Natalie Shay - Naked EP

Natalie Shay - Naked

3.9

Rating

3.9/5

Flyctory.com Pros

Five nice pop songs
Great productions with 1980's feeling
Atmospheric fifth track

Flyctory.com Cons

Some somes are quite close to each other

When I am preparing the selection of my first wave of album and EP reviews for each weekend, I sometimes run into artists or album covers, which just make me listen into an artist I did not know before at all. One of these artists was Natalie Shay, who seems to have received already quite some reputation in the United Kingdom. Here is her debut EP, Naked, which Shay released on 17th April 2020.

Natalie Shay – About The Artist

Natalie Shay is a twenty year old independent pop artist from North London. Her musical background is classical guitar, which gave her the chance to learn at the BRIT school, which also was part of the music education for talents like Adele. She gained reputation in the London music scene, won the Mayor of London Gigs contest twice and even was part of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest jury for Great Britain.

Natalie Shay – Naked – Track by Track

The EP contains of five tracks. The total playtime is 18 minutes.

1. Not The Girl

I just ran into a short part of Not The Girl, which made me decide that I should review this EP definitely. A very straight pop track, reminds me a bit of the 1980’s Bananarama sound – wow!

2. Owe It To You

Owe It To You was as well published before the album release. Right after the first track, it just feels a bit weaker, but it is still a very nice and good listen radio track. Nice!

3. People Like Me

People Like Me might have a bit more of a modern touch than Not The Girl, but I just love the spirit this track has. Just a great listen – this time with stronger guitar elements and maybe even more power, but slightly less genius.

4. Naked

The fourth track is the title track Naked. Again, it is a nice entertainment pop – this time I feel like being back in my younger years again. Could as well be a Stephanie track, for example. A bit more 2020’s style towards the end of the song.

5. Yesterday (Slow Version)

The slow version of her song Yesterday is a lovey finish of the Naked EP. Very intense, great atmosphere. I like that version quite a bunch.

Natalie Shay – Naked – Spotify

Here is the Spotify preview for Naked:

Natalie Shay – Naked – My View

It is always some sort of blind travel book when you decide to review an artist you don’t know too much about. Natalie Shay felt to persuade me with a couple of tunes – and finally prooved with her five track Naked that she absolutely deserved to have a closer look into her music. Really nicely produced tracks – the first four tracks are a bit too close to each other in my point of view. The slow version of Yesterday is a very necessary addition to the EP to add some variety to the recording. Good job!

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This review is about music from Iceland. I am always happy to run into music from one of my most ...

Wooden Empire – Ghosts

Country-folk sounds from Luxembourg: Wooden Empire are active since a few years. On the rather unusual date of Tuesday, the ...

Jeremy Black – Part of Me EP

Sometimes, I just need to dare doing something new on Flyctory.com. Like this review. Jeremy Black is doing experimental electronic ...

Sykamore – Pinto

After I loved the EP California King by Sykamore, I was really curious about the debut album by the Canadian country music ...

Vanessa Mai – Metamorphose

The third Vanessa Mai album review: after I really liked her 2020 release Für immer and absolutely struggled with the ...

HAVET – Mamas Lullaby EP

After featring the German pop duo Havet in my Songs of the Week edition of 29th July 2022, I now ...

Vin Deca – Chineke

I was really curious when I ran into Chineke, the 5th August 2022 album release by Vin Deca. The artist ...

Lauv – All 4 Nothing

All 4 Nothing is likely not true any more when you look at the career of Lauv: even though the album ...

Amanda Shires – Take It Like A Man

Take It Like A Man - that's the title of the new Amanda Shires album. After I had a really enjoyable ...

She & Him – Melt Away: A Tribute To Brian Wilson

After six years, the duo She & Him are about to release a new studio album. However, Melt Away is a ...

Will Linley – Kill All My Feelings EP

No preview this Wednesday, but an in fact release: about a week before Will Linley was about to release his ...

Philipp Eisenblätter – Das Jahr, das sich um eins verschiebt

Interestingly, most of the press information I received about Das Jahr, das sich um eins verschiebt by Philipp Eisenblätter declares the ...

Confirmation – Survive EP

Survive is the debut EP by a Berlin-based project, Confirmation. I got in touch with their music and felt to share ...

Bryde – Still

Bryde is a very interesting alternative pop artist from Wales. I was really curious when I ran into her album Still, ...

