Pop pearls in January

Kaisa Ottelin - Loppua uhkaava sykli

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Delicate, more delicate, Kaisa Ottelin. The Finn beguiles us with soft tones. Her sound pearl is about the certain end of a relationship. There's nothing more you can do than watch how everything is heading towards a breakup. Inspiration for this theme gave the newcomer from Jyväskylä a special kind of jellyfish, which, as soon as its end approaches, glides to the bottom of the ocean to die there. You know the destination, it is inevitable. This may sound a bit dramatic. However, Kaisa Ottelin manages to wrap this inevitability in cotton candy and let sadness seep through only minimally. The glitter of this sound pearl can be seen even on the bottom of the sea.

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Linebug - Skyline (feat. Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg)

Lineburg is back with a new album! This time they get support from the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg. The first single Skyline is about their adopted hometown Zeitz. The love for the decay of the old, but beautiful city let the couple conjure up a musical-artistic homage.

In their video for it, they give us the chance to take Saxony-Anhalt to heart. Digital artist Christian Gundtoft conjures up the most beautiful images, while Line Bøgh takes on the onomatopoeic side with her distinctive soft voice.

We tried to capture Zeitz as it is, separated from its past and from its future. This was important to us, because when people look at the city, they either see what was there before the wall came down, or what could possibly be in the future. It’s all we talk about in Zeitz, really. And we believe that we need to see and love what is there now, to make a positive transformation.” Line

The result is a delicate, fairy-tale sound pearl that wants to give country life a second chance. We pack our bags...

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The Lovelines - Make Believe

Tell me lies, I want to be able to believe in us... Hach, the sibling duo from Orlando is back with a bittersweet sound pearl that goes into the auditory canals and there dance with our feelings. Todd Goings is the songwriter and instrumentalist whose work has delighted over 40,000 fans on Spotify. The way too short - but really way too short! - Single captivates with Tessa's vocals and peppy synths to counteract the melancholy.