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Norwegian singer and songwriter Anna of the North delivers a brand new single, "Waiting For Love", out now via Play It Again Sam. Produced by Sebastian Furrer (COBRAH, Avicii) the track has Anna’s signature ethereal and dreamlike sound written all over it - pure halcyon pop - with her sweet vocals painting the picture of love felt deeply, and for love lost.
Anna’s music has been widely synced across TV and film over the years, most recently in Norwegian film Dancing Queen in Hollywood, the sequel to 2023’s multi-award winning Dancing Queen. Several Anna of the North songs soundtrack the film, including this new single ‘Waiting For Love’ - her music plays an integral part in the storyline. Additionally, you might catch the singer’s cameo in the movie… which is out now in theatres.
“Waiting for love has been in my demo folder for way too long. It’s been my favorite little indie-pop-song for a while, so I'm excited to share it with the world. It’s about that one time someone came into my life, lovebombed me, and left as quick as they entered. Like 1 day ago I didn’t know who you were and now my life is broken.”
Over the years Anna of the North has received critical acclaim for her albums Lovers (2017), Dream Girl (2019) and Crazy Life (2022), gaining support from the likes of Billboard, Vogue, London Standard, i-D, FADER, NME and so many more. Her sound has transcended all around the world, generating a total of 550M+ streams. Anna’s music has earned her a Norwegian Grammy for single "Dream Girl", alongside co-signs and collaborations with the likes of Tyler The Creator, Frank Ocean, Steve Lacy, Dua Lipa and G-Eazy.
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Beloved alternative folk band The Paper Kites have announced their seventh studio album, ‘If You Go There, I Hope You Find It’, arriving on January 23rd via Nettwerk Music Group. To herald the announcement they’ve shared their brand new single “Every Town,” available now on all streaming platforms.
The Paper Kites have a gift for crafting tender, emotionally rich songs, and "Every Town" is no exception. It’s a sweet, melancholic reflection on love that lingers, even when everything else changes. With their signature soft melodies and heartfelt lyrics, the song captures that quiet ache of someone who’s always with you, no matter how far you roam or how much time passes. There's a warmth in the sadness, like a memory you don't want to lose, even if it hurts a little.
‘If You Go There, I Hope You Find It’ features the band’s recent single “When The Lavender Blooms,” recorded at Melbourne’s legendary Sing Sing Studios and mixed by multi-Grammy Award winner Jon Low (Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Gracie Abrams). Intimate and achingly reflective, the album is guided by a longing for connection, simplicity, and emotional clarity. Rooted in themes of nature, healing, and hope, each track unfolds like a whispered conversation, offering comfort in its vulnerability and calm in its sincerity. As it explores moments of change, introspection, and the beauty of imperfection, the record remains anchored in the band’s signature atmospheric sound. There’s a quiet familiarity that runs through the album, carrying a sense of return, or of arriving at a place that feels like home, both within and beyond yourself.
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Professor Yaffle's forthcoming album Everyone Wants to Dream, due for release on Violette Records anytime now in September 2025. This Liverpool collective, led by Lee Rogers, has crafted something rather special - a collection of songs that maps the territory of middle age with remarkable honesty and craft. Following previous album releases Cosmic Lullabies, A Brand New Morning, Moments of Clarity and Let There Be Light, this feels like their most focused and expansive work yet.
The album turns on Everton Brow - that unremarkable Liverpool elevation offering the city's finest view. Rogers returns to it repeatedly throughout these eight tracks, using it as both literal place and metaphorical perch from which to survey memory, purpose, and the peculiar sensation that time is somehow accelerating while offering fewer clear destinations.
'Lost in a Dream (On Everton Brow)' weaves together lyrics Rogers wrote at eighteen with newly composed music. 'Everyone Wants to Dream' confronts the disorientation that arrives when children grow and one's role shifts. 'On Top of the World' becomes what Rogers calls 'a stoned love letter to Liverpool' - honest about intent, specific in its references.
The album's cover - a striking Karl Hughes archive photograph of a policeman surveying Liverpool from Everton Brow in 1979 - captures something essential about the record: that those who maintain order might dream the biggest dreams of all. This is Professor Yaffle's first release with Violette Records, marking the beginning of a collaboration that feels both natural and inevitable - two Liverpool entities who've circled each other for years before finding their moment.
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