Self-producing solo artist Blair Coyle has emerged from their Victoria, BC bedroom to release "Down The Line," a lo-fi indie folk single navigating the quiet ruins of familial estrangement. Woven together as an honest, one-sided letter directed at an unreachable relative, this alt-pop offering dissects the defensive walls and petty disagreements that drive blood apart. https://open.spotify.com/track/47vycsvGTX3QeNtFIXJpvv?si=381e7b06ce60405a The music circles itself, much like unresolved grief does. A...

There is a particular shade of electric blue that appears on the inside of your eyelids when you rub your eyes too hard, a colour that feels both artificial and deeply biological, and that is precisely where Vacant Shores and their new EP, "Vacant Shores", seem to reside. Jon Elliott, AJ ‘Sid’ Sidford, and Suzy Alderton have managed to capture something peculiarly British here;...