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Marillion Celebrate Milestones with Picture Disc Reissues of Prog Classics ‘Misplaced Childhood’ and ‘Afraid of Sunlight’

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Marillion Celebrate Milestones with Picture Disc Reissues of Prog Classics ‘Misplaced Childhood’ and ‘Afraid of Sunlight’

Marillion will release limited edition picture disc versions of two iconic albums, Misplaced Childhood and Afraid of Sunlight. Misplaced Childhood (1LP) celebrating its 40th anniversary and Afraid of Sunlight (2LP gatefold) celebrating its 30th anniversary.

Released in 1985, Misplaced Childhood includes the hit single ‘Kayleigh’, hit #1 in the UK and stayed in the charts for 41 weeks. As the band’s first concept album, Misplaced Childhood explores themes of lost love, sudden success, acceptance and the fading innocence of youth.

Released in 1995, Afraid of Sunlight earned a 5-star review from Q-Magazine, was named one of its Recordings of the Year and ranked in Prog Magazine’s 100 Greatest Prog Albums of All Time. Its lyrical focus delves into the darker sides of fame and celebrity, making it one of the band’s most introspective and enduring works.

These collectable picture discs are a must-have for fans and vinyl lovers alike. Out on 12th September, pre-order now here.

Tracklisting:

Misplaced Childhood

Side A

1. Pseudo Silk Kimono (2017 Remaster)

2. Kayleigh (2017 Remaster)

3. Lavender (2017 Remaster)

4. Bitter Suite: Brief Encounter / Lost Weekend / Blue Angel / Misplaced Rendezvous / Windswept Thumb (2017 Remaster)

5. Heart of Lothian (2017 Remaster)

Side B

1. Waterhole (Expresso Bongo) (2017 Remaster)

2. Lords of the Backstage (2017 Remaster)

3. Blind Curve: Vocal Under a Bloodlight / Passing Strangers / Mylo / Perimeter Walk / Threshold (2017 Remaster)

4. Childhood’s End? (2017 Remaster)

5. White Feather (2017 Remaster)

Afraid of Sunlight

LP1

Side A

1. Gazpacho (2019 Michael Hunter Remix)

2. Cannibal Surf Babe (2019 Michael Hunter Remix)

3. Beautiful (2019 Michael Hunter Remix)

Side B

1. Beautiful (2019 Michael Hunter Remix)

2. Afraid of Sunrise (2019 Michael Hunter Remix)

LP2

Side A

1. Out of This World (2019 Michael Hunter Remix)

2. Afraid of Sunlight (2019 Michael Hunter Remix)

Side B

1. Beyond You (2019 Michael Hunter Remix)

2. King (2019 Michael Hunter Remix)

Rhino Celebrates 40 Years of New Wave Classic with ‘Heartbeat City (Deluxe Edition)’ by The Cars

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Rhino Celebrates 40 Years of New Wave Classic with ‘Heartbeat City (Deluxe Edition)’ by The Cars

Rhino celebrates the 40th anniversary of The Cars’ best-selling album on October 31 with Heartbeat City (Deluxe Edition).

The 4CD/1LP set includes the original quadruple-platinum album on both CD and LP. The remainder revisits the making of the album with unreleased studio recordings and early mixes, plus a complete 1984 concert from the band’s Heartbeat City tour. It’s accompanied by a color booklet filled with photos, new track-by-track notes by keyboardist Greg Hawkes, and an essay from drummer David Robinson, who designed all of the band’s album covers, including the sleeve for Heartbeat City. Pre-order here.

Heartbeat City (Deluxe Edition) highlights the album sessions with a demo for the Top 10 hit “Drive,” along with unreleased recordings of tracks like “Stranger Eyes” and “Jacki” (later renamed “Heartbeat City”). The set also includes multiple versions of “Shooting For You,” an outtake from the 1980s Panorama that was revived during the making of Heartbeat City.

The set also features a complete concert recorded at The Summit in Houston on September 11, 1984. Originally released on VHS and Laserdisc as The Cars – Live 1984-1985, the performance appears on CD for the first time here, expanded to include previously unreleased versions of “Candy-O” and “My Best Friend’s Girl.” The band opened the show with “Hello Again” and packed 17 songs into a 70-minute set that featured half the new album, including “You Might Think” and “Magic,” alongside earlier hits like “Good Times Roll” and “Let’s Go.” 

