Atwood Magazine

Bobby Bazini - “Turn Blue,” “Pearl,” & “Under the Weight” ‘Live: From Anywhere, Everywhere’ is @AtwoodMagazine’s specially-curated video series connecting our audience with artists from around the world! Watch acclaimed singer/songwriter Bobby Bazini (@bobbybazini) performing his songs “Turn Blue,” “Pearl,” and “Under the Weight”! “Bobby Bazini has already established himself as a singular voice throughout his native Canada and beyond, and yet, Pearl is an unparalleled reintroduction to him as an artist and as a human. It’s a fresh start – something bold, something beautiful, and something altogether new.” - @MitchMosk, @AtwoodMagazine — — 
:: ABOUT THE SONGS :: “Turn Blue” “I think the very moment when we wrote ‘Turn Blue’ was quite a defining one for this project. It’s about the fear of losing passion or love for something/someone. It’s asking the question: ‘If I were with you all the time, would you turn blue?’ It’s like, while we were making this record, we were constantly dreaming of the sea, but what if we were actually there when we made it? Would all of this be the same?”   “Pearl”   “The concept of ‘Pearl’ was born when I came across an article about how pearls are formed: When foreign objects such as grains of sand enter the oyster, it protects itself by surrounding them with layers of nacre. From an irritant, the oyster manages to create one of the rarest and most beautiful materials in the world! This concept inspired me as I made a connection to a darker time I had just gone through and felt strongly about using this as a springboard for my next album. It’s about turning the negative into something positive, when the sand/irritants enter the shell, something beautiful can be made.”   “Under the Weight” “It’s about feeling ‘under the weight.’ Something I think everyone can relate to, however there’s hope in the song, a light, a feeling that things

Robert DeLong - “SLOWLY,”“soft boy,” & “Fatal Flaw (Livin, Alright?)” ‘Live: From Anywhere, Everywhere’ is @AtwoodMagazine’s specially-curated video series connecting our audience with artists from around the world! Watch Robert DeLong (@robertdelong) performing the songs “SLOWLY,”“soft boy,” & “Fatal Flaw (Livin, Alright?)” – taken off his recently-released fourth studio album, ‘PLAYLIST of DOOM’ (out now on @roundhill_records)! — — 
:: ABOUT THE SONGS :: “SLOWLY” “’SLOWLY’ is a song that channels the emotional push and pull going into a one-sided breakup. On one hand, you simply want the other person to rip the bandaid off and not prolong the agony, but on the other, you are wincing at the thought of the acute pain that comes with the final blow, and wish that there could be a soft landing.”  “soft boy” “‘soft boy’ is a song that accepts the fact that the world is harsh, and knows that it’s not strange and shouldn’t be derided for the sensitive person to be negatively affected by that truth.” “Fatal Flaw (Livin, Alright?)” “’Fatal Flaw (Livin, Alright?)’ could be a Tom Petty song, and it could be about anything, but it might be about existential dread, or it might be about a relationship, or it might be about transhumanism, or it might be about buying a used car.” If you like the music, follow @robertdelong and please ❤️ & share!

h. pruz - “Dark Sun,”“Force,” & “I Keep Changing” ‘Live: From Anywhere, Everywhere’ is @AtwoodMagazine’s specially-curated video series connecting our audience with artists from around the world! Watch New York City-based singer/songwriter h. pruz (@hanapruz) performing their songs “Dark Sun,”“Force,” & “I Keep Changing.” Their debut album ‘No Glory’ is out now via @mtnlaurelrecordingco! “Achingly intimate and breathtakingly vulnerable, h. pruz’s ‘No Glory’ is a soul-stirring indie folk record of grief, healing, acceptance, and inner reckoning. It’s a collection of songs wrestling with life’s inherent fragility; how, no matter how strong our foundations may seem, we’re all living in our own house of cards – trying our best to maintain our balance and keep the peace inside and out, lest it all fall down.” - @MitchMosk, @AtwoodMagazine “h. pruz is something of a musical and existential playground for Hannah Pruzinsky’s own unfiltered mind, body, and spirit. It’s a diary-like artistry; a space for experimentation and limitless vulnerability, where they can share those parts of themselves and their world they don’t express anywhere else.” — — 
:: ABOUT THE SONGS :: “Dark Sun” “‘Dark Sun’ is the first song off of my debut album, No Glory. It’s a song I often avoid playing live, as I think the magic of it lies in its slightly out of tune/janky feel, but it felt relevant for me to play at this particular moment in my life.” “Force” “‘Force’ is an unreleased song I wrote last year and started to play while touring after falling in love with an arrangement my bandmates concocted with me around the fingerpicked melody. You can listen to it in a demo form if you purchase the GUNK Palestine compilation, and hopefully sometime next year in a fully realized form.” “I Keep Changing”  “‘I Keep Changing’ is another song off of No Glory, one of the first I wrote for

