Kings favorite Nate Merchant has dropped ‘Missing You’, the best yet. The track comes off his upcoming debut LP titled Beautiful Meltdown which was produced with Duran Duran bassist John Taylor. He reached #1 on the Hype Machine Chart and support from Ones To Watch, WFNM, BuzzBands LA, KCRW, Lyndsey Havens of Billboard, Lori Majewski & Simon Le Bon on Sirius XM. Previous tracks have landed on Spotify’s “Fresh and “Fresh Finds Pop” as well as support from tastemaker Arjan Timmermans of Apple who included Merchant in his weekly newsletter and Apple Music Playlist.

Look out for Sarah Johnsone’s “Don’t Wanna Be Your Girl” on Spotify’s New Music Friday UK. You’ll love if you like 90′ indie pop.

Inspired by Jack Johnson and Corinne Bailey Rae’s self titled album, Sarah says, “I’ve found that my lyrics always tend towards the sombre side, so for this single I wanted to juxtapose it with energetic riffs and guitar solos. It’s the first recording I made with my band, which gave me way more scope and depth musically. The song is about falling for someone who you know is no good, but it isn’t a downcast tune at all.”

She’s landed on Spotify editorial playlists including New Music Friday and Study Break and Easy.

Pop duo The Attire has released their debut 10 track album Songs About Girls Like You. You’ll enjoy if you like Ed Sheeran, Maroon 5 and those types.

Made up of Greg Shilling and Stephen Santa Teresa, the duo has worked with collaborators Julien Bunetta (One Direction, Jason Derulo) and Aftrhrs (Maroon 5, Louis Tomlinson).

“Our album is a compilation of songs threading through the ups & downs of a relationship,” says the duo. “From falling in love to falling apart – it demonstrates the key moments of a relationship from beginning to end.” The new album is reminiscent of bands like Bruno Mars and Maroon 5, bringing a modern funky groove and honest, romantic lyricism to today’s pop music.

The duo has garnered praise from American Songwriter, Play Too Much, and CelebMix and landed on Spotify’s Fresh Finds.

Look out for Restless Modern and the new track I Hate being addicted to the internet which was co-produced Co-produced with Peter Thomas (P!nk, Betty Who, Allie X).

The 25 year-old Wisconsin-based indie artist released several singles that has garnered over 30 million streams on Spotify and were highlighted by Billboard, Lyrical Lemonade, MTV and Atwood. Playlist include Spotify’s Fresh Finds, Pop Rising, young & free, sad hour, and Good Vibes.

He is set to release an EP called Complicit in early 2022.

Halifax alt-pop duo Neon Dreams dropped their new single “Little Dance.” Fans of AJR and X Ambassadors will enjoy.

The band notes: “After finishing our first tour of South Africa we decided to go shark diving. I had a phobia of drowning but felt it was time to face my fears.I jumped in the water and opened my eyes. There was a shark staring right at my face, my heart was pumping so I panicked. As I was collecting my breath I started hearing this melody my head that kept getting louder..I left the Ocean to grab my phone and record the melody which eventually become the chorus of ‘Little Dance.’

The duo picked up gold and platinum singles and garnered over 50 million streams. The performed internationally off of the success with their single “Life Without Fantasies” and won the Canadian JUNO Award.