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Saint Kon’s Latest Tour De Force is a Sonic Crusade for Empathy and Justice

Some artists use their platforms for good; some use them for ground-breaking greatness. After Saint Kon released 10000 Hours on February 8, she’s definitively in the latter camp.

The pop-meets-hip-hop mash-up ensured the track has swathes of cross-over appeal while her bars bruise in a way that you may start to question if you’ve ever been hit before. The raw and heavy lyricism explores everything from suicidal ideation to the compulsion to heal others despite how deep our own scars bed down in our psyche.

After a minor key piano prelude, the bass-heavy boom-bap hip-hop instrumentals storm in as she switches from vocal harmonies to a killer rap cadence that blazes through her compulsion to fight the countless injustices of the world.

If the orchestrally heightened, inventively produced and polished track doesn’t fuel you with the motivation to use your time on earth to fight against the insidiousness that seems to get more nefarious with every trip around the sun, you can probably consider your own soul defunct. 10000 Hours is a lesson in convictive empathy; if it worked its way into the consciousness of everyone who existed, the human race would be transformed overnight.

10000 Hours is now available to stream on YouTube.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

What We Need: Hidden Shackles feels them watching like flies on ‘White Collar Lies’

Feeling our society being used and taken for a ride at every corner, Hidden Shackles knows that we have to remain sharp, otherwise our fragile brains may be washed into the machine forever on ‘White Collar Lies‘.

Hidden Shackles is a UK-based indie rock band who performs from the heart and refuses to let anyone blind them from what the truth is.

A politically motivated anthem written to resonate with anyone who is fed up with the current dismal state of the world. It echoes the voices of those most oppressed by capitalism and informs those who fall ignorant. It also calls out the rich and powerful who misuse societal systems through their webs of corruption and self interest.” ~ Hidden Shackles

Urging us to keep our souls alive forever and away from those sketchy narratives that are only teaching us the wrong things, Hidden Shackles bravely encourages us all to unite and to stand up for what is right and not let the greed seep into our conciousness like a poisoned apple.

Whether it’s inequality, human rights, politics or social justice issues, they use their music to vent their anger and frustration.” ~ Hidden Shackles

Sung with an extraordinarily courageous tone and with a rocking vibe that will urge you to speak up for humanity despite the risks associated, this is an important single from a tight group who gel together rather sweetly.

White Collar Lies‘ from the UK-based indie rock band Hidden Shackles is a fearless song from a team who believe what they are doing will indeed make a difference. Showing us that we need to avoid the slippery slopes that can take you into rocky climates if you let it, this is a reflective experience to remember deeply.

Leading the way and bringing us into a mindful place that is away from the rubbish we can easily consume, this is a welcome guiding light into a better place where we know what is real and what isn’t.

Listen up to this thought-provoker on Spotify and see more news on IG.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

King Brian calls for an end to injustice with his latest cinematic RnB single, Reparations

King Brian, AKA Brian Christopher Brown, is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, filmmaker and producer; he poured all of his cinematic poise into his latest single, Reparations. Starting with the hard-hitting lyrics ‘we’ve been cursed for so long, but we are still strong’, emotional investment in the single is non-optional.

His latest single does plenty more than just run you through 400 years of sufferance and oppression; it acts as a celebration of every triumph over adversity. King Brian takes plenty of influence from artists such as Michael Jackson, Tupac and Prince; there may not be much sonic resemblance in the soundscape. Yet, Reparations undoubtedly carries the same sense of soul that will test your own soul’s capacity to feel.

The Radio Edit of Reparations is now available to stream and purchase via Bandcamp.

Review by Amelia Vandergast