“Like many of us, Jade Bird worships at the altar of Bruce Springsteen. When NME met her last year, she waxed lyrical about The Boss’ one-two punch of ‘Nebraska’ and ‘Born in the U.S.A.’ between 1982 and 1984. Back then, Springsteen worked on the two albums concurrently – some of the songs, such as ‘State Trooper’ (Bird’s favourite, she says) were left inkeeping with the sonics of the hotel room in”
“The British singer-songwriter’s debut fortifies her early promise as a confident young voice of country-charred rock”
“The number of young—often Gen Z-young—musicians finding streaming success before ever releasing an album continues to grow. Maggie Rogers’ “Alaska” accumulated viral hype and millions of streams years before it found a home on her debut album Heard It In A Past Life. Thanks to SoundCloud, “Ocean Eyes” brought Billie Eilish overnight fame almost three years before she’d release WHEN WE FALL ASLEEP,”