Alan Parsons – From the New World

A legendary name of the music business is releasing his sixth solo album: Alan Parsons is back in the record ...

Markus – Das Leben liebt mich … und ich liebe das Leben

Everybody in Germany knows the songs Ich will Spaß ("I want to have fun", a song about having fun cruising in ...

Sophie Fellner – Brown Eyes EP

An artist I did not know about anything before: Just two days before her debut EP Brown Eyes was about to be ...

Ewan Mainwood – Broken EP

I always love when I run into new artists and debut releases. Broken is in fact the debut EP by the English ...

Leepa – Brain Freeze EP

The press kit to Brain Freeze, the second EP by Leepa, states that the German is maybe the most promising talent ...

Charly Klauser – Mehr

Even though Charly Klauser is active in the German music scene since almost two decades, her album Mehr ("More") released on 24th ...

Clara Louise – Enough Is Enough

Clara Louise is indeed a very multi-talented German artist. With Enough Is Enough, she is already releasing her sixth studio album ...

Kasalla – Rudeldiere

If you feel that Cologne Carnival songs or party music must be a rather regional and limited things, stats of ...

Mary Keey – Digital Me

In preparation for the music reviews as of 10th June 2022, I ran into Digital Me by Mary Keey. Unfortunately, I ...

George Ezra – Gold Rush Kid

Is Gold Rush Kid really just George Ezra's third album yet? I could hardly imagine that, as the Hertfortshire artist feels to ...

Fräulein Frey – Ein Wagnis

Fräulein Frey names her music "Freien Hanseatischen Pop" - Free Hanseatic pop. On 3rd June 2022, she is releasing a ...

Dan O’ Clock – Seelenhippie EP

The German language has the nice opportunity to simply combine two noun to a new word. Seele means soul in German and ...

MARBL – The Sunsets and Dawns of Everything EP

New songs from MARBL: some three years after I reviewed the EP The Flight of the Hawks by the Israelian, she is ...

Karaboom – Follow Your Heart

German pop-rock debut: the band Karaboom releases Follow Your Heart on 20th May 2022. I happened to run into the album and ...

Like Mint – I Wish I Was Awake EP

Even though Like Mint's first release has been some five years ago, her EP I Wish I Was Awake feels a bit ...

Avi Kaplan – Floating On A Dream

The signature element of Avi Kaplan's music is definitely is powerful basso profondo vocal range. After three EP releases, he ...

VoixxBradler – Blast

From time to time, I just have to give in that there is a Bavarian and Southern German heart in ...

mxmtoon – rising

Since I ran into the EP dusk by mxmtoon in 2020, I really love to follow the artist and her music. On ...

Milow – Nice To Meet You

Milow is a very popular singer-songwriter in Central Europe.On 20th May 2022, he is back with his seventh studio album ...

Dr. Umwuchts Tanzpalast – Im Zentrum der Wirklichkeit

Acoustic bass, jazz guitar, ukulele and sax - the range of instruments used for Dr. Umwuchts Tanzpalast is already quite ...

Leo Rojas – Colours of Nature

Leo Rojas is named the "pop star of pan flute". Especially during the last years, his instrumental interpretations of pop ...

Suki Waterhouse – I Can’t Let Go

It happens very rarely that I can use the same title picture for multiple postngs. The review of Suki Waterhouse's I ...

Aaron Raitiere – Single Wide Dreamer

Aaron Raitiere might not be too well-known at first sight, but especially as a songwriter, the Kentucky-origin artist has gained ...

Patrick Noe – Ich

A German pop debut on 6th May 2022: Patrick Noe is releasing his very first album, which is simply called ...

Amber Run – The Start (Act II) EP

About half a year ago, I ran into the British band Amber Run and their five track EP The Search (Act ...

Stephen Jay – Vita Beata

Which album would suit better this week to be the preview on Flyctory.com than Stephen Jay's Vita Beata? Just in ...

Mira & Adam – Prolog

Any big bicycle race is starting with a short orientation, the prologue. According to this, Mira & Adam are aiming ...

Hatchie – Giving The World Away

I already featured Hatchie in my 21st January 2022 edition of my Songs of the Week. On 22nd April 2022, she ...

Sophia Bel – Anxious Avoidant

A debut album on Easter weekend: I simply enjoyed the voice and the very special sound of Sophia Bel, when ...