In the liners, Hawkes recalls Ric Ocasek’s demo for “Drive” started out like a “spooky bossa nova with him sounding a little like Elvis.” By the time the band arrived in London to record, the song had evolved with Benjamin Orr taking over lead vocals. To conjure the track’s ethereal sound, Hawkes says the group spent days layering backing vocals while producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange urged, “Breathier, man, breathier!”

Robinson contributes his own essay, recalling a London gallery visit during the sessions where he discovered Art-O-Matic Loop di Loop, a painting by artist Peter Phillips that became the album’s cover. “I felt that the painting was a bold, bright, pop art counterpart to the sound of our new album. It even had a Vargas pin-up and a muscle car. Art-O-Matic Loop di Loop was just like something Ric would have made up.” 

Released in March 1984, Heartbeat City was an instant hit, charting worldwide and peaking at #3 in the U.S., where it’s certified 4x platinum. The Cars’ biggest success, the album generated six singles over nearly two years, including “Magic,” “Hello Again,” and “Why Can’t I Have You.” The group secured its place in the MTV era when “You Might Think” won the network’s first Video of the Year award.

HEARTBEAT CITY (DELUXE EDITION)

Track Listing

Disc One: Original Album

  1. “Hello Again”
  2. “Looking For Love”
  3. “Magic”
  4. “Drive”
  5. “Stranger Eyes”
  6. “You Might Think”
  7. “It’s Not The Night”
  8. “Why Can’t I Have You”
  9. “I Refuse”
  10. “Heartbeat City”

Disc Two 

B-Sides & Remixes

  1. “Breakaway”
  2. “Hello Again” (Remix Version)
  3. “Hello Again”

Early Versions & Demo Recordings

  1. “Drive” (Demo) 
  2. Stranger Eyes (Early Version) *
  3. “It’s Not The Night” (Early Version) * 
  4. “One More Time” (Early Version Of “Why Can’t I Have You”) 
  5. “Baby I Refuse” (Early Version Of “I Refuse”) 
  6. “Jacki” (Early Version Of “Heartbeat City”)

Alternate Versions

  1. “Shooting For You” (First Version) * 
  2. “Shooting For You” (Re-Recorded Version) * 
  3. “Shooting For You” (Re-Recorded Version – Alternate Mix)

Disc Three: Bonus Tracks – Early Mixes

  1. “Hello Again” (Early Mix) *
  2. “Looking For Love” (Early Mix) *
  3. “Magic” (Early Mix) *
  4. “Drive” (Early Mix) *
  5. “Stranger Eyes” (Early Mix) *
  6. “You Might Think” (Early Mix) *
  7. “It’s Not The Night” (Early Mix) *
  8. “I Refuse” (Early Mix) *
  9. “Heartbeat City” (Early Mix) *
  10. “Breakaway” (Early Mix) *
  11. “Shooting For You” (First Version – Early Mix) *
  12. “Shooting For You” (Re-Recorded Version – Early Mix) *

Disc Four: Heartbeat City – Live (The Summit, Houston, TX – September 11, 1984)

  1. “Hello Again”+
  2. “It’s Not The Night”+
  3. “Touch And Go”+
  4. “Candy-O” * 
  5. “Good Times Roll”+
  6. “Jimmy Jimmy”+
  7. “Moving In Stereo”+ 
  8. “Just What I Need”+ 
  9. “A Dream Away”+ 
  10. “Cruiser”+ 
  11. “Drive”+ 
  12. “You Might Think”+
  13. “My Best Friend’s Girl” *
  14. “Magic”+ 
  15. “Let’s Go”+ 
  16. “Heartbeat City”+
  17. “You’re All I’ve Got Tonight”+

LP

Side One

  1. “Hello Again”
  2. “Looking For Love”
  3. “Magic”
  4. “Drive”
  5. “Stranger Eyes”

Side Two

  1. “You Might Think”
  2. “It’s Not The Night”
  3. “Why Can’t I Have You”
  4. “I Refuse”
  5. “Heartbeat City”

* Previously Unreleased 

+ Previously Unavailable on CD

Oasis Live ‘25 Fan Store Returns to Regent Street with Exclusive Vinyl and adidas Originals Collab

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Oasis Live ‘25 Fan Store Returns to Regent Street with Exclusive Vinyl and adidas Originals Collab

The Oasis Live ’25 fan store is re-launching from a new Central London location 44-46 Regent Street, W1B 5RA. Open from 10am BST on Friday 26th September and closes at 4pm BST Sunday 28th September. Stocking official Oasis Live ‘25 merchandise, exclusive vinyl, adidas Originals x Oasis collaborations and more. Walk-ins are welcome, but pre-book your slot to avoid disappointment. You can book your slot here.

