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Beehive Candy are really pleased to share the third single by The Cords from their forthcoming debut album. 'When You Said Goodbye' is a heart-rending pop song, it’s deeper, heavier and more immersive that the first two singles, but somehow it’s just as catchy. Grace and Eve Tedeschi may be young, but this is the sound of a band who are already totally accomplished at writing pop classics.
Comprising sisters Eva and Grace Tedeschi, they started playing drums when they were little kids. As mentioned the last time we featured them, they found that they liked 80s and 90s indie music more than their peers did, and so formed a band, just the two of them, with Grace on drums and Eva on guitar and the songs started to flow.
The forthcoming debut album was produced by Jonny Scott and Simon Liddel, and it respects the band’s stripped down DIY approach. There is some bass guitar (played by Eva and Grace) and occasionally a keyboard pokes its head above the surface. But these elements are simply doing their job: the real stars of this record are Eva’s sinuous guitar and silky vocals, and Grace’s clattering, expressive sing-song drums. It’s the sound of two sisters having an intense musical conversation with each other, pushing each other on to greater heights, exhilarated by the set of perfect pop songs they have magicked up.
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Chicago-based Indie-folk singer-songwriter Chris Rawlins is set to release his much-anticipated sophomore album, Flyover, on October 24, 2025 — a spacious, haunting, and deeply personal exploration of place, memory, and the quiet emotional weather systems of adulthood. The album arrives six years after Rawlins' critically-acclaimed 2019 debut Bring on the Rain, and stands as both a sonic evolution and a return home, in more ways than one.
Described by Rawlins as “a love letter to the landscapes, culture, and mystique of the Midwest,” Flyover meditates on the region’s overlooked beauty and unique emotional terrain. Through richly imagistic lyrics and immersive, Terry Allen-esque folk instrumentation, Rawlins paints a world of cornfields that become desolate oceans at dusk, of shadowy cities, and of love lost to a dream like longing — all filtered through the lens of a songwriter quietly observing from 30,000 feet above, and decades removed from childhood.
The album’s first single, “After Dark,” is released today September 12. “I started with the idea of ‘flyover’ as a concept," Rawlins says, “but it grew into something more emotional. It’s not just the Midwest being flown over — it’s about people being passed over, forgotten, left behind. There’s a quiet ache to that. And I think a lot of folks have felt it, especially in the past few years.” The concept of Flyover has roots going back as far as 2019, when some of the earliest songs were written, even before Rawlins released his debut.
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Halley Neal is an award-winning folk singer and songwriter whose music radiates warmth, positivity, and peace. Based in Boston by way of Nashville, Halley blends lyrical, heartfelt songwriting with soaring vocals and vibrant, bluegrass-inspired instrumentation. Often performing alongside her trio of upright bass and fiddle, her live shows are intimate, uplifting experiences that highlight her honest lyrics and effortlessly expressive voice.
A rising presence in the Americana and folk scenes, Halley has toured nationally, performing in listening rooms and folk venues across the country. She has graced the stages of major festivals including the Kerrville Folk Festival, Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Among her career highlights, Halley has opened for and shared the stage in a duet performance with Grammy-winning artist Sara Bareilles - an experience that reflects both her talent and growing recognition in the contemporary folk world.
Following the success of her critically acclaimed 2022 album Beautiful and Blue, Halley's next full-length record, Letter for a Friend, is out today September 12th. 2025. Written as a collection of personal letters to the people who have shaped, influenced, and inspired her, the album was recorded in Nashville and reflects her most intimate and narrative-driven work to date. The project is a concept record titled Letter For a Friend. "Every track on the album is written as a letter to someone who has deeply influenced or impacted my life - it's a very personal and intentional collection of songs that I’m really excited to share with the world," she shares.
Halley further confides, "Do you ever think about the words left unsaid — texts we don’t send, letters we never write? Letter For a Friend grew from that question, and from a song I wrote for my oldest friend, Emily, reflecting on the ways she shaped my life. Each track on the album is a letter — to friends, loved ones, strangers, even to myself — capturing gratitude, memory, and the courage it takes to speak the words that matter. Though deeply personal, the album is universally human, a reminder that connection transforms both the giver and the receiver. Letter For a Friend is an invitation to reach out, to honor the people who’ve changed us, and to never wait for the perfect moment to say what’s in your heart — to just say it now."
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With “Gotta Get Out”, At Baron Lane kicks off their new EP Trilogie - an energetic, short, and punchy track that immediately grabs you with driving guitars and saxophone hooks. The song has clear ska-punk influences and feels like a mix between Madness and The Clash, yet the unmistakable indie sound of At Baron Lane still shines through. Trilogie is released today September 12 2025.
At Baron Lane is a four-piece indie band from around Zürich (up to Lachen SZ). Since the release of their debut album “in Paradise”, which they celebrated in 2019 at Amboss Rampe Zürich, the band has continuously refined their songwriting and successfully tested it live at countless concerts. The quartet has performed at venues such as Schüür Luzern, Exil Club Zürich, and Werk21 at Dynamo Zürich. With their single “Future-Men”, released in June 2025, the band has already gained airplay on various indie radio stations both in Switzerland and internationally.
The EP Trilogie features the first three tracks from the upcoming concept album “The Cause”, which At Baron Lane will release at the end of October 2025. The album tells the story of a fictional revolutionary named Lenny, who seeks a way out of the bureaucratic system of our society and gathers a following around him. Whether he will succeed in making a change remains to be seen.
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