Alycia Lang - “Bad Luck Bad Habit,” “In Circles,” & “Slow Fade” ‘Live: From Anywhere, Everywhere’ is @AtwoodMagazine’s specially-curated video series connecting our audience with artists from around the world! Watch Durham by-way-of Northern California singer/songwriter Alycia Lang (@lycialang) performing the songs “Bad Luck Bad Habit,” “In Circles,” & “Slow Fade” – taken off her recently-released debut album, ‘Speak the Word to Hear the Sound’ (out now via @mtnlaurelrecordingco)! “Lang packs the full spectrum of experience and emotion into Speak the Word to Hear the Sound, an achingly intimate record that hits hard and leaves a lasting impression on both the ears and the heart. She holds nothing back throughout eight soul-stirring songs that capture the messiness, the magic, the pain, and the beauty of being present in your body and feeling the weight of the world as it comes crashing down.” - @MitchMosk, @AtwoodMagazine — — 
:: ABOUT THE SONGS :: “Bad Luck Bad Habit” In some ways, ‘Bad Luck Bad Habit’ questions whether the things we choose and the things that choose us are actually all that different. I wrote it when I was in the throes of a cross-country move, with plenty of time to ponder whether repeating patterns I’d assumed were bad luck might actually just be bad habits. “In Circles” ’In Circles’ is a token of tenderness towards my own mind, and I’d hope that it’s also a good reminder to anyone listening to be gentle with themselves sometimes too. I wrote what I needed to hear so that I would have it when I needed it. “Slow Fade” ‘Slow Fade’ is one of my favorite songs on ‘Speak the Word to Hear the Sound.’ I was thinking about how comforting a slow fade can be, if only because you know the end is coming and there’s time to process it. So often, hard moments in life hit you with an abruptness that feels like adding insult to injury. I was going through a particularly

Fantastic Cat - “Oh Man!” “All My Fault,” & “The Hammer & The Nail” ‘Live: From Anywhere, Everywhere’ is @AtwoodMagazine’s specially-curated video series connecting our audience with artists from around the world! Watch New York City-based folk rock supergroup (and Atwood artist-to-watch) Fantastic Cat (@fantasticcatband) performing the songs “Oh Man!” “All My Fault,” and “The Hammer & The Nail” - taken off their recently-released sophomore album, ‘Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat’ (out now on @missingpiecegroup)! Featuring @briandunnemusic, @anthdamatomusic, @dondilego, and @mikemontali! “Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat is a spirited testament to the power of collaboration and human connection: A radiant, achingly emotive folk rock record filled with disillusionment and frustration, that still manages to find a light of hope in a dark and often depressing world. Arriving two years and plenty of touring after their debut, the supergroup’s “highly unanticipated” (their words) sophomore album builds upon the strengths of their first LP as, having firmly uncovered who Fantastic Cat is, they dove in headfirst for another swing.” - @MitchMosk, @AtwoodMagazine — — 
:: ABOUT THE SONGS :: “Oh Man!” “We were mid-album making and I thought it would be great to have something fun. ‘Oh man, we’re all doing the best we can’ just felt like the right sentiment. Once Mike added that drum beat and Brian that riff, and Anthony revealed his foot fetish…we were off and running.” - Don 
“All My Fault” “This song takes all the piss out of the ego and delusion required to get onstage every night and make a life in music. It’s the kind of utterly ridiculous thing I’d feel way too exposed to do in my solo career, but somehow makes perfect sense amidst all the other ridiculousness of Fantastic Cat.” - Anthony   “The Hammer & The Nail” “I was thinking a lot about some of those old c

