Last month was NZ Music Month 2020 and to celebrate, Base FM released a compilation album titled ‘Turn It Up 2020’. The compilation features some familiar names such as Scizzorhands, Kevin Posey, bKIDD, Sam V and introduced us to some incredible new ones.
The entire album is available for FREE download on Base FM’s Bandcamp page so if you’re digging the tracks like we are, click on the Bandcamp link below and add it to your collection.
After gracing the underground Wellington music scene with her debut single ‘Receipts’, Edera has created an enigma of atmospheric dream pop for her audience to crack. In her upcoming debut EP ‘Undo You’, which has dropped on all streaming platforms today. She has produced a body of work that is unique in its soundscape and lyrical journeys.
Combining the manipulation of found sound and swooping vocal harmonies, Edera forms a simultaneously haunting and naturalistic soundtrack that is somewhat evasive in its narrative. The four track EP documents her artistic individual evolution and is a conduit connection between her and her audience. The true beauty of the release resides in its ambiguity as it forces the listener to read between the lines, allowing for different perceptions and preserving the EP as a subjective art form in the mind of the listener.
Edera is the solo project of Leona Bradfield, a singer-songwriter based in Wellington. Bradfield is the founding member of Wellington indie rock outfit Siblings and was also a solo artist under her own name. After previously diving into the realm of solo material and having experience playing with bands, Bradfield is ready to dive headfirst into her new project, exploring sounds and emotions that have previously remained as uncharted territory for her. Influenced by the song-writing of Clairo, the vocal manipulations of FKA Twigs, and the bedroom pop scene in general, Edera has taken these influences and crafted her own unique sound. This along with her endeavours prior to the creation of Edera are what have fostered the works of her latest output and consequently remain the cornerstone of her artistry, culminating in her new EP ‘Undo You’.
Check out the EP here.
“More More More is a song about the experience I had of a long writers block, what drove it for me, and how I came out of it. To me it’s like the self-talk cycle in your head, the subconscious flicking between self-motivation and self-sabotage, when you’re making the decision to leave something that’s “safe” behind in pursuit of what really matters to you.”
Indigo is an emo kid who grew up to make sad-happy, bedroom-pop music. After a hiatus following the release of an EP in 2016, Indigo appeared out of thin air and skidded in to 2020 with “Running Wild” and “More More More”, the first two singles from her debut album (coming in December this year). With heartbreakingly relatable lyrics and uplifting melodies, Indigo is the emotional rollercoaster you’ll actually want to welcome into your life.
Listen Here: https://open.spotify.com/track/3BMRPtfJ9fsGSQeZ6T4Vs5 MORE MORE MORE by Indigo. Released April 2020. Lyric video by Yarden Elyashiv IG: @indigo....
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Avya is a Mangawhai-born, Auckland-based artist.
Her writing is honest, candid, sincere and narrated in a style reminiscent of CS Lewis. Her vocals are deep, complex, expressive, and beautifully untraditional in her debut EP, ‘Voicemail’.
‘Voicemail’ touches on a multitude of feelings that couldn’t have been communicated in a phone call. A relaying of events, and a piece of her heart that couldn’t be articulated with words alone.