Tag: Hopeless Optimism by Dylan Forshner

Bad Valentines Etch “Memory Tattoos” into Your Soul

Bad Valentines offer up their new EP, "Memory Tattoos," and these four songs arrived like a bundle of stubbornly persistent wildflowers pushing through cracked pavement. This Helsinki quintet, veterans of the Finnish indie scene, isn't peddling easy comforts; they’re dragging the raw, beautiful mess of existence into the flickering neon glow of their glam-punk-pop leanings. https://open.spotify.com/album/225MfCZIbTNTA5m9tOollK?si=CeZ8sF8qTwWuZ1dLciMy-g The EP itself feels like being buttonholed by someone with...

TwoBars

REAL NAME: Godfred Kwasi Owusu Boateng STAGE NAME: TwoBarsTwoBars is a Ghanaian record producer, voice-over artist and composer born on 4 April 1993 and specializes in Afro-pop, Hip hop, Afrobeats, R&B, Hiplife, Trap and Highlife. He completed his senior high education in Kumasi High School and furthered his education to achieve a B.A in Psychology & Adult Education from the University of Ghana, Legon. He is best known for...

The Emotional Arc of Dylan Forshner’s “Hopeless Optimism.”

Dylan Forshner's new EP, “Hopeless Optimism,” presents itself not so much as a collection of songs but as a series of candid diary entries...