{"id":1527,"date":"2022-02-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sofarsoundsblo.wpengine.com\/blog\/articles\/new-music-alert-february-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-10-09T11:08:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T11:08:43","slug":"new-music-alert-february-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/new-music-alert-february-2022","title":{"rendered":"New Music Alert: February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s February, but more importantly, it\u2019s a New Music Alert. Let\u2019s not waste time here (it\u2019s the shortest month of the year, after all),\u00a0take a listen to our latest batch of songs from our Sofar community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/7qjXrK9g78aj1CXHAVmD66?si=c2fcc4c1d16845aa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LISTEN ON SPOTIFY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL4_SsHNp9R6ej3Lok4BN1T0HP3xc1NluL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH ON YOUTUBE<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Dango Forlaine | \u201cCrime of Passion\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Detroit artist kicks us off with a song that feels wide and solid, with big beat steps and that little tambourine sizzly rattle\u2013 and of course, those even keeled, tight verses. Hear it for yourself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/3lYBs8SLHMaogerxlZ5S1G?si=833e23e7b851471c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LISTEN NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Earlwin | \u201cKAKAMEGA\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Straight from his new album<em> TIGERS AND LIONESSES, <\/em>the Nairobi artist gives us this pop track that feels dusty and vibrant\u2013\u00a0it\u2019s a full-on landscape, and the second you start listen<em>in<\/em>g, you feel <em>in<\/em> it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/64mmhk6NDq67LwveH4ZmWz?si=87ab227252634e00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LISTEN NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Omotrack | \u201cdarker blue\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You know when the electronic dance party swells up from the floor\u2013\u00a0beams of light start swerving around the dark room, the energy starts to rise like heat, and everyone\u2019s suddenly glowing? That\u2019s where you can find this track from the Reykjavik-based brotherly duo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/3JAGrhhqTUogCYBmT2m4gM?si=51660f25085246b3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LISTEN NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ali Buckets | \u201creplace\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ali Buckets shares this subtle one from his latest album, <em>TIMES LIKE THIS<\/em>. Over an icy key hook and sparse percussion, Ali slides effortlessly through the verses, relaxing us into the groove.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/1o5ZS66qzFQTVUn8bUqG0f?si=305a5b132e8e4997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LISTEN NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sandra Bernardo | \u201cLuna\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Elevated, delicate\u2013\u00a0the Madrid artist gives us this tune that feels almost elemental\u2013 open and breezy with high reaching reverb and synth, yet close-up and earthy with the smallest sounds of claps and snaps, or are they raindrops? You decide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/1o5ZS66qzFQTVUn8bUqG0f?si=305a5b132e8e4997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LISTEN NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Chris Meadows | \u201cFirst Take Freestyle\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This thing is technicolor\u2013\u00a0the kind of song that feels like you\u2019re in the stadium, bright lights brushing over your face as the song explodes on stage. We can\u2019t wait to see that for Chris Meadows, but we\u2019ll take this in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/1hPpTJFCISp3iYOSExEqQt?si=d5fa79e9a8004d1d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LISTEN NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>FKAjazz | \u201cNo Lonely Nights\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Dreamy, wrapped in lace, bathed in hazy soft light\u2013 this thing feels darn-right sensual. Maybe that\u2019s because it comes from a sweet new EP titled <em>Saxually Active, Vol 1<\/em>. We wanna lean into a pun about sax appeal, but seriously, go listen to this smooth song.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/556m0WIpK9MFgTFTBdiKo0?si=ed23f1577f434e05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LISTEN NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Tony Ri\u2019chard | \u201cUfo\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>From the verse comes in over a web of beats, Tony Ri\u2019chard doesn\u2019t touch the ground, working through the lyrics at a steady pace. The artist clearly has a lot to share, judging by his recent double LP release of 26 songs. There\u2019s a lot to listen to, so start with this one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/2xrTvo6RMgyFG1pqiP2bBt?si=663e77d94d8546c9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LISTEN NOW<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s February, but more importantly, it\u2019s a New Music Alert. Let\u2019s not waste time here (it\u2019s the shortest month of the year, after all),\u00a0take a listen to our latest batch of songs from our Sofar community. LISTEN ON SPOTIFY WATCH ON YOUTUBE Dango Forlaine | \u201cCrime of Passion\u201d The Detroit artist kicks us off with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-music-alert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}