{"id":1914,"date":"2022-12-08T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T00:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2022-12-13T18:00:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T18:00:47","slug":"artists-you-need-to-know-2022-standouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/artists-you-need-to-know-2022-standouts","title":{"rendered":"Artists You Need To Know: 2022 New Music Alert Standouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As 2022 draws to a close, we can\u2019t help but look back at artists you need to know from from our fierce and fabulous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/category\/new-music-alert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Music Alerts<\/a>. Every playlist has held variety and individualism at its core, but before the curtains fall, we\u2019ve pulled seven artists into the spotlight for an encore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>RAQUEL KURPERSHOEK | D\u00c1TILES Y JAZMINES<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A recent release from Raquel Kurpershoek enfolds classical Spanish guitar with a flamenco flare. D\u00e1tiles Y Jazmines paints the landscape of Seville, Spain with the artist\u2019s voice leading every stroke. A moment of expressionism.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/31ovSrjjnLahlvMWL54Kvr?si=df55160b69224231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LISTEN ON SPOTIFY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>LIV\u2020 | \u201cSWEAT\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This track dances along the lines of \u201880s\/\u201990s garage rock. It\u2019s a burst of feel-good vocals that glide over shuffling percussion and rhythms. LIVt grounds the short and sweet \u201cSWEAT\u201d for a beat with a burst of rap. It just gets better.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7wcqafiGn5oZrBHvo9tEjS?si=ed3d42812a504384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LISTEN ON SPOTIFY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>BEL | \u201cPAUL BIGDAWG (WITH BOYISH)\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking a different tone, BEL breathes the same air as Julia Jacklin and Maggie Rogers, a dreamy melancholic confession that hits the heart. Teenage angst, quarter-life crisis individuals\u2026 be prepared to stop in your tracks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7ob11dTnHcYVPOLYTUc1Ot?si=af9fb1376cac48b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LISTEN ON SPOTIFY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>BLKBOK | \u201dTHE HUSTLE IS REAL\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Hustle Is Real\u201d sounds as though it would be anything but instrumental piano music. But the hustle is found in the dancing keys. Detroit artist BLKBOK distills wonder and subtle conversation through the classical piano.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/4v7j0vUtQGMzu9eVOh6Cbj?si=044fc448012141cd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LISTEN ON SPOTIFY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>V.C.R. | \u201cTRIP\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multi-instrumentalist and recording artist V.C.R. brings you \u201cTrip\u201d,\u00a0 an offering that incorporates her soul, funk, and gospel influences in a simple melody that soothes the soul. The layers of communal voices create a warm and joyful space.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/4x9uL4UOiqse4wn3Qn54RJ?si=4c7df929b7874c68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LISTEN ON SPOTIFY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>MESADORM | SOAP OPERA<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London four-piece Mesadorm introduce their own \u201cSoap Opera\u201d. It instills early 2000s English honesty that only Lily Allen, Kate Nash, and Noah &amp; the Whale can really claim. It feels raw and relatable, but just Bjork enough to have that edge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/2KgkwHwicj5wn0kclae5Kx?si=91732c026a0d45e3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LISTEN ON SPOTIFY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>YUTAKA HIRASAKA | \u201cTIME WILL TELL\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a firm favourite, Yutaka Hirasaka is easy breezy, laidback, mellow, and all things chill. \u201cTime Will Tell\u201d is just one of Hirasaka\u2019s many tracks that settle the turbulence of the mind. We hope the Tokyo-based composer and pianist never stops creating his instrumental soundscapes \u2013 we are here for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/3xXhtH5LNedS8X2uOp1Z21?si=1291407f86a542c2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LISTEN ON SPOTIFY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Words by Maeve Hannigan\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As 2022 draws to a close, we can\u2019t help but look back at artists you need to know from from our fierce and fabulous New Music Alerts. Every playlist has held variety and individualism at its core, but before the curtains fall, we\u2019ve pulled seven artists into the spotlight for an encore.\u00a0 RAQUEL KURPERSHOEK | [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":1915,"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":[38,33,34,36,31,32,35,37],"class_list":["post-1914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-music-alert","tag-artists-you-need-to-know","tag-bel","tag-blkbok","tag-mesadorm","tag-new-music-alert","tag-raquel-kurpershoek","tag-v-c-r","tag-yutaka-hirasaka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914","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\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}