Abby Holliday - “Better By Now,” “Ohio Laundry Room,” & “8 Hours” ‘Live: From Anywhere, Everywhere’ is @AtwoodMagazine’s specially-curated video series connecting our audience with artists from around the world! Watch Nashville-based indie pop singer/songwriter and Atwood Magazine artist-to-watch Abby Holliday (@abbyholliday) performing her songs “Better By Now,” “Ohio Laundry Room,” and “8 Hours”! “Between the raw humanity of WHEN WE’RE FAR APART I FALL APART and now the tasteful turbulence and tenacity of I’M OK NO I’M NOT, Abby Holliday is proving herself a voice for all those struggling through their teens, twenties, and beyond.” - @MitchMosk, @AtwoodMagazine “Abby Holliday has honed the voice she found only two years ago, and yet at the same time she’s put herself out there more than ever before, writing the most personal songs she’s ever written while taking more musical and sonic risks in her arrangements and production. And with great risk comes great reward: Every second of I’M OK NO I’M NOT‘s 23 minute run adds up to an irresistibly captivating and cathartic experience for all.” — — 
:: ABOUT THE SONGS :: “’Better By Now’ is a song I wrote in 2021. It’s about slowly falling out of love with someone and having conflicting feelings about trying to trust my gut.” - Abby Holliday “’Ohio Laundry Room’ is one of the most special songs to me. I wrote it about a family member who I was very close to who passed away last year. Dealing with grief has been an unexpected, tough, strange journey that I’m still figuring out day by day. I hope this song gives permission to people to allow themselves to feel what they’re feeling.” “’8 Hours’ was one of the first songs I wrote for my record ‘WHEN WE’RE FAR APART I FALL APART.’ It talks about how sometimes it’s easier to pretend like everything’s fine instead of talking about or dealing with real issues (family, fri

GIYA - “spin the record” & “junk house” ‘Live: From Anywhere, Everywhere’ is @AtwoodMagazine’s specially-curated video series connecting our audience with artists from around the world! Watch London alt-pop artist GIYA (@giyamoosic) performing her songs ““spin the record” & “junk house,” both taken off her recently released sophomore EP, ‘ODD FISH.’ — — 
:: ABOUT THE SONGS :: “‘spin the record’ - “‘spin the record’ is the lead single from my new EP ‘ODD FISH,’ which is out now! This single is deeply personal to me and was written about my relationship with my dad.” - GIYA “‘junk house’ - “‘junk house’ is also on my EP, and it’s about my time in the ‘junk house’ aka my student house through COVID). It’s snapshot for what real youth culture is like!” If you like the music, follow @giyamoosic and please ❤️ & share!

Bertie Newman - “Wasted on Me,” “I Will,” & “IDK You Yet” ‘Live: From Anywhere, Everywhere’ is @AtwoodMagazine’s specially-curated video series connecting our audience with artists from around the world! Watch London singer/songwriter Bertie Newman (@bertie.newman) performing his songs “Wasted on Me” and “I Will” as well as a cover of Alexander 23’s “IDK You Yet.” “Bertie Newman’s poetry is inspiring, his imagery is poignant, and his performance is utterly breathtaking.” - @MitchMosk, @AtwoodMagazine “Achingly intimate, tender, and raw, Bertie Newman’s “Wasted on Me” is a beautiful reckoning with worry and woe: A gentle, dreamy indie folk pop song full of heart and depth. It’s the workings of a soul exposed.” — — 
:: ABOUT THE SONGS :: “‘Wasted on Me’ is about the feeling of not being good enough and wondering if you are deserving of someone’s love.”   “‘I Will’ is about letting go of trauma and allowing your significant other to help you heal, and for you to be willing to do so.”   “‘IDK You Yet’ is a cover my friend and I recorded and released on TikTok, which then took off – and so we recorded a full version!” If you like the music, follow @bertie.newman and please ❤️ & share!

