Departing from the usual EDM on 20-somethinglife, we re-visit Snugs who in May released their newest track “Roommates” featuring vocals from Tony Ferrari. With some fun and light vocals, this track defines easy listening and is great for pre or post-gaming. Check it out!
Featuring sultry and seductive vocals from Syd Silvair, Oliver Heldens delivers an ear-worm of a house track in “Never Look Back”. Interestingly, this song was supposed to feature Britney Spears on it according to Oliver but they ended up going with the original singer/songwriter in Syd Silvair which is good to hear. Bump it and find the lyrics below.
Don’t lose your mind when you watch me walk away
Thunder and lightning, we’re gonna detonate
Don’t lose your mind when you watch me walk away
Thunder and lightning
And we never look back
Solid gold, saw you walking like that
Step too close, turn to liquid like that
Sleek and bold, can we keep it like that?
And we never look back
“Take Your Time”, a single from ARTY released in January is an upbeat progressive house track with a positive message. Check out what ARTY himself had to say about it, then listen and check out the lyrics below.
“‘Take Your Time’ is a very personal song about the right and wrong times in your life. It doesn’t always go the way you expect or want, but you need to be patient about things coming the way you manifest them, because eventually, the time will be right. Although the song was written back in 2020 right before COVID started, I feel it hits the nail right on the head considering the times we live in now. I really hope that ‘Take Your Time’ will resonate with the listeners and make their day a little bit brighter because we need to believe that the good days will come.”
Saying all the right things in all the wrong moments
Feeling all the right things, but don’t know how to show it
The stars align
When it’s just right
So we can take the long road
Just don’t know where it’s going
And even if it’s not right now
Someday we’re gonna work this out
So take your time
I’ll wait it out
And even if we don’t know when
Someday we’ll make it work somehow
So take your time
I’ll wait it out
Wait it out
Wait it out
Walking on a tight rope
We keep losing our balance
Even with our eyes closed
We both know what’s gonna happen
There’ll be a sign
When it’s just right
And even if it’s not right now
Someday we’re gonna work this out
So take your time
I’ll wait it out, wait it out
And even if we don’t know when
Someday will make it work somehow
So take your time
I’ll wait it out
Wait it out
Wait it out
Wait it out
I’ll wait it out
So take your time
I’ll wait it out
Wait it out
Wait it out
The Canadian duo Sultan & Shepard released their LP Something, Everything in March 2021 and one of the most moving tracks off it comes in the form of “Assassin”. The LP as whole is slower than what you’d typically think of EDM featuring mostly instrumentals with a calming vibe that can be classified as a mix of melodic house and techno. “Something, Everything”, the track that shares the album’s namesake is another one to check out. Take a listen and check out the lyrics to “Assassin” below.
Less a lover, more a fighter
But I’m tired of fighting to hold on
Got too many scars to hide ’em
So it’s easier bein’ on my own
But you
Shoot first, draw blood, before I know
Yeah, you
One shot, one touch, and I let go
How did this happen?
My walls were up and
You moved without a sound
Never imagined
Like an assassin
Yeah, one look took me down
How did this happen?
My walls were up and
You moved without a sound
Never imagined
Like an assassin
Yeah, one look took me down
Down, down, down
Down, down, down
Yeah, one look took me down
Down, down, down
Down, down, down
Yeah, one look took me
Yeah, one look took me
Yeah, one look took me
“Wild Ones”, the fourth track on Jason Ross’s recently released Convergence EP is a beautiful example of a quality melodic dubstep track. Nevve’s vocals are transcendent as always adding just the right amount of lightness on top of a bright chorus. Take a listen and check out the lyrics!
I been out here running and trying and running to find it
The wilderness inside of me
Yeah I been out here running and trying and fighting
To find who I can be, yeah
Cuz I was lost but now I’m found like gold inside a mountain
And in your wild I could drown like water in a fountain
Show me worlds you hide away
Darkness fades, I’m wide awake
I was lost but now I’m found like crystals on a crown
So promise we’ll stay young forever
Through the thrills and the adventures
For a million miles together, you and me
Let’s be wild
Let’s be wild
Let’s be wild
Let’s run wild, let’s run wild…
Cuz I was lost but now I’m found like gold inside a mountain
And in your wild I could drown like water in a fountain
Show me worlds you hide away
Darkness fades I’m wide awake
I was lost now but now I’m found like crystals on a crown
So promise we’ll stay young forever
Through the thrills and the adventures
For a million miles together, you and me
Let’s be wild
Let’s be wild
Let’s be wild
Let’s run wild, let’s run wild…