5 Seconds of Summer Ignite Pop-Rock Comeback with New Single “Not OK” from Upcoming Album ‘Everyone’s A Star!’

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5 Seconds of Summer Ignite Pop-Rock Comeback with New Single “Not OK” from Upcoming Album ‘Everyone’s A Star!’

5 Seconds of Summer returns with their first new single in three years, “Not Okay,” marking the group’s first release since 2022, and debut under their newly minted deal with Republic Records.

The quartet of frontman Luke Hemmings, guitarist Michael Clifford, bassist Calum Hood, and drummer Ashton Irwin has boldly elevated their sound to another stratosphere with “Not OK.” Nodding to everyone from The Prodigy to N.E.R.D., the track’s bright, hyper-charged beat could just as easily ignite the dance floor of an underground rave as it could shake festival grounds anywhere in the world. Across the song, anxious cymbals accent a buoyant bassline, and a hummable guitar solo rings out as Luke carries an emotionally complicated and undeniably catchy chorus, “Hey, I’m not okay! I like the darker side of me, that part of me comes out to play when I’m with you, bite the apple, baby.” It has all the makings of a live staple from the group as well.

“It has the older 5 Seconds of Summer energy, but it’s different—which is the whole M.O. of this chapter. Lyrically, it’s about letting out the darker side of yourself and embracing it. The song is also a nod to the band itself. We pull those sides out of each other,” Hemmings shares.

The song heralds the arrival of the band’s sixth full-length album, Everyone’s A Star!, available on November 14th. The guys carefully assembled the record throughout 2024 and 2025, working in Los Angeles and Nashville with super pop producer Jason Evigan.

5 Seconds of Summer dropped their most recent album, 5SOS5, in 2022. It notably bowed at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the Billboard Hot 100 hit “Complete Mess.”

1. Everyone’s A Star!
2. Not OK
3. Telephone Busy
4. Boyband
5. No. 1 Obsession
6. I’m Scared I’ll Never Sleep
7. istillfeelthesame
8. Ghost
9. Sick of Myself
10. Evolve
11. The Rocks
12. Jawbreaker

Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley, and Riley Green to Headline Country Beach Fest ‘Crash My Playa’ 2026 in Cancún

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Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley, and Riley Green to Headline Country Beach Fest ‘Crash My Playa’ 2026 in Cancún

Luke Bryan has revealed the full artist lineup for the 2026 edition of Crash My Playa, his annual, four-night concert vacation from January 15-18, 2026, at the luxurious Moon Palace Cancún.

Headliners for the festival’s 11th installment include Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley, and Riley Green, who will bring fans unforgettable, beachfront performances. Fans can also look forward to Parker McCollum taking the stage as part of Sunday night’s special Luke Bryan & Friends set, with the return of Dustin Lynch’s legendary pool party.

The star-studded lineup also features Tucker Wetmore, Kameron Marlowe, Chase Matthew, and Priscilla Block as direct support, plus opening performances from George Birge, Josh Ross, Lauren Watkins, and The Castellows, promising wall-to-wall music all weekend long.

“Crash My Playa is my favorite way to kick off the new year, and this lineup is going to make 2026 one of our best yet,” Bryan says. “Dierks, Riley, Parker, and of course Dustin, who has been there for me every single year to host his infamous pool party, are going to give the fans a show they won’t forget. We can’t wait.”

Travel packages are available now. Guests can expect world-class performances and exclusive daily activities, premium all-inclusive accommodations, and unique alumni perks that make this event one of the most sought-after destination experiences in country music.

Moon Palace Cancún offers guests a blend of luxury and adventure, featuring upscale accommodations, gourmet dining options, 24-hour room service, and a wealth of activities steps from Crash My Playa’s cutting-edge custom concert venue. Guests can relax at the AWE-Spa, play a round at the 27-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, or simply enjoy the private, pristine beach where the concerts take place.

