ONE ROOM

Heavy Roc Music do it again. And again. And again. Off the back of a roster of talent such as 'The Knocks', Alex Winston, Samuel and even more recently 'St. Lucia', comes 'One Room', swaggering into the music world without much more than a loop of piano and all those questions. All that we can decipher is that there are links to Samuel (is that him on the hook?), DJ B-Roc and producer Chris-P. As for the song, 'I Want You', it's a minimalist's dream, said piano spinning around drunkenly, ghostly drum beats being scattered amongst the vocals. The lyrics contrast with the production, the softness being sucked away from the song with the talk of nightmares, and the revelation that his relationship is cracking, based solely on lust. And despite this harshness, the sense that this could just be a dark dream rings throughout. The rest of the EP is out soon, and hopefully more of his/their story will be told. And no doubt there will be grasps at comparisons with 'The Weeknd', but for now this should stand on its own until more is unveiled.
There is also falsetto. It isn't a song if there is no falsetto.

One Room - I Want You by oneroom

ST.LUCIA (PT. 2) // THE KNOCKS (PT. 2)

Sorry.
Here we have two bands who both share the crucial ability to be awesome. And three songs that will make you want to cry tears of synth and bass. Kicking off proceedings is the third song from St. Lucia, 'We Got It Wrong', a band who have yet to make a song that isn't brilliant. Laying real groovy shit down from the outset, the song rises and rises, like a next level baking experience, the looping vocals growing more and comfortable and familiar. Until silence falls and like a Phoenix from the ashes rises part two of the song, the brass heralding in a new era of jaw-drop. A piano loop so infectious it should probably be locked away, surrounded by a woozy mess of synth and the right amount of falcetto brings the song home, this is literally what dreams are made of.

For round 2 we meet in the middle. St. Lucia on the end of The Knocks makeover. Starting off like a quiet night in and ending like the biggest frenzy in history, this scoops you up with the screaming bass and  the stunning deployment of the tambourine. Not since Romeo and Juliet has there been a better matching, except this ends in blissful brilliance rather than suicidal tradegy. Not to put a dampner on things comes the third and final song for today, The Knocks first major single 'Brightside'. If you listen to this song and do not feel like a) dancing or b) being glad your alive, then you really need to go home and re-evaluate your life. These guys are like a factory of groove, bringing stabbing synth and one of the catchiest hooks to ever grace life, ever. If you don't know, now you know.

St. Lucia: "We Got It Wrong" (Prefix Premiere) by prefixmag

St Lucia - The Old House Is Gone (The Knocks Remix) by The Knocks

Brightside by The Knocks