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Forgot How To Breathe: Kayla Friend longs for that sweet kiss again on valentine’s day

Posted on 1 February 2023

Witnessing that torn page and reminiscing for a tender touch to change the day, Kayla Friend propels us through the lonesome nights and sings with such an affectionate beauty on valentine’s day.

Experienced in both the desert and the big city life, Kayla Friend is a Hemet, California-born indie singer-songwriter who appears to have the resourceful tendencies needed to succeed.

In some strange culmination of recent events, Kayla Friend’s valentine’s day is an accurate representation of our current world. There is so much love to give. Some would say endless. Somehow however something is off like a cruel game is being played on those who crave a genuine touch. In a sometimes meaningless and plastic time for humanity, this is the sad reality when the heart gets broken too many times.

valentine’s day from the San Antonio-based creative Kayla Friend is such a sweetly-toned track to rid all worries away into the closet. Helping us heal with a true story, this is a hold-me-tight-single for anyone feeling rather let down. Reminding us to go back into the moment and appreciate the love, no matter how short the kiss was.

Love can be harsh sometimes after all.

Hear this fine song on Spotify. See more on the IG music page.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

We Lost The Magic: Really Low looks for the mental fortitude on ‘LYS’

Posted on 22 May 2021

Taken off his debut EP called ‘Bexarly Makin It‘, Really Low leads us into a past relationship that has slowly faded away from what it was on ‘LYS‘.

Really Low is a thoughtful San Antonio, Texas hip-hop artist. He puts together that true life soundtrack that simmers in hot with real scenes, that makes you think so deeply inside your perspective.

You feel his message so far into your mind, as you relate to this story of when you were with someone that needed to find that inner boost themselves. Your relationship was going well but then something came up that left you bitterly disappointed with their actions — as the uncertain inner soul started to shatter the bond — like a fragile glass window being hit suddenly by a brick.

His rhymes are slick and well-constructed — his reflective tone has you listening so carefully — he spreads his flow like a wave in the washy sea, as you nod your head and admire his rap style.

‘LYS‘ from the emerging San Antonio, Texas hip-hop artist Really Low, is that true story of being with someone that doesn’t love themselves yet for some reason. Eventually the worrying insecurities gets too much and starts to make you nervous too. At the end of the day, they need to learn self-love as you really need this for your hearts to fully mesh together and be one strong team forever.

Stream this deep track on Spotify and see more release news on IG.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Chris Lopez Band rock the house down with ‘Enemy Inside’

Posted on 19 August 2020

Chris Lopez Band fires in with a powerful self-reflective rock ballad for the ages on ‘Enemy Inside‘.

Chris Lopez has been a full-time working musician in the San Antonio music scene for over 10 years and is one of the most recognized artists around. Packed up with his awesome band, the quality of music is high on the agenda.

With an awesome start, the solos get the crowd going as the band get into gear. The vocals soon flow through the mic and I start swaying around. This is powerful rock music from the heart and all about trying to defeat the enemy within and not to be too hard on yourself. If you can find this peace then you are halfway there. You can’t ever be truly happy unless you can look at the mirror and smile. Life is too short for anything else.

Stream here on YouTube for powerful rock ballads to get your day started.

Head through to the Facebook band page for live gig info.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Miklow And Xolow Deliver Intense New Single  

Posted on 30 October 2017

Sometimes it isn’t about breaking new ground, sometimes it is satisfying enough to go over familiar territory but just focus, intensify, distill, in short make it better. And that is what Miklow and Xolow do with their latest single For What. Yes, we find ourselves pretty much in a comfort zone here, the sort of vibe and sound that forms the central core of the modern rap experience, but rarely have those words and beats been delivered with such ferocity, such vitriol and such world weary passion.

They manage to balance the questioning and underdog view of life with an optimism, a reminder that things can always improve and then they bolt that onto the most infectious chorus you have heard in a long time. There is a move in urban music these days to head into more progressive territory, to subvert the form and try to create something boundary pushing and new. What Miklow and Xolow realise is that those boundaries can only expand for so long before the whole thing bursts and collapses in on itself. When that happens they will be standing proud having captured the centre ground for themselves.