This is a gorgeous album that we had the pleasure of receiving a couple of months back. For Beehive Candy this ticks so many positive boxes, therefore without any further words lets skip to the background and we hope you get to love at least some of these songs: Skep Wax Records are delighted to be teaming up with Slumberland Records (US) to release a new album from New York indiepop heroines (and hero) Jeanines, How Long Can It Last.
Over the course of nearly a decade making music, Alicia Jeanine and Jed Smith have charted a distinctive course through the history of pop, evoking influences as varied as the 60s folk of early Fairport Convention and Vashti Bunyan, the sunshine pop of Margo Guryan and Laura Nyro, and indiepop touchstones like Dear Nora, Marine Girls and Dolly Mixture.
The new album finds Jeanines grappling with themes of personal upheaval and self-excavation, adding weight to their finest set of songs yet. With Alicia’s lyrics incisively interrogating connections, ruptures, and time and its reverberations, songs like "Coaxed a Storm," "What's Done Is Done," and "On and On" combine rich melody with co-composer Jed’s crisp arrangements (along with contributions from longtime live show bassist Maggie Gaster) to stellar effect.
Where How Long Can It Last really shines is, as always, in the songs. While the themes are sometimes heavy, the melodies and harmonies are simply heavenly, elevating these economical songs to give each the feeling of a lost classic. From the first notes of opener "To Fail" to jaunty closer "Wrong Direction," this album announces itself as the work of a band in full command of their art (and craft).
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Mythology evokes images of gods, titans, demons, and beasts of every kind. Yet, it’s the spark of humanity that keeps us telling and retelling myths. It’s these stories of seduction, inheritance, and hubris that Nashville-based folk duo Haunted Like Human rekindle in the 14 songs on their third album American Mythology, out October 17th.
Since the release of 2021’s Tall Tales & Fables, Dale Chapman and Cody Clark have been refining their sound rather than departing from it.The result is a shapely set of songs that borrow from universal lore in order to reveal intimate truths. “I feel like it’s my background in fiction that really started us down the path of centering storytelling. It’s what I know and instinctually reach for, and we’ve found a way to make that a cornerstone of what we do,” says Chapman.
Take lead single “Married in Savannah,” out today June 27th. It’s a bittersweet folk-pop number about watching someone close to you change. The themes are universal whether describing a lover, a friend, or anyone else. “What a shame to see a wild thing be tamed,” Chapman sings, their voice akin to Florence Welch’s mezzo-soprano. Grounded in the context of Southern religion, the song offers rich details about the chapel’s blue stained glass and the groom “shining like his family name.”
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Lovely" is a song born from a rain-soaked silence — a tribute to the unseen, the abandoned, and the tender grace of those who keep believing in love, even when the world forgets their name.
At the heart of this piece is Lovely, a soul with a scarred past and gentle eyes, rescued not only from the storm but from the long ache of being unwanted. Diggersworld, a haven nestled in the quiet countryside, becomes more than a refuge — it becomes a poem of belonging. A place where weary paws find soft earth, and where trust, like spring, slowly blooms again.
This song is a lullaby for the broken, a homecoming hymn for all creatures who have waited too long. It's a reminder that every being — no matter how small, how weathered — deserves to be held, to be cherished, and to finally sleep without fear. "Lovely" is not just a song. It is a soft promise. A doorway. A wag of the tail in the dusk. A heartbeat that whispers: You’re safe now. You’re home.
Successes such as two top 50 songs in the German charts, four albums, international tours and the single "Liberty" as the official song of the Four Hills Tournament 2015/2016 made the German-American famous. Several songs have already found their way onto Spotify, Apple Music and TIDAL editorial playlists, and are featured by well-known tastemakers such as Alex Rainbird Music, Starbucks Playlists and Double J Music. In addition to his work as a musician, Michael Lane is currently also active as a songwriter for Production Music and as a music producer in his remote "Studio Waldblick“.
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