Two Bridge Launches Future Friends, a National Mental Wellness & Music Initiative, with Two Live Alex Warren Events

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Two Bridge Launches Future Friends, a National Mental Wellness & Music Initiative, with Two Live Alex Warren Events

Two Bridge today announced the launch of Future Friends, a new national initiative merging live music, mental wellness programming, and community action on college campuses. Created by Harris and Sabrina Schwartzberg, founders of Two Bridge, and Corey McGuire, who previously founded Winston House, a music brand focused on community and intimate music experiences, Future Friends builds on a shared mission to foster connection and conversation through culture.

Future Friends will debut with a series of music-based college campus events, kicking off with Alex Warren on select campuses. The events will bring together powerful mental wellness resources with emerging and established artists, featuring live performances, student-led activations, and guided conversations designed to foster community and inspire meaningful dialogue about mental wellness. 

Alex Warren’s current “Cheaper Than Therapy Tour,” is being celebrated for its emotional honesty and deep connection with young audiences, perfectly reflects the program’s mission to spark authentic conversations about mental wellness on campus.

“Future Friends is about creating human connection through music,” said Harris Schwartzberg, Co-Founder of Two Bridge. “By pairing meaningful and authentic live music experiences with tools like Psychological First Aid training and curated wellness resources, we’re showing people they’re not alone. And that community can be a powerful part of healing.”

Two Bridge is not new to the world of healthcare and wellness. After 30 years of leadership in healthcare services, the company was founded to leverage music and dialogue to foster connections around mental wellness. Two Bridge collaborations have included Logic, Noah Kahan, Glenn Close, Chelsea Clinton, Chelsea Cutler, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Aaron Lazar, and other celebrated artists and advocates.

Two Bridge has recently completed the first two episodes of Common Denominator, a new series that combines art, music, and authentic dialogue about mental wellness. Hosted by CBS News’ Maurice DuBois and co-starring artist Peter Tunney, the first two guests were Broadway star Gavin Creel and recording artist Noah Kahan.

“At the heart of this is a simple truth: we all know and love someone impacted by mental health issues. Future Friends began as a shared mission between a father and daughter to provide tools to young people to ensure others never have to go through what our family has,” said Sabrina Schwartzberg, Co-Founder of Future Friends.

The inaugural Future Friends events are scheduled for October and November 2025, with additiional events in 2026. 

Jazzy Drops Global Dance Mix ‘GEWAH Selects’ Featuring Rossi., MK, Confidence Man and More

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Jazzy Drops Global Dance Mix ‘GEWAH Selects’ Featuring Rossi., MK, Confidence Man and More

 Dublin-born dance sensation Jazzy continues to cement her status as a globally revered DJ and curator with the announcement of GEWAH Selects, a new DJ project, out October 3 via Polydor’s Chaos imprint.

The 11 track DJ mix features her recent top 20 UK single “High On Me” with Rossi., plus her new single “Hypnotic” alongside artists and producers such as Luuk Van Dijk, Kolter, MK, Kayleigh Glynn, Paige Tomlinson, Confidence Man & more.

GEWAH has become renowned as Jazzy’s brand as a DJ, with mixes broadcast across her Soundcloud and YouTube channel from London, New York, Toronto and Dublin racking up thousands of views. GEWAH Selects bottles that energy into a bespoke musical statement, packed with exclusives, that fans can return to again and again.

Having already enjoyed a landmark summer on the festival circuit, with her Glastonbury debut, sets at Leeds & Reading, AVA Festival, Silverworks London, Tomorrowland and Brunch Electronik Belgium, Jazzy is set to conclude her ongoing Pacha Residency in September, before a North American tour in October and a trio of Australian festivals in December.

GEWAH Selects Tracklisting:

Jazzy “Hypnotic” – full length
Palms Trax “Equation” – mixed
Rossi. & Jazzy “High On Me” – mixed
Nightcrawlers “Push The Feeling On” (MK Dub Revisited) – mixed
Marian Hill “Down” (Franky Rizardo Remix) – mixed
Jazzy & Ankhoï “Closer To The Floor” (RUZE Remix) – mixed
Kayleigh Glynn “Break This Down” – mixed
Jazzy & KILIMANJARO “No Bad Vibes” (Kolter Remix) – mixed
Confidence Man “Control’”(Paige Tomlinson Remix) – mixed
DART “Emergency” – mixed
Cloonee “Sippin’ Yak” (Morgan Seatree Remix) – mixed
Jazzy & Luuk Van Dijk “Moth To A Flame” – full length


