop storyteller Jazzie Young has returned with her most recent single and music video, “Mr. Casual. " It is a shimmering, slow-burn anthem for everyone who has had their heart taken for a ride in the name of 'keeping it chill.' With razor-sharp lyrics and dreamy, melancholic production, Jazzie again establishes that she’s here to tell emotional truths that hit where it hurts.

3 days ago | earmilk.com | Natalie Patrick

Tamta returns with the fire, vivid colors, and wild spirit of "THE VILLAIN HEROINE," her new album out now on her independent label Kiki Music Group and exclusively distributed by Minos EMI/Universal Music. Totaling 41 minutes and 43 seconds and comprising 15 electric cuts, this is a cinematic pop experience.

3 days ago | earmilk.com | Natalie Patrick

Ben Bostick has always been a songwriter’s songwriter, cutting deep with words while painting very real pictures with a dusty, well-worn guitar. But on his sixth album, "Become Other," Bostick does something far more radical than hone his craft; he reinvents it. There are no more familiar Americana shapes and country yarns that brought him five albums’ worth of critical praise.

4 days ago | earmilk.com | Natalie Patrick

Art Schop is back with "The Fifth Hammer," an ambitious and cerebral concept album whose themes stretch far beyond its 44-minute runtime. For this 10-track effort, that philosophical undercurrent is explored with wild abandon, taking equal cues from the story of Pythagoras, seeking a slightly discordant hammer that remains untunefully rebellious, a quest that can be something of a metaphor for rebellion, disharmony, and searching for truth in chaos.