What do you get when you combine the efforts of 9 highly talented young French musicians? Well, you get the unforgettable, genre-melding sound of Who Parked The Car. Having studied at some of the most prestigious music schools of Paris, the group came together through their shared appreciation for technique and the emotive power of music. With a string of singles to be released this autumn and a debut album to come in 2022, there is plenty of time to fall in love with this collective’s idiosyncratic sound. 

After a seven-year hiatus, Lavola are back with their signature immersive sound and penetrating lyrics. Beginning as a bedroom music project in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Lavola consists of founder Julian Cires, Jeff Rose and Paul DeFilippis and has involved a number of supporting musicians over the years. Produced by Paige Coley and Julian Cires, Lavola’s latest track, ‘Your Alarm Bell’, is the product of a four-year gestation period, beginning its journey in Orlando, Florida and concluding it in LA. 

On the very first day that singer-songwriters Annie Rew Shaw and Billy Wright first met, they ended up completing two whole songs. This is how – through chance and fortune - Dust In The Sunlight came into being. Their latest track, ‘Blueprints’ captures that very same spirit, exploring themes of chance, duality and parallel lives. As the first single from their upcoming second EP, it marks a move toward a more cinematic, rich sound and celebrates the duo’s evolving craftsmanship. 

Nashville-based indie songstress Alissa Linemann is back with yet another feel-good single ‘Good & Well’. This time, she partners up with Michael Kelley – AKA Gentle Organisms – for a musical journey through myth and fairytale; after all, Alissa is also a fantasy fiction author as a well as a songwriter. Following up on her 2020 track ‘Past Lives’, this new single is packed with everything that makes Alissa Linemann so spell binding. 

For the past four years, Bristol-born producer and songwriter Sam Jackson has been living and working in Vienna. The name of his solo project, Einsam – meaning solitary – is a tribute to Sam’s feeling of displacement and solipsism, and strives to explore the self though the medium of music. Having released three introductory single, Einsam is ready to launch his debut EP, Samantics, which will take an even deeper dive into themes of solitude, anxiety and existence.

Founded in Los Angeles by Mike Lee, Letting Up Despite Great Faults has gone through quite a few developments, swapping acoustics for a noisier shoegaze soundscape, and acquiring new bandmates Kent Zambrana, Daniel Schmidt and Annah Fisette. Now based in Austin, Texas, the band craft romantic, woozy music that feels both nostalgic and deeply familiar. Their latest track, ‘Corners Pressed’ looks forward to a new album which promises to deliver deep narratives and lush sounds, delighting fans both old and new. 

Canada’s Scott Helman isn’t afraid to speak his mind. Apart from dominating the Canadian music scene and touring around the world with the likes of Tegan and Sara, Shawn Mendes, Vance Joy, Walk Off The Earth and Daniel Lewis, this seven-time JUNO award nominee campaigns to raise awareness of the climate crisis. In his latest track, ‘Pretty’, Scott playfully addresses another prescient issue of our age – the shift in traditional gender norms and the path to one’s own unique expression. 

Georgia native Emmy Law uses her fresh, indie-pop sound to deliver compelling stories of everyday experience. Having performed extensively across the South-eastern United States, Emmy has since moved to Nashville, where she’s released her sophomore EP, Bitter Heart, in May of this year. Recently, she has been collaborating remotely with New Jersey-based producer and singer-songwriter Shane Baker, who also has his own project, Indian Run. Combining their sounds in “a fun creative exercise”, Emmy and Shane have concocted two glistening singles, the first of which is the luminous ‘Black and White’.

Manchester’s The Super Late Night – or simply TSLN – is riding on a wave of success; not only did he manage to amass over 100K followers and half a million likes in under a month, but his own musical heroes – Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda and Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds – have given TSLN a stamp of approval. As he reimagines the sound of pop-punk, TSLN is not afraid to inject his music with bold experimentation and his own signature northern humour, delighting fans and critics alike.

Since the tender age of six, Blake Wisner has been steadily making music on his laptop. Now he is a music producer and songwriter based out of Las Vegas, producing and recording songs for dozens of artists. With the release of his debut single ‘OTW’, Blake asserts his intention to shine in his own right, and looks forward to releasing more music under his own name. 

CHLOE has been writing music since a very early age. Always Could’ is a cinematic piano ballad that subtly weaves wistfulness with a deeply-felt sense of romance. Inspired by BBC’s adaption of Sally Rooney’s bestselling novel Normal People, this track perfectly showcases CHLOE’s resonant, lulling vocals and aptitude for engaging

Canada-based Indonesian sibling duo The Macrons Projects have been playing music together since their childhood and are now ready to show their artistry to the world. After a string of popular covers – including a dreamy rendition of ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ – Ree and Dito set out to record an original song, one which would embody their organic and cinematic approach to music. Recorded in a DYI home studio in collaboration with producer Jacob Montague, their debut single ‘Hold Us Tight’ is an indie-folk ballad that perfectly captures the bitter-sweetness of long-distance love, inspired by Dito’s own relationship with his wife.

19-year-old Irish singer-songwriter Mia Yermeche has a bright future ahead of her. While still training at various art schools across Ireland, she’s released her debut single, ‘Butterflies’, and wowed the judges on an episode of The Big Deal. Her follow up single, ‘Comfortable’, is further proof of Mia’s unique charisma, marrying together vibrant R’n’B production, pop-y brilliance and engaging lyric that deal with real-life situations. 

Questioning the fundamental characteristics of humanity and the boundaries between routine and automation, this New York outfit drive their reflections into your brain through dark reverberating waves of guitar. Concluding each elongated line which waves of white horses of drums that lick at your eardrums.

Canadian alternative duo Watts are not afraid to experiment with sound and mood. Determined to constantly evolve and grow, vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Jayem and guitarist Ricky 100 are moving away from their hip-hop beginnings towards a more indie-pop sound. The resulting fusion of genres is a kaleidoscopic explosion, sure to elicit a full-hearted emotional response that the band are looking for. Watts’s latest track, ‘Sunnyside’, comes hot on the heels of the album Colonies, and looks towards a string of impeding releases that will continue their genre-bending journey. 

The self-described purveyor of “Existential Indie Pop”, ROE is a Norther Irish musical sensation with a singular ability to speak to the human heart. After gaining a spot on the BBC Introducing Stage at Glastonbury when she was only 18-years-old, ROE went on to win Best Emerging Artists – Northern Ireland Music Prize only the year. Continuing to develop her sound, ROE released her 2020 debut EP ‘Things We Don’t Talk About’ to over 1 million streams on Spotify. ROE’s latest release, ‘Destroyer’ is a collaboration with fellow Norther Irish songwriter, Ciaran Lavery, that sees her explore a darker side of folk-pop.