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Soapman Unleashes New Single ‘Y. L. T. Y.’

Published

4 weeks ago

May 20, 2025

Soapman’s “Y. L. T. Y.” is a song that doesn’t arrive—it collides. Like a car crash in technicolor, it’s loud and unrelenting, but beautiful in its own strange symmetry. The guitars jitter and jolt like thoughts that won’t settle, and the drums sound like someone running down a hallway, late for something they can’t name. This isn’t music that waits for you to catch up—it expects you to dive in and swim against the current.

There’s a kind of poetry in the way the song unravels. The lyrics don’t tell a story so much as they spill, line after line tumbling into each other like dominoes tipped by an overthinking mind. Each phrase feels like a synapse firing, a raw, unrehearsed transmission from the deepest, most chaotic corners of consciousness. And yet, somehow, it grooves. Somehow, it makes you want to dance.

Beneath the glitch and swagger is a quiet sort of truth—one that pulses through the noise like a heartbeat. Soapman are doing more than just making sounds; they’re documenting emotion in its most unfiltered form. It’s the sound of joy fighting to be heard through static. Of something falling apart, but doing it with style.

There are echoes of other bands here—yes, shades of Graham Coxon’s anxious charm, the grand oddity of British Sea Power—but Soapman aren’t mimicking anyone. They’ve carved a sound with sharp edges and soft hearts, where chaos is not something to be avoided, but celebrated.

“Y. L. T. Y.” is a love letter to disorder. A reminder that being a mess doesn’t mean you aren’t magnificent. And in a world that too often demands clarity, Soapman choose noise, color, and honesty instead. It’s a beautiful choice.

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LLOREN captures feelings of hope and anticipation with retro vibes on new single

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1 day ago

June 13, 2025

Don Reed

Former ‘The Voice’ finalist and renowned TV sync music writer LLOREN releases her next single ‘Like I Need’.

On the track, LLOREN explains, “After coming out of a 12-year relationship, I realised that any love I accepted next would have to be something spectacular, the kind of romance you see on movie screens. It wasn’t that I wasn’t loved before, just not in the way I needed. When I started developing a new crush, as exciting as it was, I knew I couldn’t settle. I wanted and deserved the kind of love that sweeps you off your feet, full of passion, magic, and possibility. Nothing less. The chorus is a pretty much a road map to my heart!”.

Produced by Daniel Pashman, ‘Like I Need’ captures feelings of hope and anticipation, while keeping the retro, anthemic vibe that’s quickly becoming LLOREN’s signature. The track’s melancholic under-tones are swept away in a thick 80s production, as the chorus hits hard with its instantly engaging and relatable themes, bringing all of the feels of searching for new love.

Hit TV show The Traitors, Grey’s Anatomy, The L Word, 1923, Wish, The Company You Keep, Made In Chelsea, Love Island UK and Love Island USA are just some of the many sync credits LLOREN has amassed to date, which have steadily proved her rich, multi-faceted vocal and powerful contemporary inspired compositions to be a cut above the rest.

Tracks from LLOREN’s hugely anticipated forthcoming debut album ‘It’s Always Sunny in LA’ have already picked up airplay from BBC Radio 2’s Angela Griffin and Radio X’s John Kennedy and press acclaim from prestigious music tastemakers Louder Than War and The Line Of Best Fit, as momentum continues to build. LLOREN’s video for her track ‘Like This’ also won a Telly Award in the US, as well as also being nominated for a prestigious Leo Award in Canada.

LLOREN appeared at The Gibson Garage All Day Festival in London earlier this year and in her career to date has opened European tours for Fleurie, Johannes Oerding and Michael Patrick Kelly respectively, played the UK’s annual PRIDE celebrations in Manchester and London and toured with Mauvey, with whom she collaborated with on the track ‘Pillow’, performing it at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend as well as the Isle Of Wight Festival 2023.