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Real World

The Early Bus

Taylor Roche further cements his musical roots and retro-Pop aesthetic in his new endeavour ‘Sucker for a Lonely Heart.’ His new single encapsulates a blend of 80s and 90s nostalgia with a heavy nod to influences such as Prince, INXS, Chicago and The Backstreet Boys fused with his love for modern Synth-Pop and R&B from artists like The Weeknd, Troye Sivan and The 1975. 

‘sucker for a lonely heart’ is Taylor’s nostalgic, Retro-Pop statement of 2021. It explores the crushing awareness that the person you’re so emotionally invested in has moved, leaving you in a floating space of romanticising something that’s no longer there, lost in an endless game of chase. Taylor joined forces with Auckland-based Pop and R&B producer Will Henderson in bringing this idea to life in the studio.  Keeping true to Taylor’s retro-Pop aesthetic, they built this track replicating a stack of 80s drums and arpeggiating, analogue synths. These drive heavily into the choruses fused with big vocal doubles that create a space of urgency, letting moments punch through on lines like “is it half-time yet?.” It’s these moments in the song that resonate the feelings of urgency and hysteria anyone would feel in this exact situation that ‘Sucker for a Lonely Heart’ tells.

Sucker for a Lonely Heart

Short skirts

Can you remember the day we met 
You spilled your drink and I got all wet
I said its fine it feels kind of nice 
Let me get you another on ice

Do you want to dance?
I said no thanks 
Did you really think this was my kind of place?
I think I know somewhere much better 
So we ran to yours in the stormy weather

Tell me tell me what you need
Darling I will whisper everything you wanna hear
We could bee anything 
Baby won’t you go tell all the short skirts that you’re mine

Since then you’re the only lips I’ve been kissing 
Dopamine dripping into y system 
Fragrance and feening
Wanting and needing
Silently screaming out

Tell me tell me what you need
Darling I will whisper everything you wanna hear
We could bee anything 
Baby won’t you go tell all the short skirts that you’re mine

SHORT SKIRTS

Give It Time

Sweet 16

Visitor

Summer is around the corner here in Brisbane, and ever since this vocal sat on my hard drive I knew there was only one style that could do it justice. Kygo made tropical house a gem, and this is my take on it with my own twist. The intro was originally meant to be a piano lead, but after accidentally losing the preset and swapping it for guitar, it just clicked. Now it feels almost nostalgically sad like it was always meant to be this way. 🌴✨
I hope you enjoy it. Please share, drop a like, and let me know your thoughts it means a lot.

FEEL IT NOW 


[Verse]
I hear the thunder in my chest
A storm that never lets me rest
Feet on the ground but I'm weightless still
Chasing the spark that bends my will

[Chorus]
Feel it all feel it now
Heartbeats wild don’t know how
Let it break let it burn
No retreat no return

[Verse 2]
The mirror cracks but I still stare
Try to find who once was there
Still haunted by a self-made void
A moment lost a life destroyed

[Prechorus]
But the fire won't die
It keeps lighting the sky

[Chorus]
Feel it all feel it now
Heartbeats wild don’t know how
Let it break let it burn
No retreat no return

[Bridge]
Every shadow hides a flame
Every silence calls my name
I won’t stop till I can taste
Every second none to waste

[Chorus]
Feel it all feel it now
Heartbeats wild don’t know how
Let it break let it burn
No retreat no return
No retreat no return

Feel it Now

Neon Muse

Cyrano shares debut EP 'Consolations' including vulnerable new single ‘Plaster’ - Out November 12th

After releasing three Hype Machine Number 1 singles already this year, and being named Artist of the Week by The Scotland on Sunday, Edinburgh based producer and multi-instrumentalist Cyrano shines on his debut 4 track EP, Consolations.

In 2021, Cyrano quickly established himself as the soundtrack to late nights and long drives. Co-produced alongside Foals’ Kit Monteith and Luke Smith (FKA Twigs, Keaton Henson), Consolations carries us through multiple genres, fusing elements of ambient techno, 00s hip hop and left-field pop.

While its sonic influences range from Arthur Russell to D’Angelo, Bon Iver to Talk Talk, the concept behind the EP was inspired by Alain de Botton’s book “The Consolations of Philosophy”. Finding the book consoling for its discussion on ancient philosophers’ outlook on life’s various struggles, and their remedies for coping, Cyrano knew he wanted to write a body of work that could lift people in the same way.

On Consolations, Cyrano discusses similar themes - from anxiety and depression, to love and growing older. Each track is written with the aim of consoling the listener, and the tracklisting follows the arc of a night, from dusk until dawn.

Opening the EP is Tundra; an honest exploration of social anxiety, personified in leftfield beats with electronic soul. While Cyrano’s voice confidently glides within melodic tapestries, eclectic samples combine with heavy beats to leave the listener in sonic hypnosis.

Plaster will accompany the EP release, jumping straight into the sea of turbulent vulnerability. Inspired by The National’s Matt Berninger lyrical milieu, Cyrano explains, 

“Plaster is probably me at my most vulnerable, but I think that’s why it’s one of my favourite songs I've written. The first line “Locke halts; he’s got my head in a river drawn out starting to shiver” describes a moment in counselling where I felt completely broken. Locke is someone I owe a lot to for pulling me through, and Plaster is for anyone struggling and an admission of strength through weakness. As difficult as life can feel, there’ll be a moment where you come through, towel dry and seeing the past in hindsight.”

Collateral is a journey of self-actualisation. In response to Jai Paul’s ‘Str8 Outta Mumbai’ and taking notes from Chuck Palahniuk’s ‘Fight Club’, the song fuses Japanese taiko drums with lo-fi guitars. There’s a duality to the lyrics, which feel like a conversation with a lover, but are really an internal dialogue with oneself.

Latest single Afterburns closes the EP. The process of writing the meditative and dreamy track became a kind of therapy for Cyrano, as he laments the indecision in his relationship at the time. Released as a double single, Cyrano also created a 12-question personality test for listeners to identify if the Introverted or Extroverted mix of the track is best suited to them.

Cyrano’s fifth and final consolation is the EP artwork itself - a photo of constellations to encapsulate the idea that the universe is so much bigger than ourselves, so we should remember to enjoy life for what it is.

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Plaster Lyrics:

Locke halts
He's got my head in a river, drawn out starting to shiver
As I'm let loose, his hands are by his side
This is ocean where's my tide
I can hide my face, as I keep myself awake
As I hold my head, I feel my body shake

So I thought to myself tonight
How'll I get through the night
All by myself?

So I thought to myself tonight
Towel dry wishing hindsight
What is my health?

Thought I never wanted,
Thought I never needed somebody

Locke starts again;
Still a river flows and I can't let this feeling go
"Shut up man!"
He takes me to one side
"Hey, I'm open to your tide"
I can hide my face as I try to place any hope I had aside
Or I could call him up when I'm in need of some light