Leastfavorite
Leastfavorite, also known as lfav, is an upcoming multi-faceted underground artist, who provides vocals, production, and imagery to her music all on her own accord. Breaking out with her newest project, isomorph, the young artist has shown that she is able to create beautiful art that will stand the test of time! Her sound delves more into electronic spaces with hints of many other genres, such as alt-rock, rap, and pop mixed within! Trust me, once you’ve listened to her, she’ll be on your playlist.
Corefish
Corefish is an artist that caught our ear off the first listen to his debut album, “SPLIT”. His sultry, energetic, and wanting vocal tones, mixed with fantastic production and engineering put you in another world entirely. Corefish talks about love, self-actualization, coming into your own in an unknown world, and ultimately trying your best to be okay, even when you don’t know how. He’s an amazing talent and is definitely on our radar this year.
Kurtis
Kurtis has been on fire since mid-2022 with the release of his tracks “walking in the fog” and “brittle bones”. The latter, specifically, would land him a longtime collaborative relationship with producer, grayskies, who would go on to make the groundwork for Kurtis’s other big hits like hide n seek with Rouri404, arsonist, and his newest release, inertia. Kurtis helms a haunting yet powerful voice and his unique tone of voice gives adds itself as a perfect device for his great storytelling.
Leyton
We found Leyton on Soundcloud through listening to Leastfavorite and found her music to be cathartic and her lyrics infectiously deep. Leyton has been in an ongoing collaboration with producer typhoon, who has laid the groundwork for her last five singles, and this duo’s ability to create a catchy, endearing, yet heavy-hitting piece of music is astonishing and captivating. Please listen to more Leyton this year! We promise you won’t be disappointed!
Visions
Visions has been a big part of the underground community for a while now, having originated under the now-disbanded collective, gunrange, Vision’s soon took the underground by storm with his collaboration track give up, with vizzi, before following it up with the even more popular “replay” with rans0m! Vision’s uses heavy voice processing and a high-pitched, melodic flow that cuts through the heavy 808s surrounding his production. Visions is on the rise and should be on your playlist today!
Thrml
Thrml has an incredibly deep tone of voice which makes his style of singing that much more enveloping. With his husky delivery and the bounce and levity his beat choices, Thrml constructs a sturdy field for his vocals to play on. He writes amazing music and should be on everyone’s radar in the new year. Listen to his new track “ticking away” featuring himiko and sqeffy!
Drama Trial
Drama Trial is a newcomer to the scene that broke out doing something radical by today’s standards. They would release a song every single day. No joke, every day. The beauty of this was that every song was completely unrecognizable from the last, and the production quality of each was immensely impressive. Their song (re)percussions hit like no other in its second half, leaving you in shock and awe, from its incredibly weighted 808s and basslines, to Drama Trial’s beautifully distorted vocal style. Definitely an artist we’re excited to see more from!
Tokimi
Tokimi provides a breath of fresh air to fans of pop and alternative music. A newcomer in the scene, Tokimi has a unique sound that can’t really be described in many words. The ones that do come to mind are usually “experimental”, “breathtaking”, and “pretty”. From his incredible layers to his anthemic and aesthetically pleasing production, Tokimi is a heavy hitter that needs more attention this year!