Lyn Lapid – The Outsider EP

Almost half a million followers on Instagram at the time you are releasing your debut EP - that's quite an ...

Mrs. Greenbird – Love You To The Bone

New songs from Mrs. Greenbird: Cologne's finest Americana pop pair released a new set of tracks on 9th April 2022 ...

NANEE – Tausend Farben EP

Nanee's song Frei Sein ("Be Free") impressed me that much that it made it's way into my Songs of the Week as ...

The Jeremy Days – Beauty In Broken

The Jeremy Days have been one of the most important pop-rock bands in Germany in the late 1980's and 1990's ...

Placebo – Never Let Me Go

Placebo are back after quite a hiatus from studio albums: after some compilations and live albums, Never Let Me Go is the ...

KIDSØ – Fir

I just happened to run into the music of KIDSO (which is written as KIDSØ, but I try to avoid ...

Der Sonne zu Nah – Schwerkraft

The name of the German band Der Sonne zu Nah roughly translates to "Too close to the sun". In fact, ...

The Shires – The 10 Year Plan

New songs by The Shires - some two years after their Good Years, the British state-of-the-art country artists are releasing a ...

The Dip – Sticking With It

Sticking With It is the third album by the Seattle band The Dip. I received the album as a promotion ...

Emma Elisabeth – Some Kind of Paradise

I recently ran into the single Heart on A String, when Emma Elisabeth published the song as a single. The more ...

Michael Lane – Take It Slow

When I listened to Michael Lane's album Traveling Son in October 2019, I absolutely enjoyed the sound of the US-German artist, who ...

Jördis Tielsch – New Mornings

TV appearances, support act of famous musicians like Heinz Rudolf Kunze or Rea Garvey: Jördis Tielsch has indeed grown quite ...

Klaus Lage – Je wahrer die Liebe

70 years of Klaus Lage - the rock singer-songwriter is one of the most iconic artists of the German music ...

Boulevards – Electric Cowboy: Born in Carolina Mud

Boulevards has become quite an established act in the US funk music scene. On 11th February 2022, he is already ...

Rickie Lee Kroell – Hauptsache was mit Deichkind

In later 2021, I ran into the music by German-American artist Rickie Lee Kroell by a contact to her promotion ...

Erin Rae – Lighten Up

Erin Rae is releasing her third album Lighten Up on 4th February 2022. Her previous pop-country works have been very highly ...

The Krontjong Devils – Music From The Stars Vol. 1

Instrumental covers of big 1980's songs, surf music and beat style - that's about the story of the latest album ...

Joe Carpenter – Meine Lieder

German schlager with a good touch of pop from the region West of Berlin: Joe Carpenter has just released his ...

Pictures – It’s OK

Britpop / Britrock made in Germany - that's a likely the best short description you can do about the Berlin ...

Joe Sciacca – Kleine Wolke EP

After two albums in English, Joe Sciacca is releasing his EP Kleine Wolke on 21st January 2022. Obviously quite a move, ...

Spoon And The Forkestra – The Fondest Flinch EP

Especially in the world of social media, where it feels nearly impossible to spot the rising artist Peter Smith (just ...

Rockmann – One Guitar Hit EP

Country pop from Nigeria? That really sounded interesting - and as the sound of the first snippets I listened to ...

Jona Bird – Januar

Towards the end of the year, I majorly ran into releases by German artists - either in the "normal" Media ...

Morris Jones – Out & About

Synthi pop with an Eurodance / 1980's touch? If there is press kit information like this, there is always a ...

Lauryn Mark – Aperitif EP

Lauryn Mark is about to release her second album in the middle of 2022. As an intermediate step, she is ...

Johannes Scheurich – Mehr Davon

Short before the release date of 10th December 2021, I ran into the album Mehr Davon ("More of that") by the ...

Al Lewis – Moving On Moving Past EP

Folk music from Wales: a promotion platform offered me to listen to Moving On Moving Past by Al Lewis. As I ...

Emma Longard – Quieter Pt. 2 EP

The title Quieter Pt. 2 already suggests that there has been a first part of Emma Longard's series of songs. Indeed, ...

Yvonne Catterfeld – Change

A Change in Yvonne Catterfeld's career: just three weeks before Christmas, the popular German artist releases her first album in English. The ...

Tom Morello – The Atlas Underground Flood

The Altas Underground series continues: just some six weeks after Tom Morello released The Atlas Underground Fire, which was full of amazing ...

