Tag: Julia Appleton releases Hangin On

Behind the Zip: Lessons in Crime Unpacks Guilt in “Reply ASAP”

Lessons in Crime’s new single, "Reply ASAP," bounces along with the kind of infectious energy you’d want for a summer road trip, but it’s a smokescreen for a uniquely modern state of inertia. It feels less like a rock song and more like one of those old pneumatic message tubes from a 1940s department store—all zip and kinetic energy on the outside, but inside,...

Open Horizon Records Finds Blistering Catharsis in “Letting Go”

Open Horizon Records has returned with "Letting Go," a hyper-charged surge of emo-pop that turns romantic limbo into pure cathartic adrenaline. What began in Lancaster back in 2010 as an intimate poetry writing project has morphed into a solo venture where raw, lived experience meets AI-assisted vocals and instrumentation. The resulting collision is fascinatingly urgent. https://open.spotify.com/track/2I8Ianiecd4x0ULiKbIPnF?si=3ESGNN70T4Ksy6liy7I82w The single tackles that agonizing purgatory of waiting for someone...

Letting Go Comes At A Price On Julia Appleton’s ‘Hangin On’

“Hangin On” makes letting go feel like a workout for the hands. Julia Appleton’s new indie-folk single takes a familiar moment, packing up a...