(Photo credit: Alistair McVeigh)

ABOUT JAZZY:
As the most streamed female DJ/vocalist globally, Dublin’s Jazzy is the most exciting artist in Ireland right now, and is a trailblazer for her homegrown music scene. The BRIT and Ivor Novello nominee has released a string of wide-ranging collaborations with global dance contemporaries, offering her infectious blend of unforgettable melodies and resonant lyrics to tracks with Rossi. (“High On Me”), Ankhoï (“Closer to the Floor”) KILIMANJARO (“No Bad Vibes”) and Sonny Fodera & D.O.D (top 5 hit “Somedays”). A bonafide hitmaker, Jazzy has two number one singles in Ireland, as well as five top twenty singles in the UK. With each new release further establishing her name within the dance music canon.

Tour Dates 2025

September:
Mon 29th Sept – IBIZA, ES – PACHA 8

October:
Fri 3rd – LOS ANGELES, CA – SPOTLIGHT
Sat 4th – CHICAGO, IL – PRYSM
Fri 10th – MONTREAL, QC – NEWSPEAK
Sat 11th – TORONTO, ON – DPRTMNT
Fri 17th – BROOKLYN, NY – ELSEWHERE (HALL / CLUB NIGHT)
Sat 18th – WASHINGTON, DC – FLASH ROOFTOP

December (Dates TBC)
LOST PARADISE FESTIVAL
BEYOND THE VALLEY FESTIVAL
WILDLANDS FESTIVAL

Daniel Caesar Explores Soulful R&B Horizons on New Single “Moon” with Bon Iver from Forthcoming Album ‘Son Of Spergy’

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Daniel Caesar Explores Soulful R&B Horizons on New Single “Moon” with Bon Iver from Forthcoming Album ‘Son Of Spergy’

After recently announcing his forthcoming album Son Of Spergy, Daniel Caesar shares new single “Moon” featuring Bon Iver. Alongside the new single, he unveils the album’s official tracklisting, which also includes features from Sampha, Blood Orange, Yebba, 646yf4t, and his own father, Norwill Simmonds, whose influence on Daniel remains a central theme of the forthcoming project.

One of two songs written alongside and featuring acclaimed artist Bon Iver, “Moon” joins his previously released singles “Have A Baby (With Me)” and “Call On Me,” where, in contrast to the latter’s upbeat tempo, the single sees the singer-songwriter expertly create an intimate yet celestial soundscape.

Due October 24th via Republic Records, Son Of Spergy was first teased with a video letter shared on socials and discussed in Daniel’s Billboard cover story. In conversation with Tyler, The Creator for Billboard, the two discuss Daniel’s career to date, their creative relationship (especially as it pertains to Daniel’s extensive work across Tyler’s 2024 album CHROMAKOPIA), what fans can expect from Son Of Spergy and more.

Earlier this year, Daniel joined forces with close friend and collaborator Rex Orange County for a special two-track bundle, “Rearrange My World / There’s A Field (That’s Only Yours).” More recently, Daniel was featured on “The Field,” from Blood Orange’s forthcoming album Essex Honey, alongside Caroline Polachek, Tariq Al-Sabir, and The Durutti Column, and contributed songwriting, backing vocals, and production to “DEVOTION” featuring Dijon on Justin Bieber’s critically acclaimed new album, SWAG.

Pre-save/order Son Of Spergy and listen to “Moon” above and stay tuned for more from Daniel Caesar coming soon.

Daniel Caesar Son Of Spergy Tracklist

1. Rain Down (Feat. Sampha)
2. Have A Baby (With Me)
3. Call On Me
4. Baby Blue (Feat. Norwill Simmonds)
5. Root Of All Evil
6. Who Knows
7. Moon (Feat. Bon Iver)
8. Touching God (Feat. Yebba & Blood Orange)
9. Sign Of The Times
10. Emily’s Song
11. No More Loving (On Women I Don’t Love) (Feat. 656yf4t)
12. Sins Of The Father (Feat. Bon Iver)

Florence + the Machine Channel Gothic Indie-Rock on New Single “One Of The Greats” from Forthcoming Album ‘Everybody Scream’

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Florence + the Machine Channel Gothic Indie-Rock on New Single “One Of The Greats” from Forthcoming Album ‘Everybody Scream’

 Florence + the Machine unveil a new song, “One Of The Greats,” today from Florence Welch’s forthcoming sixth album, Everybody Scream. Listen here. The new album is set for release on 31st October, preorder it here. 

