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Ïgor Gives Boom Bap Nostalgia a Sun-Kissed New Life in Lisboa Na Cabeça

Posted on 17 May 2026

Ïgor unleashed a monster of alt-rap euphoria with Lisboa Na Cabeça, a single that defines the anthemic vivaciousness of his seminal LP, The Curious Case of the Man in the Mirror. It swarms with sun-kissed kinetic rhythm as the independent artist pulls on his Portuguese roots and allows them to blossom in a track that gives hints of boom bap nostalgia a new lease of lust-filled life.

Ïgor has a distinct way of allowing cultural identity breathe through the beat instead of treating it as surface decoration in his discography, ensuring that the melodic rap phrasing glides with ease, while the laid-back, atmospheric production keeps the track suspended in a state of warm propulsion.

There is reflection in the tone, but the dominant feeling is liberation, desire, and movement, all stitched into a release that feels ready to spill from speakers across rooftops, parks, clubs, and long after-midnight car journeys.

Based in London, Ïgor has been building a sound rooted in Portuguese heritage, emotional vulnerability, and lifestyle-rich atmosphere. Through releases such as L.A.W (Love After War) and now Lisboa Na Cabeça, he opens up the wider world of The Curious Case of the Man in the Mirror, a project shaped by self-reflection, relationships, and identity.

It’s a lush pool-party playlist staple from one of the hottest underground architects of urban heat in the UK; festival stages should be screaming for his presence this summer

Lisboa Na Cabeça is now available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

SECRET clawed into the canon of riotous no-wave noise rock with ‘Igor’

Posted on 13 November 2025

SECRET’s standout single, Igor, taken from their debut LP, Weapon of Choice, is boisterous enough to bruise the annals of Riot Grrrl. The short and snarlingly sweet track lets the basslines roll into the tumult of crashing cymbals, as distortion bleeds into no-wave territory through guitars that whip and wail around the vox, which fans of Veruca Salt, Jack Off Jill, and Le Tigre will instantly be adrenalised by.

Adopting the playful valley girl electricity of Kathleen Hanna while keeping their sonic signature in their own kinetic calligraphy, the rise of SECRET feels inevitable; their sound is indomitable, and their energy crackles with uncontainable bite.

Formed in New York City, the trio — Leo Haas, Aadil Mufti, and Yas Saito — channel punk, noise, and old-school rock and roll into a self-contained storm. Their debut album, Weapon of Choice, uses storybook and fantasy elements to narrate short, volatile tales, backed by daydreamy noise rock and charged-up punk urgency. Igor captures that ethos perfectly.

Igor is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify. 

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Divert from your destination to isolated despair with IGOR’s pop-punk anthem, Alone

Posted on 16 September 2024

IGOR pierced the pop-punk veil with his latest single, Alone, which implants a self-deprecating flag in the post-breakup landscape and anthemises the ache of romantic dissolution.

Born in Ukraine, raised in Russia, finessed in America, and now based in New York and part of the LGBTQ+ community, the independent artist is unflinching in his mission to soak the airwaves in self-love. Alone is one of the most affecting sonic extensions of his dedication to uplifting his listeners from self-inflicted despair.

Alone taps into early 2000s rock vibes, offering a rhythmic rebellion that evokes nostalgia while marinating it in a euphorically projected melancholy. The battle cry for the soul pulls at the heartstrings with the universal mantra we’ve all whispered post-heartbreak, “I’ll be better off alone”. IGOR transforms this often private concession into a rallying cry for communal solace, affirming that no one is truly isolated in their feelings of destined solitude.

It’s so much more than just a journey through emotional desolation; it’s a cathartic release that prises serotonin from the grips of despair. IGOR paved the path back to embracing the empowering nature of self-reliance with the therapeutic hit dedicated to the broken-hearted looking to find their way back to themselves.

Alone hit the airwaves on September 4th, stream the single on all major platforms, including Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

IGOR created a harmonic ode to connection with Alana Diaz in his pop-rock ballad, In This City

Posted on 24 January 2024

The Ukrainian-born, NY-hailing pop-rock chameleonic enigma IGOR closed 2023 with a pop-punk hit that viscerally advocated autonomy. Instead of starting 2024 with a bang, he exhibited the softer side of his talent by unleashing the pop-rock piano ballad, In This City, which sees his evocative range amplified through harmonies shared with Alana Diaz.

Atop the minor piano keys and gentle string crescendos, a panoramic narrative unfolds, inviting you into a world of unfaltering connection. The sense of security depicted in the narrative synchronously painted between IGOR and Diaz as they portray two lonely figures in an inhospitable city is profound enough to deliver consolation to anyone who traverses our imperfectly isolating earth without someone to dispel the disconnection. Woven into the ornately strident release is the affirmation that blood doesn’t always run thicker than water; you can find your family in the soul of whoever is capable of salving the ache of alienation.

In This City was officially released on January 19th; stream the single on Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

igor fused rhythmic ferocity and tender vulnerability in his alt-rock hit, My Own Way

Posted on 22 December 2023

Self-reservation cascaded away when igor stridently proclaimed, “The rumors are true – I just went insane”, in the opening lyric of his latest strident and evocatively raw single, My Own Way.

If people still held their lighters in the air, there are few better calls for an inferno of flame than this reclamation of the 00s alt-rock sound. After a short and sweet prelude, which could easily have given way to a Springsteen anthem, pop-punk signatures sink their teeth into the anthemic production that takes you on a cataclysmic ride through a confessional vignette of how much we give away to meet the expectations of someone that was inching away from us the entire time.

With guitar hooks as viscerally sharp as My Chemical Romance’s under igor’s engrossingly distinctive vocal lines, which refuse to forego authenticity for assimilation, My Own Way is a testament to the Ukraine-born, Russia-raised, NY-residing singer-songwriter and his determination to wear his heart on his sleeve.

While earworms that delve deep into scarred psyches to expose the commonalities of agony are a rarity, igor achieved all of that and more in the symbiosis of rhythmic ferocity and tender vulnerability in My Own Way.

My Own Way was officially released on December 1st; stream it on Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast