Shy Kids, mixes unashamed braggadocio with insecurity. The hook ‘Shy Kids get no sweets’, acts as encouragement and a warning to those too afraid to ask for what they want. His classical guitar training acts and an influence for the contrapuntal riff while the bass slowly builds ending in a dance like frenzy.

Shy Kids

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Written by vocalist Shaanvir Rehal, ‘Reach’ is a conscious and dynamic display of lyricism that sidesteps the braggadocio of commercial hip hop to arrive at something both honest and infectious. Injecting hip hop beats with a masterly display of finicky acoustic work, Shaan’s track was the spark that got percussionist Fabien Waldheim involved in the project, and together the duo explore the bleakness and banality of pop culture with a song that’s life-affirming and touchingly relatable. 

‘Reach’ explores the many contradictions in the modern condition: rampant materialism is a source of anxiety to many, but the promise of a more comfortable life through it is something we all, to some extent, strive towards. Unashamedly proud of his nerdiness, Shaan lyrically cuts something of a Gambino-esque figure, though possessed with a probing curiosity that penetrates further and lashes harder than his american peers. 

‘Reach’ is a positive message. It tells us listeners that we are not alone in our thoughts, and that through expression we can find a connection with each other and the world around us that transcends our angst.

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Reach

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Written in 2016, ‘Kill Me’ is a dark journey with folky guitars, delicate drumming and defiant lyrics. Using rhythmic raps to tell the age-old story of death and rebirth, Shaanvir Rehal draws on personal experience, retelling an era of his life in the form of a fairytale. 

‘Kill Me’ rests on the foundation of Fabien Waldheim’s technical drumming to produce a song that would not sound out of place on Kanye’s ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’, if it were a folk album. 

This duo have spent much of their career forging their own path in the music industry, and ‘Kill Me’ is a triumphant declaration to critics. 

Blurring the lines of realism and fantasy, Shaanvir travels through adolescence to a ‘cubical where life bored’ him, only to be put on trial and face the gallows for his choices. 

Using a fantastical realm, Shaanvir explores universal themes, and while to the outside observer these seem bleak, ‘Kill Me’ stands tall and proud.

Kill Me

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Back in the Day

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Miss the Plot

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Manifesto

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Heroes and Villains

A acoustic/hip hop duo based in London. With influences ranging from Bob Dylan to J Dilla, their sound has been described as a more melodic version of Scroobius Pip.

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