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Portuguese Singer Songwriter

Jack Orlove’s Gospel of Peace’ Why We Fight?’ Ft the Santa Cruz Chapel Choir, Breaks the Silence Permitting Conflict

Posted on 1 December 2024

With a voice capable of commanding your heart, body, and soul into standing to attention, Jack Orlove’s hymnal triumph, Why We Fight?, delivers a sermon for peace that seduces the doors of perception wide open.

Featuring the Santa Cruz Chapel Choir, this introspectively transcendent anthem strips away any sense of reservation, replacing it with the sheer mesmerism of Orlove’s gruff-in-all-the-right-places, euphonic-in-the-rest vocal register. If anyone can challenge Hozier’s reign, it’s Orlove, whose tour de force transforms a plea for unity into gospel that transcends mere lyricism.

Born out of the uncertainty and brutality of modern times, Why We Fight? is a call to arms for pacifism, set against the stark reminder that for all our innovations, we are still plagued by the primal carnage of war.

The accompanying music video echoes these themes, offering a sobering reflection on how leadership and decisions can lead us astray from what truly matters. Orlove challenges us to choose love, peace, and understanding over division and struggle. With Why We Fight?, he stands poised at the vanguard of a revolution for unity.

Stream the official music video for Why We Fight, which has already racked up over 121k streams since its debut on November 7th, on YouTube now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Revel in the artfully crafted resonance of J.MYSTERY’s indie pop exploration of heartbreak, Reverie

Posted on 8 September 2024

The ethereal indie pop enigma, J.MYSTERY, struck again with the sublimity in his latest single, Reverie, which launched on August 9th and sonically delivered exactly what it says on the titular tin.

Diaphanous notes of the finger-picked guitars lead you into a séance of melancholic reflection which builds into a soundscape that crescendos through swells of reverb-drenched synths, enveloping the evocative Elbow-esque timbre of J.MYSTERY’s weighted with aching emotion harmonies.

The meditation on the heartache which follows a connection fraying at the seams epitomises hopeless romanticism while revolutionising the heartfelt indie ballad with a depiction of how yearning often entwines with fantasy as you attempt to reconcile with the isolation.

The Portuguese singer-songwriter’s cultivated approach to synthesising alt-rock, electronica and atmospheric pop has culminated in a loyal army of fans who revel in the artfully crafted resonance. In an oversaturated scene, he’s reigning supreme by weaving his heartstrings through his melodies. Even more reverence undoubtedly awaits the alt-indie pioneer as he charts a path through innovative, authentic expression.

Stream Reverie on Spotify now and follow J.MYSTERY on Facebook and Instagram.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

J.MYSTERY granted the permission to ‘Breakdown’ in the ethereal catharsis of his artfully raw alt-electronica score.

Posted on 9 November 2023

‘Breakdown’ is the latest innovatively polished and artfully raw electronica score by the Portuguese virtuoso and genre-melding alchemist, J.MYSTERY, who has garnered an accoladed reputation over the last few years with his command over ethereal ingenuity.

After a strong yet wavy reminiscence of John Grant in the intro which puts J.MYSTERY’s honey-timbered croons atop oscillating synthesised turbulence, echoes of the darkest Arctic Monkeys album start to manifest in the reverberance before the single veers into intersections of atmospheric soul, which will captivate any fans of Hozier and George Ezra.

Given the strength of his discography, crafting his most powerful single to date was no easy feat, but inspired by the grief shared with his wife following the sorrow of a miscarriage, J.MYSTERY found the necessity to extol the virtues of breaking down and refusing to listen to ‘be strong’ commands. Unless your soul is cast in stone, you’ll find tears to shed over this overwhelmingly vulnerable release.

Breakdown was officially released on September 29; sink into the soulful avant-garde electronica by heading over to Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast