WATCH: Max Swan Finds That ‘Heaven is a Slow Jail’
It’s official: Max Swan needs nothing more than his silky smooth voice, a few trombones, and some compelling visuals to capture our imaginations.
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UMC20: The Best of March 2021
Here we are, at the end of another five-playlist March. The first four, of course, were all unique in their own right. This fifth one — the Best Of — is difficult to construct by nature.
Hear the Best of MarchDaily Spinn: Emma Ohm Brings the Soul on ‘False Confidence’
“He loves me, he loves me not.”
“She loves me, she loves me not.”
We’ve all had that internal debate in our lives, haven’t we?
Hear Friday’s Daily SpinnDaily Spinn: brushstroke Filters COVID-Era Frustrations Through New Single, ‘Lucid’
“Tell me what to do, so I can see the sun again.”
How did you process the complex emotions brought about by 2020? brushstroke wrote a song about it.
Hear Wednesday’s Daily SpinnUMC20: What Has Been, and What Is to Come (Mar. 23, 2021)
We have a beautiful mix of old and new on this week’s UMC20.
Maybe not “old,” per se. “Already featured,” and “not featured yet” is probably more accurate.
Listen to UMC20UMC20: The Submission Form Works! (Jan. 12, 2021)
I’ll tell ya whut… we’ve had a lot of plates to keep spinning here in UMC Land, that sometimes, it’s nice to just go through and catch up on some submissions.
Listen to UMC20Sabriel Finds Herself Able to ‘Love Again’
Throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve all had a chance to go inward and work on our relationships — with others, of course, and with ourselves.
As for Las Vegas-based neo-soul artist Sabriel, she took her inner work and turned it into her latest single!
Hear ‘Love Again’UMC20: The Best of December 2020
Here it is: your lasting impression of 2020’s final month!
Listen to the Best of DecemberMax Swan’s ‘Gone Away’: An Introspective Electrosoul Vibe
Earlier this fall, we showed you an eerie juxtaposition from the mind of Max Swan – the black-and-white, abandoned streets of Philadelphia, set to a bright and nostalgic rendition of Henry Mancini’s 1967 song, “Two For the Road.”
That single finds itself on Swan’s new Gone Away EP (released Oct. 30). True to form, Swan bends genres and bares his soul – this time, on a record that explores the humanity in our flaws, and the disconnects that arise within our relationships.
Check it out!UMC20: Back in Action (Dec. 8, 2020)
It’s been a minute — actually, it’s been three weeks worth of minutes — since we’ve had a brand new UMC20 that wasn’t a “Best Of” around these parts.
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