Artist Spotlight
Red Grace – The Time
Fuelled by sultry grooves and old-school rock n’ roll, Edmonton’s Red Grace is dropping their latest single “The Time.” The track was created as the opening theme song for an independent podcast called “A STO Life: Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outages,” a show highlighting the “underdogs” in society amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The message of the hard rock tune is simply “Time is a constant so don’t waste it” and reinvigorates the golden rule, do unto others as… you know the rest.
The track rips with its live-off-the-floor punk rock recording style, utilizing face-melting riffs, a bit of slide guitar, rhythmic bass, and warpath drumming. Red Grace also throws in some three-part vocal harmonies to make the track feel huge. It’s a song for partying but also realizing you have to make the most out of life.
“Life passes us by in the blink of an eye and you want your time remembered as a positive contribution to the world,” Red Grace says of the message of the song.
Red Grace takes its name from the feeling of every one of their tracks—loud and abrasive (with the recordings usually peaking at the red) but also having moments of sweet graceful reprieve. Each member has been playing in various projects since high school, but always finds a way to make music together. Red Grace is a more recent collaboration after the group’s past band, Ravensword called it quits.
The members of Red Grace like to keep it fresh and strive to release a new rock n’ roll offering every few months, so keep your ears and eyes peeled.
Artist Spotlight
SweetCandy! reveals the truth behind new release “ISOLATED DISPOSITION”
SweetCandy! latest release of “ISOLATED DISPOSITION,” a single that doesn’t just talk but also confesses, opens up a very open space. The song was written right after a fight, and it has a lot of emotional baggage that most artists would be too scared to show. SweetCandy! doesn’t give up, it pushes all the way in.
“ISOLATED DISPOSITION” is how isolating it feels to be alone and not understood. But instead of blaming others, the story looks inward and reveals a deeper truth, being alone can often be a choice. The song gets to the point, shutting down only makes the emotional distance between us and others bigger.
There isn’t any effort to make things better or hide the pain, SweetCandy! talks openly about how hard it is to want to be understood while also keeping things that would help people understand you. A lot of people who hear it will know right away that it doesn’t make sense.
“ISOLATED DISPOSITION” seems like a turning point in the end. It shows that people are ready to be more responsible, grow, and be honest with each other in the future. SweetCandy! makes it clear that being open about your feelings isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s the way to be truly seen in a world where it can feel dangerous to do so.
Artist Spotlight
Shweta Harve sings of love that stands strong like a Tree on “Have You Loved Like a Tree?”
Shweta Harve’s latest release, “Have You Loved Like a Tree?” gently prompts listeners to reflect on how we think about love today. She uses a tree as a metaphor to show that love is stable, patient, and unchanging, rather than short-lived or performative.
Harve takes listeners to a place where they can think about their own experiences and the emotional truths they share with others. At its most basic level, the song is about unconditional love, love that gives without expecting anything in return, protects without being seen, and is always there even when you don’t see it.
The lyrics say, “Just like a tree, I will never fold / I will only give, endure, and grow / I’ll hold you close, I’ll let you go,” which is the heart of the song. Harve paints love as something that endures through storms, distance, and silence, just as trees endure through changing seasons. That picture has a quiet power that stays with you long after the song is over.
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