Tag: ‘Fairytales’ By Dame Zina: A Sonic Journey Through Magic

Jacob and the Starry Eyed Shadows’ “Racing on the Back Straight.”

The latest from Jacob and the Starry Eyed Shadows, “Racing on the Back Straight,” performs a fantastic trick: it dresses up a full-blown existential crisis in its summer best and sends it to the beach. This Glasgow solo architect, Jacob, has constructed a Trojan horse of a track, all propulsive indie rock guitars and a pop-punk chorus so immediate it feels like you’ve known...

The Civil War Within: Elena C. Lockleis’s “Mind – Vs. – Heart.”

Listening to Elena C. Lockleis’s new single, “Mind - Vs. - Heart,” feels like witnessing a civil war fought entirely within a single nervous system. The sound is an intimate knot of pop architecture, the kind Julia Michaels patents in her sleep, where a confession arrives not as a ballad but as a skittish, rhythm-driven pulse. You feel the frantic heartbeat right there in...

Dame Zina Weaves Electronic Pop With Folklore In Their Enchanting ‘Fairytales’

Father Daughter, or Dame Zina, in short, is an enticing electronic pop group. Their initial debut album, “Emerald Eyes,” dates back to 2020, and they...