Lordi – Lordiversity (Full Box Review)

It's been a lot of work - but it has also been a lot of fun. The "monster weekend" on ...

Lordi – SuperFlyTrap (from: Lordiversity)

The second album by Lordi from the Lordiversity box is SuperFlyTrap. It comes with another ten songs, but is significantly longer ...

Roxette – Joyride (30th Anniversary Edition)

Deluxe Versions, special additions and other re-releases of albums are typically not part of my Flyctory.com coverage. For the 30th ...

X: THC – Fall Down Seven Times, Rise Up Eight

Synthpop? Post-Punk? New Wave? It is really hard to describe the genre created by the duo X: THC. They reached ...

Cat Ballou – Alles Bunt

My hometown Cologne is full of music - not only carnival-related. Not only during these days, Cat Ballou has become ...

Alex Diehl – Die Songs, die ich nie schreiben wollte EP

The press kit to this EP opens with "Another singer-songwriter who is writing about his personal lovesickness. Does the world ...

Max Giesinger – Vier

Max Giesinger has grown his fan base in Germany steadily over the last years. Three years after his most recent ...

Dieter Hallervorden – 80 plus

Dieter Hallervorden is a very famous entertainer in Germany. However, his biggest times in the music business have been the ...

ABBA – Voyage

After so many rumors and record-high bids, they really do it: ABBA is back: the most fabulous four ever from ...

Michael Heppes – Achtung Leben

Honestly, when I ran into his debut album Achtung Leben, I did not know anything about Michael Heppes. However, the album ...

Thabile – Look At The Sky EP

The press kit said that Thabile's music is having "a wide bandwidth, which is merging elements of jazz, soul, gospel, ...

Duran Duran – Future Past

New sounds by Duran Duran. The band which had some many great songs in the 1980's releases Future Past on ...

Elton John – The Lockdown Sessions

Without a doubt, Sir Elton John is one of the very big names in the music industry. Time feels to ...

Dahlia Sleeps – Overflow (A-Side) EP

I am not too much a big fan of splitting albums into several EPs. As I wrote in my Does ...

Winter 2 – Winter 2

Interesting pop sound from Hamburg in Northern Germany: Winter 2 are just active for some one year. Nonetheless, the are ...

MEDLZ – (das) Läuft bei uns Vol. 2

Four female voices in an a-capella band - that's the rough concept of MEDLZ (which sounds a bit the German ...

Cassadee Pope – Thrive

Cassadee Pope is back! Just about a year after she released the amazing EP Rise and Shine, the former The Voice winner is ...

Go Go Berlin – Expectations

Go Go Berlin is a pop-rock band from Denmark, which I would have likely never been in touch with - ...

Vanilla Ninja – Encore

One of the things I love about the Media Reviews on Flyctory.com is when bands, which have accompanied you in ...

Cimafunk – El Alimento

A blend of funk and Latin music, made in Cuba? Sounds really weird - but the music felt so catchy ...

Paule – Wunderschön unperfekt

I had a quite long list - and range - of album to select from for my 1st October 2021 ...

Simon Jela – Safe Place EP

Hail to promotion platforms - just after I was really angry that I had listed some interesting publication with an ...

Nox Holloway – If Only The World Didn’t Spin So Much EP

When I started to write the review of the debut EP If Only The World Didn't Spin So Much by ...

Mickey Guyton – Remember Her Name

Especially in the curse of the Black Lives Matter protests, Mickey Guyton felt to be very present in media. She ...

Wolfgang Petry – Auf das Leben

In December 2019, I praised the album 2084 by the Pete Wolf Band. The artist behind that project is Wolfgang ...

Natalie Imbruglia – Firebird

I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel I'm cold and I am shamed lying naked on the ...

Hanne Mjoen – Emotional Fever EP

There are these kind of artists, who very quickly persuade me that I should have a deeper listen into their ...

Peter Vale – Deep River

Composers, writers, producers - while the artists typically get a lot of love and fame for their recordings, only few ...

Power Plush – Vomiting Emotions EP

The first set of the press kit I received about Power Plush are (translated to English) "Emancipatoric power meets empahtic ...

Amber Run – The Search (Act 1) EP

Fourth album by Amber Run: the English trio had quite a successful start in their career, including a platinum record ...

Kacey Musgraves – Star-Crossed

Will he rather head towards pop music or still keep a bit of her country music heart? There was definitely ...

