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Doully Yang leaves memories ablaze in his jazzy blues pop debut, Burnt Notes

Burnt Notes is the debut single from the Boston, Massachusetts singer-songwriter and guitarist Doully Yang, who never looked back from his obsession with the fretboard mastery of Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Johnson, and Pat Martino. He used those ironically evocative licks to push himself into his songwriting career; the airwaves are infinitely more dulcet for it.

His signature style finds itself between the realms of blues, rock, and jazz; the colourful staccato chops lend themselves blissfully to melodicism as they act as the perfect accompaniment to his distinctively harmonic vocals, which ardently ring across the tranquil ease of the saturated delayed tones.

Burnt Notes is now available to stream on Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

 

Post-punk meets jazz blues in The Illucid’s defiantly protestive single, Stone Cold Soldier

Taken from their debut EP, Somebody Else, The Illucid’s jazzy post-punk standout single, Stone Cold Soldier, couldn’t have fallen onto our radar at a more sobering time. The catchy rock hooks from the British Indie band almost feel like an act of defiance in today’s chilling geopolitical climate.

On the basis of the frantic bluesy piano keys, the theatrical vocal lines and their ability to squeeze euphoria from darkness, The Illucid almost becomes the thinking man’s Nekrogoblikon while they deliver their Magazine-style enigmatic energy in the single that shames the cold inhumanity behind the eyes of stone-cold soldiers.

Not many bands can convince me that they’re worthy of seeing live with just one single, but the Illucid are easily one of the best outfits to come around since Melt Yourself Down. Get them on your radar.

Stone Cold Soldier is now available to stream on Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast