With a propellant alt-folk foundation and honest, articulate lyrics, “Holding This In” marks a strong return for Brooklyn-based recording artist Elijah Wolf. Co-written with Josh Jaeger and produced by Sam Cohen at his Accord, New York studio, the indelible single incorporates both sides of a conversation at the end of a relationship. It debuts with an equally transportive music video by Jonathan Graves.
Adam Melchor: Turnham Green Another dreamy alt-folk single from LA-based singer-songwriter Adam Melchor, “Turnham Green,” sets exquisite vocals on gently enveloping instrumentals. An official music video, directed by Francisco Covarrubias, transforms the track’s themes into metaphoric scenes. “‘Turnham Green’ is a song about listening to someone’s reason for hurting you, taking every step they took in your own mind and realizing you’ll never be able …
Accompanying the announcement of Irish multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Anna Mieke’s forthcoming, eight-song LP, Theatre (out 18 November), comes the mesmerizing single “For A Time.” The alt-folk track balances sensations both gentle and engulfing. “It’s a song of humid heat, burning summer, a pool,” says Mieke. “Rotting fruit, flies, the density of a greenhouse in August, carpeted stairs, a diving board. But also loss, and that …
