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Maria Grazia Altea Records Where She Grew Up on "Black Out"

Maria Grazia Altea recorded "Black Out" in a small studio in Tempio Pausania, the Sardinian town where she grew up, and that choi...

thisaktmusic 17 Aug, 2026

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Ettienne Chooses Self-Accountability Over Blame on "I Get It"

"I Get It" started as Ettienne's attempt to write about someone else's failures in a relationship, and somewhere in the p...

thisaktmusic 17 Aug, 2026

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BECHILL Uses Wordplay to Disarm Her Own Insecurity on "State of Mind"

Writing about self-doubt is easy. Writing about it clearly enough to take away its power is harder, and that's the real work BECHILL is...

thisaktmusic 17 Aug, 2026

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CamoMotoRider Builds a Festival Album Out of Open Road and Adrenaline on "1st Ride Experience".

CamoMotoRider treats "1st Ride Experience" less like a debut album and more like a route map, with each of its 13 tracks represen...

thisaktmusic 17 Aug, 2026

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motko Sits With Distance Long Enough to Understand It on "home" Album

You have to leave somewhere before you can actually know what staying means, and that's the idea running underneath every track on ...

thisaktmusic 17 Aug, 2026

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FAKE SUEDE Names the Fear Every Situationship Avoids on "Speak Up"

"Speak Up" sits inside a moment most people go out of their way to postpone: the point in an early relationship where someone has ...

thisaktmusic 17 Aug, 2026

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Firefly Search Party Makes Room for Rest on "Some Days"

"Some Days" runs on a contradiction most pop songs try to smooth over: it wants to feel like a happy place and admit, in the same ...

thisaktmusic 17 Aug, 2026

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