Label: sonaBlast! Records
Release: Fire Escape Promise
Artist: Peter Searcy
Genre: Indie, Rock, Pop
sonaBlast! Records introduces
Fire Escape Promise from
singer/songwriter Peter Searcy, a former bandmate of Squirrel Ball in the
1980s, Big Wheel in 1989, and Starbilly after which he began performing solo.
He has shared stages with a wide range of artist including Bob Dylan, Dido, and
John Hiatt. Based on his influences as a teenager, he was “gravitated towards
the more melodic, aggressive music at the time.” Fire Escape Promise has songs that are euphonious and authentic to hear.
With influences like the Husker Du and The Replacements, his music incorporates
their styles with his own.
Label: F5 Records
Release: The Sweetest
Revenge
Artist: Black Spade
Genre: Soul, Hip Hop
St. Louis producer-rapper
Black Spade releases his new album The Sweetest Revenge, a collaboration between him and DJ Crucial, co-owner
of F5 Records. The Sweetest Revenge
is a two-record release that includes a regular album and an EP that presents
soulful vocals liquefied with rhythmic and affluent hip hop beats. Spade’s
taste in music from Radiohead, Prince, J. Dilla, Bloc Party and others demonstrate
that his rapping style can stay relaxed like Common and fluctuate like Pharoahe
Monch.
