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Our Violet Transports Fans to Romantic Hideaway With New Folk Single “Secrets”

Denver artist Our Violet Room – aka Matthew Birch – is preparing to release his next single “Secrets” on September 24. Filled with gentle acoustic strumming and hauntingly beautiful harmonies, the song pairs perfectly beside Birch’s previous single, “Winter,” which is featured on FreeForm’s popular show Good Trouble. “Secrets” was inspired by Bon Iver and early Coldplay records, two artists who Birch is commonly compared to because of his alternative folk sound that reveals raw emotion through vocal and lyrical presentation. New Zealand pop artist Estella Dawn also features on the single, bringing in her delicate vocals to complement Birch’s tones. As a talented musician with a unique and melodic command, subtlety, and range, the multi-genre artist remains driven to shed light on the conversations that matter in today’s time and age. Often compared to icons such as Adele, Billie Eilish, Pink, and Hayley Williams, to name a few, Estella continues to impress listeners with unique musical compositions and stunning vocals, crafting her own position in the world of music.

A blend of romance and adventure, “Secrets” feels like the touch of wholesome love that the world is desperately craving. The song at its core is about “being with someone you love, and knowing secrets that only you two share,” says Birch. While a listener’s first thought may be to escape on a jet to a secluded island with their lover, the underlying essence of the single reminds them that their relationship – late dinners, walking the dog, sitting on the couch together – is the real prize. As the seasons change and the world faces new challenges, people turn to music for relief. Birch has poured genuineness and graciousness into “Secrets” to make it not only a relief, but also an escape for fans looking for the magic in music.

Fans can stream “Secrets” everywhere on September 24.

A deep love of movie scores and the composers that made them alongside an admiration and passion for folk music is the base of the music that Birch creates under the moniker Our Violet Room. An “indie singer-songwriter with a cinematic twist”, Birch got his musical start in 2018 by playing SoFar Sound shows – first in Denver but soon all over the world. A humble story of overcoming depression, working hard, and diving headfirst into his dream, Birch only has one goal…. to make thoughtful, well-made, emotional art that inspires his listeners and causes them to feel. His music has been compared to the likes of Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, and Coldplay for its lush atmosphere, emotional lyrics, and cinematic arrangements and has quickly launched his music career with two songs featured on FreeForm’s Good Trouble series and two songs featured in a Magnolia feature film. “Making movie scores has been a dream of mine and to look at each song as a little movie score has been a great way of creating,” says Birch. Thus far in his career, Birch has released two EPs – Our Violet Room and the live EP Loss and Death in Winter – alongside a handful of singles. Mixing folk and cinematic soundscapes seem to be working for the emerging artist as his songs have a combined 80K+ streams. “ I don’t go for cool or hip, I go for what moves me.”

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Twisted Linguistics and Dana D. float between realms in new single “Sometimes”

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Amid a world of disposable hooks and songs gone before the lifetime of the fly, Twisted Linguistics gives you something else, something deeper in their new single, “Sometimes.” Here, on a single with the spellbinding Dana D. and Midwest underground piano virtuoso Mesh One, the track heals and hovers in your chest long after the last note has fallen away. “Sometimes” felt like a hushed revelation. Piano work by Mesh One forms the heart and soul of the song, stitching together a sonic landscape that feels equal parts sentimental and forward-thinking. It’s that kind of song that hooks you in immediately, like an old photograph you forgot you were meant to remember.

Then there is Dana D., breezing in with a chorus that sounds almost otherworldly. Her touch beings floating in delicate, aching, angelic heads of sound, a mist that encircles your thoughts. It’s haunting in the best way, like the voice of a dream you can’t remember. Twisted Linguistics, whose earthbound lyrics yank the listener down to earth with a voice that’s lived-in, knowing, and unafraid of service for the sake of the in-between. His delivery is consistently, quietly, unsentimentally truthful, the sort of storytelling that doesn’t run begging for attention and commands it nonetheless. There’s a nice tension here that works wonderfully, the supernatural versus the earthly, the seen versus the felt.

The push and pull makes “Sometimes” an experience you feel and remember. “Sometimes” is remarkable, above all, for its refusal to be pinned down. It’s available without being cheap. Emotional without being heavy-handed. But Twisted Linguistics and company aren’t just producing music, they’re making moments that make you stop, breathe, and think. With this song, Twisted Linguistics further crafts an inimitable aesthetic of their own, something that explores vulnerability, memory, and the imperfect humanity in which it was born. “Sometimes” is a number of things and a quiet triumph.

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“Farthest Thing” brings Andy Branton’s soul to the surface

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With his newest single, “Farthest Thing,” Andy Branton filters those long miles and backroad ruminations into a slow-burning, emotionally raw track that digs in deep. From the dive bars of West Alabama to the uninterrupted drone of Kentucky roadways, Andy Branton’s life plays like a decades-old pocket paperback filled with smoke-filled rooms, late nights, and the kind of yarns you just can’t shake. The guitar work of Branton, who ground it out for years in country and rock & roll bands, sits not just below the lyrics but breathes alongside them.

There’s a weariness to it, but there’s also resilience. Each chord sounds lived-in, like an old truck that’s down on its luck but cranks over every morning. “Farthest Thing” is a bare-bones confession, drenched in the southern soil and real-life spirit. Branton’s voice is the voice of experience, not life with lost love or empty promises, but that kind of thoughtful soul-searching that can only be done alone on a dark stretch of road, somewhere between where you’ve been and where you’re going. What sets “Farthest Thing” apart from its counterparts isn’t only the craftsmanship. The delivery carries the burden of untold stories.

Stories gathered through years of playing in smoke-filled bars, from talking at 2 a.m. at gas stations to watching the world change through a bug-streaked windshield. Andy Branton doesn’t write songs as much as he catalogs moments. “Farthest Thing” is evidence of that. It’s a track that seizes your attention slowly like a friend telling you some truth after many months of silence. Andy Branton’s “Farthest Thing” With a storyteller’s heart beating in time with country blues and a rock and roll edge, Andy Branton is bringing some stirring vibes to the folk format, and “Farthest Thing” is one of those songs you return to when you need something real.

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