Atlanta based Alex Harris will releases a new track Say Less along with a music video that will be released Friday via Red Music/Epic Records. Growing up on Dr. Dre and Eminem, the singer-songwriter blends pop, hip-hop, alternative and R&B. His debut EP Pink Cloud in February has clocked over 200K Spotify streams. “I want to bring honesty through my music,” Harris confesses while discussing what he wants listeners to take away from his music. “It’s okay to be vulnerable and express how you feel. There’s so much pressure to look cool, be cool, and control your life through social media to give the perception that everything’s good. If I can give people my true interpretation of the good, bad, and ugly in my life, maybe it can encourage others to embrace those things in their life. You can better yourself.” Give it a listen.

Look out for Los Angeles alt-pop singer-songwriter BAUM and her new single “F–boy‘. Still unsigned, she sounds seasoned and the track is radio-ready. Here is the latest video which was directed by Marcella Cytrynowicz who has worked with Snoop Dogg and Nike.
Press: Billboard, Paper, Nylon, Galore, and Fader
Streams: Hot Water has over a million streams on Spotify.
YouTube: brand new video for F–boy has clocked 14k views within a week.

Look out for James Smith’s new track Tell Me That You Love Me. In the vein of John Legend’s All Of Me, it sounds like an adult contemporary smash. The UK singer-songwriter released his debut EP Little while the title track garnered over 3 million streams. The latest track which was co-written and produced by James was inspired by a heartbreak. James reveals, “It was inspired by my first heartbreak, something I didn’t want to happen but it was inevitable, it’s the story of our last couple of days together, ‘pretending it’s all alright’. Hearing the band & gospel choir for the first time completely blew my mind”. Give it a stream.
alice@lucidonline.co.uk

Look out for Tom Forest as he releases his debut album HOPE in January. The British singer-songwriter who hails from a tiny village in London rolled out track Superhuman which is soaked with loneliness and vulnerability.

Speaking on the track, Tom states: “I have this image in my head of a man in a suit, underwater, never reaching the surface. ‘Superhuman’ is about working too hard towards something, and becoming engulfed. I worked for a few years at a law firm with the idea that a solid, well-paid job would somehow help me cling on in London, making music. But I was juggling two careers with no space for anything else, to breaking point. Sometimes it is better to give up, and to go home, if you can.”
robb@lucidonline.co.uk

KOAR favorite Dan Crossley released the new track ‘Rome‘. Crossley reveals his unique vocal on top of stripped back minimalistic production. The 21 year old London-based singer/songwriter made inroads last year with two single releases ‘Feel’ and ‘Nothing But Love’ that picked up blog support, and gathering upward 300K Spotify streams. Check it out and see why Crossley is one of our favorites.
claudia@lucidonline.co.uk