Florence notes: 

I don’t really know how to explain myself with this one, it was sort of a long poem about the cost of greatness. Who gets to decide what that is? Why do I even want it? Why am I never satisfied?  

I feel like I die a little bit every time I make a record, and kind of literally nearly died on the last tour. Yet I always dig myself up to try again, always trying to please that one person who doesn’t like it, or finally feel like I made something perfect and I can rest.  

Early in my career, I was consistently ridiculed and derided for the bigness of my expression. I was thrust into the spotlight but also told again and again I didn’t deserve it, or that because it wasn’t to their taste it wasn’t good. So maybe this is a 15-year outpouring of frustration. But also, a lot of the lines I just left in because I thought they were funny.  

Me and Bowen from IDLES wrote it in one take. He played the guitar and I just sang it straight from the page. We meant to re-record it but the first take just had this amazing energy.  

Then Aaron Dessner helped us take it to a truly transcendent place. I wanted it to feel like you were disintegrating into nothing at the end. Which is sometimes what the creative process feels to me. Death and resurrection over and over. 

“One Of The Greats” follows the album’s title track, released last month with a video directed by Autumn de Wilde to rapturous praise. The New York Times declared Welch “Pop’s glorious enchantress” while Stereogum called the song “a grand, gothic, synth-powered anthem with the kind of chorus a whole arena could easily pick up on.” 

Florence wrote and produced Everybody Scream with a close-knit circle of collaborators including Mark Bowen of IDLES—who appears in the video for “Everybody Scream,” Aaron Dessner and Mitski. 

After needing lifesaving surgery on the Dance Fever tour, Florence’s recovery took her down the path of spiritual mysticism, witchcraft and folk horror as she felt the limits of her body and explored what it means to be “healed.” The album treads through womanhood, partnership, aging and dying; exposing the murky in the mundane. 

Across five albums—2009’s Lungs, 2011’s Ceremonials, 2015’s How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, 2018’s High As Hope and 2022’s Dance Fever—Florence has become one of the most monumental artists of a generation, with multiple U.S. and U.K. #1 albums and countless awards. Known for her earth-shattering live show and singular, iconic voice, Florence has sold out shows and headlined festivals the entire world over. She has collaborated and shared stages with icons—The Rolling Stones, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift among them—and published a book of lyrics, poetry and drawings, Useless Magic. 

Garrett Anthony Rice Blends Britpop Glow and Soulful Echoes on New Indie-Folk Single “It’s Not The Summer”

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Garrett Anthony Rice Blends Britpop Glow and Soulful Echoes on New Indie-Folk Single “It’s Not The Summer”

Garrett Anthony Rice has a way of writing songs that feel like they were already waiting for you. His latest, “It’s Not The Summer,” steps out of the shadows with an easy glow, letting light in without rushing it.

The track is touched by Britpop’s golden haze, but it’s no nostalgia trip. Crisp guitars ring out over a gentle, steady pulse; breezy rhythms carry the song forward with the same patience that runs through its core. There’s a quiet acceptance here that life doesn’t always meet you where you want it to, and that’s fine. Seasons change. Things shift. It won’t be like this forever. And in Ireland, where summer rain often drowns out the sunshine, that irony lands all the more sharply.

“It’s Not The Summer” sounds like sunshine caught in a jar. The song flickers with familiar ghosts, a breakdown with Lennon’s trace in it, handclaps that carry the spirit of “Here Comes the Sun,” and a whistle at the end that drifts the way Otis Redding once did on “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay.” Rather than imitation, these touches feel like memories folded into something new, lived-in, and wholly Rice’s own.

The single adds a softer hue to the unfolding Equinox, the 18-track double album recorded between Ireland and the UK in 2024. Following the gospel haze of “Eden,” the road-dust grit of “In the Sun,” the urgency of “I Found Myself Today,” and the introspective burn of “Property,” this one opens a window and lets warmth spill in.

“It’s Not The Summer” doesn’t try to solve anything. It just offers what it has: patience, clarity, and the reminder that sometimes the best thing you can do is wait for the next season to come.

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