TV – The Returned (Aly, Walk With Me)
If you haven’t seen it yet – it’s one of the latest imports for British television audiences, this time from France – The Returned (“Les Revenants” – literally, “the ones who came back”). After The Killing and The Bridge it feels like we’re in a 90s / 00s out-of-control ”The” bands names frenzy (The Vines, The … Read more
ETML – Bind Me
When I found out last week that ETML is 18, my “is that a new Disclosure track?” reaction on first listen felt somewhat vindicated. ETML is a similarly talented dance music producer, writer and singer born in the 1990s – and the comparisons were inevitable. An undeniable and irresistible summer club track, as accessible as Disclosure’s “White Noise … Read more
Hannah Cohen – The Crying Game
“Hannah Cohen is an American singer-songwriter”, says Google. Factual, yes, but doesn’t even come close to doing her justice. The first words that come to mind on hearing her voice are, for me, delicate, vulnerable, sincere, tentative – as though she’s fearful of even breathing the words that express the intense longing and sadness she’s trying so hard to … Read more
