Riley Whittaker – ‘Time Machine‘
‘Time Machine’ is a genuinely well crafted tune carried by an impressive range of singing on display from Riley Whittaker, who delivers a vocal performance worthy enough to earn her new single its rightful place on New Music Platform’s Tracks of the Week.
The neat, finger-picked electric guitar and the quick-fire drum beat instrumental veers the song away from its natural place as a charty, pop track, which is definitely a good thing. It differentiates Whittaker’s music from the host of like-sounded pop artists who rely too heavily on production alone and who pay little attention to genuine instrumentals. In doing so, Whittaker’s singing is highlighted to a much better degree and is complimented by the beat laying beneath her.
All in all, ‘Time Machine’ is a very listenable, serene single undoubtedly effective due to the singers talented ability behind a microphone though, for the next one, please put a bit more ‘time’ into the cover art, Riley.
Mouthful of Daisy – ‘Artificial Aura’
This track from Mouthful of Daisy seems to have rather undeservedly slipped through the cracks of the band’s more recent success with their 2017 release of ‘Endings’.
‘Artificial Aura’ , released some eight years ago now, is a darkly gothic hit; an archetypal track for emos everywhere and perfectly representative of everything good about the Evanescence era, albeit with this single coming a few years after the monolithic ‘Bring Me To Life’.
Strong, high-pitched riffs and effective straightforward hi-hat snare combinations provide a fitting heavy rock backdrop for the hauntingly sweet vocals, situating the track somewhere between an apt score for the Twilight series, or as a reward on a Call of Duty Zombies map when the player completes a series of challenges. Those are far from negative comparisons also, with the soundtracks being the most sought after and favourite components of both franchises.
In more musical terms, Mouthful of Daisy’s ‘Artificial Aura’ is straight off a Melissa Auf Der Maur record, and for that reason alone it’s a track that is deserving of its place on Tracks of the Week.