Lauren Lakis is excited to announce the release of her brand new track entitled ‘Goner’. It narrates the story of falling in love again and riding the relationship rollercoaster, not knowing how it may end, but relishing every moment of it, despite the resolution.
Having looked up to fearless women as a child, Lakis was determined to live her life as real and unapologetic as possible. Wanting to discover what it’s like to lead the lives of as many different types of people in the world, Lakis spent nights writing poetry with junkies in abandoned warehouses, taught English in Prague and Tokyo and both a stripper and yoga teacher in Baltimore and helped as a mentor for kids with Autism. These challenges gave her a whole new understanding, opening her eyes and learning empathy and compassion for others which ultimately infiltrated her songwriting. Following the release of her debut full length FEROCIOUS, Lakis is delivering audiences with the highly anticipated “Sad Girl Breakfast”. Written exclusively on her baritone guitar, the release exudes a darker, deeper tone. Thematically the EP narrates the resignation that comes with realizing the cyclical nature of existence. Lakis reveals, “Time passes, life changes, relationships come and go, and it just keeps happening in this perpetual dance until we die. It might seem like a bleak outlook, but for me it’s liberating because nothing that happens to us needs to carry so much weight”.
Life isn’t about simply taking risks. It’s really about choosing the right risk. You could say that pop singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Johnny Stimson chose rather wisely. After landing high-profile syncs on The Vampire Diaries and Trophy Wife and building a growing following, the Dallas native urged a European booking agent to get him a show in London. He had a gut feeling something would happen in the wake of it, so he went across the pond for the gig. The next day, he got a rather unexpected, yet extremely welcome call. Stimson reveals, “Someone at the show knew Elton John, told him about my music, and Elton called me the next morning,” he smiles. “In the following months we built this incredible partnership. I recognized the importance of taking risks, because it was the only way I would’ve been able to do this.”
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Alt/rock band Half The Animal are thrilled to unveil their music video for their single, “Hi Lo.” The band describes the video as, “The balance of happy versus sad and the fight between the voices in your head are something I’ve dealt with for a while now. This is a play on that and how it looks and feels. So happy that Jade Risser and Jade Ehlers plus the amazing choreographer Kayla Kalbfleisch saw the vision and brought it to life.”
In a short amount of time Half The Animal has accomplished more than most bands with record deals do over the course of multiple albums. They’ve already been in with monster producers such as JKash (Charlie Puth, Maroon 5) and Ammo (Mike Posner, Katy Perry); and more recently have been working on a collection of songs with Captain Cuts(Walk The Moon, Iconapop) and Sam Martin (G-Eazy, Jhené Aiko). These new songs with Captain Cuts and Sam Martin will be the cornerstone of the 2019 launch of Half The Animal. Previously touring with Atlas Genius and Smallpools, they ended 2018 with a bang hitting the road with Lovelytheband and The Night Game.
