Music
Swimming Pool’s debut single “Calling” echoes like a dream at dawn
The new duo out of The Hague Swimming Pool arrives on its debut single, “Calling,” with a calm that quiets a room and insists upon its own intimacy. There is a certain magic in restraint, and Swimming Pool appears to know it all too well. “Calling” is a lo-fi ballad that exists between night and morning, between silence and sound, and between genre and mood. Built upon bowed bass lines moaning like distant sound and spare electronics that feel barely there, the track cleverly nods at minimalism without ever feeling empty.
But what lingers is the vocal harmony, which is fragile and timid and covered in just the right layer of reverb to make it feel as though it’s coming from behind glass. There’s vulnerability here that falls in on you, like a cold light through the windowpane. Swimming Pool falls between post-rock’s atmospheric sprawl and experimental pop’s fractured beauty. “Calling” grows around the choruses quietly. The song suggests the weight and softness of early hours, with soft-hearted, heavy thoughts, and the whole world slowed down more felt than seen.
But the most notable thing about “Calling” is how secure it is in quiet. It’s a debut that doesn’t feel the need to prove itself. Rather, it allows you to get closer and lean in with each repetition. You don’t listen to this track as much as inhabit it. As initial statements go, “Calling” says a lot about where Swimming Pool could potentially be headed, and that’s into the atmospheric, emotionally complex terrain, where the atmosphere and the feeling do all the talking. This is headphone music for windows streaked with rain, headphone music for empty rooms, headphone music for letting go.
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Amanda Fagan unveils lost love and regret on latest release “Forever Yearn”
Amanda Fagan‘s latest release, “Forever Yearn,” is a tragic love story of pride, lost opportunity, and the harrowing knowledge that some mistakes can never be undone. A young couple at heart, wild and almost in love, but whose pride prevents the relationship from flowering. Their story doesn’t end with seeing what went wrong. It hurts more because you don’t see it for years.
“It’s a song about breaking cycles, but the characters are caught in the consequences of their choices. They learn from their mistakes, but knowledge cannot change the past. What remains is the longing for each other, which gives the song its emotional weight and its title, “Forever Yearn.”
Inspired by Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, the song feels like a love story that never gets old. Fagan’s premise blends regret and longing, showing how pride can linger long after an alternative decision could have changed everything. So “Forever Yearn” is less about lost love than about two people wondering what might have been.
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iLLLACAT brings sharp bars and catchy production with latest release “Like Dat”
iLLLACAT drops “Like Dat,” a Hip-Hop cut with punchy production, percussion, and synths that give the record movement. Bookie comes on the track and sets the tone immediately with the hard lines, “Get out of my face with the gas, we’re on the chase for the cash, if you’re moving fake I’ll pass, I’ll pack it, and I’ll put it in a bag.” The delivery is right there in the money, the movement, and staying away from anything fake.
The production leaves plenty of space to land those words. Percussion powers the track with synths adding another layer to the beat, a backdrop for the straight-up vocal approach. “Like Dat” maintains tight energy and, instead of overcomplicating its message, lets the verses do the work in terms of personality.
The line, “Steady making money while smoking a pain killer” provides another memorable moment and an insight into the attitude that runs throughout the record. iLLLACAT brings us “Like Dat”, a pure hip-hop joint with Bookie on the track. A catchy production that stays sharp, an assertive voice, memorable lines, and enough rhythmic punch to keep the record moving.
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