Laura
Trent - Let It Rain
Las Vegas-based singer/songwriter
Laura Trent’s new single “Let It Rain” (from her album All On Board) is a forgettable piece of dance pop that makes a
point of equating love and fellatio. Trent hollers her way through a ham handed
and uncomfortable piece of songwriting. Her voice is intriguing, to say
the least, but this is not a single that gets people to take an artist
seriously, or at all. (www.lauratrent.com)
Rating:
2 Stars (Out of 5)
Milan
Butler - My Muse
“My Muse” is a well meant love song
with a classic pop and jazz sound. Milan's voice is too stentorian to carry
this off, heavy and full of a vibrato more fitting to opera than pop. This
performance is more likely to scare listeners off than draw them in, but the
songwriting is actually halfway decent. (no link found)
Rating: 2.5 Stars (Out of 5)
Rating: 2.5 Stars (Out of 5)
Krista
Detor - Belle of the Ball
Krista Detor turns fairy takes on
their head with "Belle of the Ball", a subtle and intricate story song
that focuses on the drawbacks of being a princess. This is a brilliant piece of
songwriting, and Detor's voice is smooth like velvet. If you’ve yet to be
introduced to Detor, you’ll be surprised by just how good she is. “Belle of the Ball” is the first single from
her January 2014 album Flat Earth Diary.
(www.kristadetor.com)
Rating:
5 Stars (Out of 5)
Merritt
Whitley
Kansas City native Merritt Whitley
has been singing all her life. Her
recently dropped two-sided single shows many of the influences that brought her
this far. Whitley tackles “Landslide”
with an anachronistic but interesting voice.
The song itself is pure cliché, but with some pop/country
potential. Re-record this with a bigger
guitar sound and the song will get some interest from radio programmers and
fans. “Beyond Amazing” on the other
hand, is a teenage love song about falling in love, full of all the fluff and filler
of an adolescent diary. Whitley shines
on the first track, but falters on the second.
(www.merrittwhitley.com)
Rating:
3 Stars (Out of 5)
Katie
Bulley – Chasing
Former Barettas (Toronto) front
woman Katie Bulley struck out on her own after four albums with the indie electro
pop trio, only to find a completely different musical path. Her first single as a solo artist, “Chasing”,
is a low-fi folk pop charmer featuring Katie on vocals and guitar with a
metronome for percussion. Bulley sings
with kittenish charm without become a cartoon caricature. I’d love to hear this song fleshed out with
some more instrumentation, but Bulley is more than charming enough to carry it
off on her own. (www.katiebulley.bandcamp.com)
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