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The Joy Of New Music

The music world is now so enormous and has so many layers that if you even dig for the shortest time to discover someone new and interesting. Be it be YouTube, Spotify, Pandora, hearing it on the radio or just a mate telling you about them, finding a new artist that you instantly fall in love with is a pleasure that never gets tired.

Last year I went into a real Scandinavian bender, listening to scores of artists I’d never previously heard of in my sheltered little life. After discovery the joys of Agnes Obel, First Aid Kit and Tove Styrke, I knew that it was time very well spent.

I even had the delightful experience the sensation a couple of days ago after finding electronic artist Powerglove, the retro fuelled maestro behind the soundtrack for the utterly bonkers Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon videogame. Instantly, his Soundcloud page became the backdrop to my time in the office.

I didn’t care that I wasn’t the first person to have heard it and I couldn’t be all smug, simply the pleasure of discovering something I enjoyed was enough.

It doesn’t even have to be a new song, maybe just a totally new spin on a classic. I honestly couldn’t stop listening to the barbershop quartet version of The Beach Boy’s ‘God Only Knows’ when I first stumbled on it a month ago. For those yet to embrace it’s majesty  I’ve put it at the bottom of this, although I’m sure you will have already noticed that.

It’s a feeling that everyone can get countless times in their life and it’s a truly magical one that really should be experienced by everyone as often as they can. So go out there exploring. If you see a ‘suggested artist’ show up, give them a click, you never know what you might find.