Gwilym Gold: Flex

In this simple yet spellbinding 3D-rendered video (directed by visual artist and regular collaborator Eddie Peake) for Gwilym Gold’s track “Flex,” two characters have an intimate encounter that many are familiar with. But the ambiguity, paired with affection, offers a different, almost uneasy perspective. Inhabiting this seemingly empty fictitious space, Gwilym Gold build, layer by forlorn layer, harmonies and synths and percussive hits into a …

Thundercat: Them Changes

From Thundercat’s mini-album The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam (his first solo album since 2013’s Apocalypse, though he’s kept busy working on Kendrick Lamar’s last release and more) comes “Them Changes“—a track that blends an effortless groove with melancholy. While the story told through vocals is one of heartbreak, the squelching electric bass line and dark music video (which features a samurai battle inside …

City and Colour: Woman

Canada’s Dallas Green, the former Alexisonfire band member who now records under the moniker City and Colour, has released the lead single off of his upcoming album, If I Should Go Before You. “Woman” is a nine-minute love song set to dark, brooding rock—a departure from Green’s previous folk songwriting—that is as heartfelt as it is incredibly sexy, thanks to his pining falsetto.