Juno - “Everything I Need,” “One More Time,” & “Cascade” ‘Live: From Anywhere, Everywhere’ is @AtwoodMagazine’s specially-curated video series connecting our audience with artists from around the world! Watch Liverpool-based indie five-piece Juno (@junobandofficial) performing their songs “Everything I Need,” “One More Time,” and “Cascade”! — — “Everything I Need” – A soppy but energetic love song about the triviality of lavish gifts when you have a love which is genuine. “One More Time” – A song about the strangeness of knowing a person completely and then losing this connection overnight. “Cascade” – A sort of desperation underpins this track, it’s about trying to navigate a relationship which is falling apart around you and the feeling of confusion, self-loathing and fear which this entails. If you like the music, follow @junobandofficial and please ❤️ & share!

mehro - “dopamine,” “chance with you,” & “like you’re god” ‘Live: From Anywhere, Everywhere’ is @AtwoodMagazine’s specially-curated video series connecting our audience with artists from around the world! Watch Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer mehro (@mehromusic) performing his songs “dopamine,” “chance with you,” and “like you’re god”! — — “dopamine”: “I feel ‘dopamine’ is a song unlike any other I have written before. It makes me remember times that I am not sure I ever had. Interesting how memories stay with us, and how they linger in our minds. I wonder how different the reality of the experiences really were from the memories they casted. I was too busy enjoying or hating the experience to film it.” “chance with you”: “‘chance with you’ was inspired by an evening I didn’t realize was so impactful on my life, until a few years later. I played the opening chord of the song. and I was thrown back to that evening. The choices I made, the feelings I felt were as vivid as if they were happening right before my eyes. I followed the inspiration and it led me to this piece.” “like you’re god”: “‘like you’re god’ is visceral desire. Passion, love, respect, perhaps a little fear. Butterflies. Perhaps something even more dangerous. It is the many textures of sexuality that are living in all of us – some inhibited, some not. I believe this song has a beautiful life ahead that it has yet to live.” If you like the music, follow @mehromusic and please ❤️ & share!

OURAA - “Just Breathe” & “Only You” ‘Live: From Anywhere, Everywhere’ is @AtwoodMagazine’s specially-curated video series connecting our audience with artists from around the world! Watch London born and raised R&B singer-songwriter OURAA (@ouraaofficial) performing her songs “Just Breathe” and “Only You” — — “Just Breathe” - “‘Just Breathe’ is my latest single and it’s a message of empowerment and hope. I was going through a hard time when I wrote this, and I only hope this song can help other people who are struggling with something.” - OURAA “Only You” - “‘Only You’ is an unreleased track, and it’s purely and simply a love song!” If you like the music, follow @ouraaofficial and please ❤️ & share!

Sofia Machray - “Between Now & Then” & “Petals In The Rain” ‘Live: From Anywhere, Everywhere’ is @AtwoodMagazine’s specially-curated video series connecting our audience with artists from around the world! Watch New Zealand indie rock singer/songwriter (and Atwood artist-to-watch) Sofia Machray (@sofiamachray) performing the songs “Between Now & Then” and “Petals In The Rain,” both taken off her recently released debut EP, ‘Language of Flowers’ (out now)! “A tender tempest full of dreamy, radiant indie rock and raw vulnerability, ‘Language of Flowers’ aches with breathtaking beauty as Sofia Machray unveils moments of intimacy, reflection, and rediscovery.” - @MitchMosk, @AtwoodMagazine “Tension slowly dissipates into a sweet release that washes over us, drenching our ears and our hearts in a stunning, seductive indie rock sound... With grace, glistening sonics, and an unfiltered honesty that hits hard and leaves an instant, lasting mark, Sofia Machray is without a doubt an artist-to-watch moving forward.” — — “Between Now & Then”: “‘Between Now & Then’ is a song dedicated to my hometown and upbringing. I grew up in a cozy cottage that backed off right onto the riverside, in Arrowtown, New Zealand. I drew a lot of my inspiration from the mountains into my songwriting and how I co-existed with them. The song is about the deep connection I had to my childhood home and having to come to terms with it being sold and then having to navigate a new meaning of home.” “Petals In The Rain”: “‘Petals In The Rain’ explores themes of self-discovery and growth through overcomings. When writing this song I was processing some of my first losses, heartbreak, and letting go of old friendships that were no longer serving me whilst navigating adulthood. I’m only 23, so I barely feel like an adult. But there was a lot to learn through these experiences in terms of self-discovery, I felt I’ve learned more about my