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Today artist and producer Austel (Annie Rew Shaw) returns with her soul-stirring new single ‘Hotel Room Window View’. The track is here ahead of her upcoming headline show this Friday (20th) at The Harrison in Kings Cross and a brand new album on the way in June.
Nostalgic and sun-soaked, ‘Hotel Room Window View’ is a delicate offering that gently builds and blossoms into something beautifully expansive. Originally inspired by a dream, the track is an opportunity to reflect and evoke introspection. Sharing more, Austel explained; ‘This song is based on a surreal dream. I was trapped in this place I thought I wanted to be - on the surface, it was beautiful, but underneath, the woodwork was rotten, the view not so great, the company even less so.
I wrote it during the 2020 lockdown when I was back in Devon - being in my childhood hometown resulted in revisiting lots of forgotten/buried memories, alongside distance from my London life and some of the chaotic relationships I’d been embroiled in. It weaves into memories from being a teenager, early experiences of intimacy that never sat quite right, a loss of innocence, and how echoingly heartbreaking that can be - even years later when you’ve gained some perspective on it all.’
‘Hotel Room Window View’ is taken from Austel’s forthcoming second album ‘Mirror To Mine’ which will be out later this year, on the 5th of June. Listeners can expect a meticulously crafted record that looks to be a significant milestone in Austel’s rise, marking great progression. Self-produced, the album presents a gorgeous display of ethereal alt-folk, anchored in nylon-string guitar, subtle ensemble arrangements and evocative, delicately placed field recordings.
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Following a year of growing national momentum and a steady stream of acclaimed releases, Gothenburg-based multi-instrumentalist Telos Vision (the alias of Teodor Boogh) returns with his most explosive collaboration to date. Out March 18 via Icons Creating Evil Art, the new single — featuring Goatman, founder of the masked psych-rock phenomenon GOAT — marks the final release before Telos Vision’s second full-length album Decisions, arriving April 24.
Where recent singles from Decisions have explored introspection, intimacy, and emotional nuance, this latest track leans into something more visceral. Gnarly fuzz guitars, wild saxophone bursts, and even an epic triangle collide in a raw, high-energy meeting between two distinct but spiritually aligned sonic worlds.
“This song is a collaboration with the founder of the mighty, masked rock band GOAT – Goatman,” says Boogh. “I helped the band build their new studio, and in return I asked for a feature. I love GOAT, and I often look to their music for inspiration. So it feels special to get the gnarly fuzz, wild saxophone and epic triangle on one of my songs. The lyrics comment on the way it feels arguing with some people – just like you’re arguing with a wall.”
The track captures that exact frustration — the circular, immovable tension of trying to break through to someone who won’t budge — and transforms it into a surging, psychedelic rock statement. It’s Telos Vision at his most outward-facing and sonically bold, without losing the emotional core that defines his songwriting.
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Hot on the heels of lead single “Donnie Takes The Bus” cracking the Top 40 at AAA radio, Fantastic Cat returns today with “Elevator,” a piercing take on class warfare, existential dread, and late stage capitalism that’s way more fun than a song this dark has any right to be. Mixed by D. James Goodwin (Goose, Kevin Morby, The Hold Steady), the track marks the final preview of the band's third studio album, Cat Out Of Hell, which releases April 10 via Missing Piece Records.
"Everybody at the bottom wants a shortcut. Everybody at the top wants to pull the ladder up behind them," says Fantastic Cat's Anthony D'Amato. "'Elevator' is a reflection on commercialism and class consciousness at a time when every aspect of our lives (our bodies, our privacy, our attention) is up for sale. Politics, religion, Elvis, this one’s got it all!”
Produced by the band, Cat Out Of Hell elevates Fantastic Cat's trademark blend of craftsmanship and chaos to new sonic heights, capturing the freewheeling, lightning in a bottle energy of their must-see live show and channeling it into a ramshackle house party full of desperate romantics and barstool philosophers.
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