Ryan Beatty opens his latest album with an ending. The singer’s 12-track Dreaming of David (released earlier this year) greets listeners with “In the End,” a binaural narrative on rising waves of warm electronics with lyrics of intimacy and isolation. Beatty’s voice transforms until the last syllable—soaring, supporting, moving—but when the track comes to its end, seamless production steps the sonic profile into the next song. It’s …
From LA-based Slow Hollows’ highly anticipated new album, lead single “Get Along” beguiles with dizzying beauty. An earnest message underscores the lyrics, delivered with quiet wonder by lead singer Austin Anderson. He and Slow Hollows bandmate Daniel Fox produced the track, along with additional composition from Björn Yttling (of Peter Björn and John). The American Millennial-directed music video counterbalances the mundane with the magical—often through …
With gently tiptoeing cinematography by Jacob “Kuba” Bossa, the video for “Hell” by LA-based Slow Hollows offers an intimate glimpse at the magic of music stripped to its minimum. Recorded live in Sherman Oaks, the song features lead singer Austin W Anderson (fka Austin Feinstein) pouring forth soul and unfiltered emotion through one continuous take, set beside nothing more than a lamp and a steaming …
