the next great american novelist @ cancelled plans continued | night i
We are floored by the talent The Next Great American Novelist brought to the camera on Thursday night. What do you think? (Tip them here!)
jessie hyde, “charity”
French songstress Jessie Hyde brings a certain sense of charm to her work. This rings true for her latest track “Charity,” a smooth as honey track, quirkily specific and wonderfully darling. Lyrics like “look at the sign on the wall / this ain’t a fuckin’ charity” make us laugh when we remember that she is just now dipping her toe into the music world. Her past life in tech and biochemistry definitely doesn’t feed her creative ability, so learning about such an incredible facet of her personality in addition to her sheer genius is pretty impressive.
We’re smitten with this track. Check it out below, and there’s a 77% chance you will be too!
Keep up with Jessie Hyde here.
ili, “breath”
We’ve been craving a pop gem to play on repeat during our weekends. Why? Because the weekends are feeling less like weekends… we need to reinstate the party mentality so that we can transition back into our post-apocalyptic every day eventually. (Very far down the road.)
While we wait ever-so-impatiently to change our landscape, we should dance it out to ili. Her new track “Breath” is an absolute banger, something we are definitely going to prep to dance to when the clubs open back up. But until then, we might just be bumping this while we dance in our rooms, craft in the dining room, or drink copious amounts of water to stay hydrated and sane!
Keep up with ili here.
merritt gibson, “breaking down”
If you’re looking for a song to absolutely lose your shit to, “Breaking Down” by Merritt Gibson is going to be the tearjerker of the week, if not the entire month. We’re hoping spring showers happen for us to be able to enjoy this one in its most raw form, but either way “Breaking Down” provides a soundscape to get lost inside.
Check it out below, and let us know what you think over on Facebook!
ocean alley, “hot chicken”
Recently, Ocean Alley premiered the music video for their track “Hot Chicken”. Needless to say, we’re huge fans. Directed, animated, and edited by Michael Askew, the video is absolutely entrancing, changing at musical cues to display different textures and landscapes, many to be left to the imagination. It has a bit of a psychedelic quality to it, which just heightens the effects of the track itself, with whirring guitar and attitude for days.
Check out the video below!
Keep up with Ocean Alley here.
broken bells, “good luck”
Broken Bells are tugging at our heartstrings in the new video for “Good Luck”, which is enveloped in passing glances at the mood of current times. As we contemplate the depth of the world’s collective depression, we consider “sunrise” and movement toward something bigger. Somehow, Broken Bells have been able to vocalize an emotion most of us can’t quite put our finger on. The visual does its best to emphasize those feelings, a contemplative child calling light to an examination of our deepest selves.
Who knew we would be doing that with music videos right now? This song and its accompanying music video are art in its highest form.
Keep up with Broken Bells here.
whitacre @ cancelled plans music festival 2020
On April 17, we hosted one of the most magnificent 9 hour marathons of live music practically ever. (That’s a bold claim, but challenge us!) Whitacre performed, people clapped from their sofas and beds, and this just proves we have to have an extended Whitacre tour once the world allows for it again. Check out the talent below!
sir sly, “all your love”
In true Sir Sly fashion, new track “All Your Love” brings a certain type of beauty out within its melancholy landscape. Listening to Landon’s voice does that to you most of the time, perhaps, because the delivery of each line is so riddled with obvious emotion. Though the new track has a very romantic title, don’t come looking for a love song with this particular single.
Discover what we mean with a listen below, and be sure to let us know what you think!
Keep up with Sir Sly here.
local nomad @ cancelled plans music festival 2020
Local Nomad gave us all the feels at Cancelled Plans Music Festival 2020. Not going to lie, it’s been wonderful hosting so many artists on our platform, and we want to continue to do so because of acts like this! Feel free to leave him a tip if you’re as chill as we are after that set.