Tag: When Worlds Collide from The Sway

Owen Young’s “Painted Flowers”: Blooming Where the Heart is Thrown

Owen Young, a mind steeped in the harmonies of law and fine art, unfurls “These Painted Flowers,” an EP blooming with the thorny beauty of the heart after the pandemic. It’s Americana, but not the porch swing kind—more like the kind where you stumble on a forgotten well, and peer in, seeing your reflection ripple back at you with new, confusing angles. These Painted Flowers...

The Flying Beets See Right Through You on New Single

Well now, here’s The Flying Beets with their single "I See Through You," and it lands with the distinct thud of knowing something you almost wish you didn't. Singer/guitarist Nathan Waller, flanked by David Cross on bass and Steven Clements on drums, crafts an alt-rock sound here that feels less like soaring rebellion and more like pacing anxiously in a beautifully furnished, yet soundproof,...

The Sway’s “When Worlds Collide”: Unearthed Gems with a Heart of Gold

The Sway. London. Late 80s. These words, on their own, conjure... well, honestly, a flock of pigeons taking flight in Trafalgar Square. Unexpected, right?...