Baby Queen – The Yearbook

The press kit for The Yearbook by Baby Queen roughly started with the words, "Whatever you have planned on your ...

David Hasselhoff – Party Your Hasselhoff

His Looking For Freedom is still thought to have been a key factor to give Germany the biggest party of ...

Echo Bloom – Wake

Echo Bloom is a very interesting band project. They released three albums so far, each dedicated to an individual genre ...

Imany – Voodoo Cello

Just eight cellists and a vocalist - does not really sound like a typical Flyctory.com music review. However, the more ...

LaFee – Zurück In Die Zukunft

The first album by LaFee since ten years - and in fact this one is heading back some more decades ...

Kool & The Gang – Perfect Union

They formed new sounds and were one of the very big names in funk music - the best about Kool ...

Annie Chops – Level Up

From Kiddo Kat to Annie Chops: her album Piece of Cake was one of the first ones I reviewed on Flyctory.com ...

Dan + Shay – Good Things

No doubt - not only after their massive success 10,000 Hours alongside Justin Bieber or their big hit Tequila, Dan + Shay ...

Mark Forster – Musketiere

A new album by Mark Forster: the German artist took a three year break before he did it again: his ...

Perlregen – Drei

Friday, the 13th: I am sure that Perlregen, did not think that their new album Drei (meaning ("Three") could turn ...

Zwanie Jonson – We Like It

It's just about a month ago since I reviewed the 2021 album of Die Liga der gewöhnlichen Gentlemen, GschichterIn aus ...

Torres – Thirstier

Fifth album by indie-rock artist Torres: I ran into the new release of the Florida born singer-songwriter album through a ...

Lauran Hibberd – Goober EP

Third EP release by Lauran Hibbert: the British independent artist will be publishing Goober on 30th July 2021. I received the ...

Prince – Welcome 2 America

Five years after his death and more than a decade after he in fact recorded (but never released) the album, ...

Joshua Radin – The Ghost and The Wall

Joshua Radin is a very interesting artist. A couple of his songs have more than thirty million Spotify streams each ...

Molly Burch – Romantic Images

During the last weeks, I also tried to touch some new genres on Flyctory.com. This week, I present you Molly ...

Egotronic – Stresz

Andreas Dorau everywhere: just two weeks after I reviewed GschichterIn aus dem Park Cafe, the new album by Die Liga der ...

Sarah Straub – Tacheles EP

Tacheles reden is a German saying which means that you have a very straight and honest discussion, expressing your clear ...

Charli Adams – Bullseye

There are very different things which fascinate me about an artist. I definitely enjoyed listening to the very first tunes ...

Gary Kemp – INSOLO

Gary Kemp is to me one of these "I am sure I know this guy, but I don't know from ...

Die Liga der gewöhnlichen Gentlemen – GschichterIn aus dem Park Cafe

I started to enjoy the pop-Northern Soul style of the German band Die Liga der gewöhnlichen Gentlemen, when the recorded ...

Luna Morgenstern – Taking The Blow EP

A debut EP by a home town artist - of course I have been curious when I ran into Luna ...

Super db – Ecoute Ca

As you know from other reviews, I am not too much a fan of press kit marketing descriptions about music ...

7fields – Under My Skin EP

You might not have heard from the German artist, but the man behind 7fields has been leading the legendary band ...

Dominik Klein – Reflections EP

Over 560,000 follower on Facebook and some 90k subscribers of his YouTube channel - you just cannot say that Dominik ...

Kat Eaton – Talk To Me

Even though she is an active musician since a bunch of years, Kat Eaton releases her album debut on 2nd ...

Orian – Before It Weighs Us Down EP

I ran into Orian and his music by scanning new releases on a promotion platform. I just loved the special ...

The Heels – I Am

I had the female country music trio The Heels in my playlists a couple of times. I really loved their ...

Polo & Pan – Cyclorama

Trying out something new on Flyctory.com: I have been offered Cyclorama by the French duo Polo & Pan for a review ...

ferdinant. – Airplanes EP

How could I refuse to enjoy an artist who is naming his debut EP Airplanes? ferdinant. (with small letters and the ...

Paul Weber – Alles im Arsch EP

German rock made in Cologne: of course, I am always especially curious when I run into artists I don't know ...

Maroon 5 – Jordi

Many of you may remember Maroon 5 from their big hits at the beginning of their career. