Tag: Issy Winstanley music

The Gothic Intimacy of “Necromancer” by She Becomes

She Becomes’ new single, “Necromancer”, has left me thinking less about music and more about the strange inscriptions one finds on very old gravestones. It’s a track that hangs in the air like November fog, built on guitars that feel like they’ve been dragged through damp, loamy soil and a bassline that has the coiled-up energy of a minor character in a Brontë novel,...

Through the Looking Glass: Whitmell’s “Crack in My Window” Reviewed

Allyson Whitmell's "Crack in My Window" arrived in my inbox, and honestly, my first thought was, "Is this the soundtrack to a particularly poignant cat food commercial?" But then, of course – because life loves a good plot twist – it wasn't. https://open.spotify.com/album/7lNXzGxooWZNRYKxSusY3q?si=isdinrQoRwi-yVmYTMH4fA It is, in reality, Whitmell taking a swan dive into the murky waters of nostalgia, grief, and that weird feeling you get when...

Issy Winstanley Presents Her Long-awaited Song “Never Have I Ever”

The song by Issy Winstanley is captivating; it has the ideal amount of atmosphere, and her laid-back manner is enticing. Her most recent single, "Never...