NEW MUSIC: FT. DANIEL SON, BSHP & DUVALL, WES KING AND PLANKY WITH HARRY SHOTTA
Kent’s New Music Friday… picking out tracks that have entered our ears in the past week!
This Friday, while you are social distancing or even heading back to work, let these new tracks from Kent artists tune your ears in to what the most musically productive county in the country sounds like right now.
We have added all tracks to the ‘cene #KeepitKent Spotify Playlist HERE
DANIEL SON - QUEEN & COUNTRY
Instagram: @danielsonmusic
Daniel Son's latest offering is noted as ‘greazy, anti-establishment scuzz that's guaranteed to stir discomfort and give the EDL nightmares’.
The former Maidstone resident first came to our attention with his electrifying track ‘Champion Greyhound’ from the 2020 album ‘Greggs’.
Now returning with ‘Black Russian’, Son has got back to his punk fury and punchline-laden crime tales, daubing unhurried and (at times) woozy production from none other than alter ego Barlow Beats, Kent heavyweight Slap Up Mill and Manchester's own Noz & Four Limbs for this nine-track art piece.
Known for picking a lyrical fight during his entry into Don't Flop's Beat Fighter online tournament, we have picked out ‘Queen & Country’ as our highlight track, where his barbs are laced with all too familiar home truths. Punchy.
DUVALL & BSHP - EVERY SONG
Instagram: @iamduvall & @bshp
Rising Kent pop artist bshp has collaborated with Duvall for new track ‘Every Song’, that is sure to take you on a trip to summertime.
Taking to social media, bshp said: “Special this one, @iamduvall first solo release, stream the ting !!!!🤩
”Such a pleasure to have co-written and featured on this stunning song, the beginning of and amazing journey for the ridiculously talented @iamduvall , keep shining 💫.”
Formerly known as Gabriella Vixen, bshp has bagged some 750k monthly listeners on Spotify, and shot to prominence with songs like her cover of Des’ree’s ‘Kissing You’.
Following on from 2021 single ‘Never Mind’, which was played on the likes of BBC Radio 1’s Best New Pop show with Mollie King, bshp lends her soaring vocals to ‘Every Song’, which has a totally 00s Balearic beat and baseline, completed by a painfully addictive hook and lyrics. It’s got ‘Club Banger’ written all over it. Pumped.
WES KING - LOADED GUN
Instagram: @weskingmusic
After stepping down from his role as the lead of Maidstone’s Tres Kings, Wes King has gone solo with a wallop. Following up debut single ‘Living strange’, he’s hit upon an absolute ripper of a second track, in ‘Loaded Gun’.
Like early Kasabian formulas, ‘Loaded Gun’ smacks you in the face with brutal guitar riffs, before enticing you along with slick hooks and beautifully incessant lyrics. Just hearing the opening guitar skirmish makes you want to chuck on the sunglasses and strut about taking no sh*t from anyone. It’s brilliant. Swagger.
PLANKY - SOUL PLANE FT. HARRY SHOTTA, DYNAMITE MC & PAV4N
Soul sampling, early hip hop fan juddering and lyrical speeding, DJ/producer Planky has crafted a cracker with new track ‘Soul Plane’.
Employing the distinctive vocal talents of Kent’s Harry Shotta as well as the legendary Dynamite MC and PAV4N, ‘Soul Plane’ makes you feel hot. It’s a cloud break of a track… a reminder of better times and filled with hope of a banging summer. It’s got a bit of everything…. humour, intensity and superbly skilled use of sampling. Selection.