Featured artists of mySoundposter.com
This week’s featured artist is the Denver based band Turvy Organ. They declare themselves being mostly influenced by Conor Oberst and the Bright Eyes. But it is undeniable, that their roots go back to the British Indie-Pop of the 80s. Bands like Echo & the Bunnymen, Edwyn Collins’ Scritti Politti and the Pastells come to mind quickly.
This is the last post in a series of seven about this week’s featured artist Kris Angelis from Los Angeles. Apart from her debut album and two EPs, she has released quite a few singles in the past years. They are all very different, but nonetheless, typically Kris and worth a listen.
The single Bright Side is the upbeat, “making-lemonade-out-of-lemons,” empowerment collaboration by our featured artist Kris Angelis with Adrianne Gonzalez of the band The Rescues. With this partnership, Kris proves that she is in touch with more than just the melancholy side of her sound. She aims to lift spirits with her music, too.
Our featured artist Kris Angelis loves to perform live. Hence, in the past few years, she played on stages all over the US and Europe also. Thanks to her voice and personality, you will necessarily be touched by her performance.
In her recent single Roll The Dice released in early 2017, our artist of the week and storyteller Kris Angelis sees life and love as a game, having your fate in your own hands by taking risks.
After a period of rare releases, 2016 and 2017 has been very productive years for our featured artist Kris Angelis. And, as so often in arts, a heartbreak, as painful as it can be, can open new doors and release energy.
Our artist of the week Kris Angelis has a clear view what songwriting means to her: “There’s a Victor Hugo quote that expresses exactly how I feel about it: ‘Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.’ That’s how songwriting has been for me.” And she indeed hasn’t been silent lately.
From time to time, you hear a song that is so perfect and commercially viable that you ask yourself, “how is this not a major record already?”. An excellent example of this is the music of Kris Angelis from Los Angeles, our first featured artist in February. She’s such a good storyteller and just too good to be overheard.
Melissa Delecia, this week’s island girl with a big dream, is presently busy working on her fresh and brand new debut album. But to keep us on track, she is continuing to release new songs on a regular basis.
This week’s featured artist, Melissa Delecia from the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, likes to call her unique blend of styles and melodies Island-Pop, a new genre on her own.