This feature spotlights artists who have submitted their tracks/videos to She Makes Music. If you would like to be featured here then please send an e-mail to helen@shemakesmusic.co.uk. We look forward to hearing from you!
lagaiaff
Based in Madrid, Italian-Spanish artist and performer Lagaiaff creates alternative pop that moves between electronic sounds and three languages: Spanish, Italian and English. Her music embraces the different sides of her identity while leaving plenty of room for instinct and experimentation.
Latest single ‘guai’ was written during Lagaiaff’s time in Spain as she began caring less about how other people perceived her and focusing instead on experiencing life, having fun and following her instincts. Energetic and deliberately a little chaotic, the track is ultimately about embracing the unexpected parts of yourself rather than trying to keep them contained.
særa
Budapest-based singer-songwriter særa blends atmospheric, spacey indie-pop with an ’80s flavour and intimate storytelling across French, English and Hungarian. Her three-track EP Embarquement Nécessaire explores one-sided relationships, situationships, emotional abandonment and break-ups through dream pop and alternative electronic sounds.
‘L’Aéroport’ captures the confusion of a completely unexpected breakup through the metaphor of an airport. One person suddenly doesn’t follow the other through security, leaving no opportunity to turn back or make sense of what has happened – only the need to keep moving forward. Despite its painful inspiration, særa packages the experience into something altogether funkier: music for dancing while crying, or simply dancing.
Take Four
Sheffield four-piece Take Four bring together soul, funk, blues, R&B and jazz, drawing inspiration from both classic and contemporary artists. Initially brought together through a mutual friend and a shared love of music, the band’s early cover sessions gradually developed into writing original material together.
‘Red Dress’ explores the contradiction between wanting freedom from other people’s expectations while still craving their admiration and approval. Drawn from several personal experiences, the red dress itself becomes a symbol of endings, beginnings and dreams – looking back at the past while imagining a future that has yet to arrive, and recognising how easily the present can disappear between the two.
Reva K
Musician, producer and graphic designer Reva K blends ’90s-influenced pop-rock with melodic guitars, hook-driven songwriting and a distinctly DIY approach. Written and produced entirely by Reva, debut album Welcome to 20 Something captures the contradictions of young adulthood through humour, honesty and introspection.
Focus track ‘In Too Deep’ reflects on toxic relationships and the patterns that can become clearer only once you’ve escaped them. Looking back can bring uncomfortable questions about how warning signs were missed, but Reva rejects the idea that vulnerability makes somebody foolish. Instead, the track recognises how pain can leave a person open to somebody willing to take advantage of it.
Godarxk
South Korean artist Godarxk creates bossa nova and jazz-inspired indie-pop with a playful approach to storytelling. Latest single ‘San-Check’ takes its title from a wordplay on the Korean word san-chaek, meaning “a walk”, combining san – mountain – with the idea of checking in with yourself.
The song was inspired by the image of a dog so enthusiastic about going for a walk that it grabs its own leash and confidently heads out into the world. Beneath the humour is a simple reminder that life doesn’t always need to be completely figured out. Sometimes taking a breath, checking in with yourself and simply going for a walk is enough.
Mallow Avenue
Mallow Avenue is the project of Bristol songwriter and producer Phoenix, whose music draws from folk, psychedelia, jazz and pop. After stepping away from music partly because of the pressures and expectations surrounding women getting older, she is returning at 31 with a renewed determination to share the songs she wants to make.
‘All of Our Luck’ is a folky chamber-pop track featuring a violin rescued from Phoenix’s wardrobe after years without being played. The song explores those difficult but necessary conversations that sometimes have to happen within a relationship, marking both a musical return and a reminder that there is no expiry date on creativity.
Greazy G
Estonian solo artist Greazy G brings the high-energy world of Phonk out of the DJ booth and into a performance-led live setting. With a background in dance, she combines dark, fast-paced electronic sounds with movement and an emphasis on the physical energy shared between artist and audience.
Latest single ’12’ continues that approach, rooted in the driving Phonk sound at the centre of Greazy G’s musical identity. Built for movement and high-energy environments, the track reflects an artist interested in treating electronic music not simply as something to play, but something to perform.
Gretchin
London indie-pop singer-songwriter Gretchin takes a detour into country-pop on latest single ‘Cowboy’, written and produced alongside her brother Joe Hamberger. Inspired by the likes of Shania Twain and Ella Langley, the song began after a night at a buck and bull – and Gretchin’s own experience of dating a cowboy. A London-based one, admittedly.
Part breakup anthem and part imaginary final comeback, ‘Cowboy’ gives Gretchin the opportunity to say everything she didn’t manage to say at the time. Like replaying an argument in the shower and suddenly discovering the perfect cutting response hours too late, the track turns heartbreak and a bruised ego into something playful, empowering and made to be danced to.
Tashi Tashi
Berlin-based DJ and producer Tashi Tashi creates high-energy, groove-driven techno built around rolling bass, sharp percussion and a vivid sense of momentum. Her music balances funk and grit with a measured but forceful approach designed firmly with movement in mind.
Latest release ‘Cvnty Bells’ takes that energy into slower and more seductive territory. Drawing on Tashi Tashi’s love of hypnotic sounds and acid, the track settles into a persistent groove built to linger long after its final beat.
Sapling
Based between Providence and Worcester, Sapling describe themselves as a “bitchpop and art rock” band, combining pop hooks with experimental chaos, complex instrumentation and a sense of humour that refuses to take itself too seriously.
‘No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service’ began with a deceptively simple riff that proved surprisingly difficult to finish before a full horn section helped transform its direction. The resulting summer song – there are bongos, so naturally it qualifies – is about being thoroughly sick of dealing with your own problems but still having to get up and continue with the day. All proceeds from the track will be donated to New England Justice For Our Neighbors, which provides free legal support to immigrants seeking humanitarian visas in Massachusetts.
Check out more of our recent submissions via the playlist below!
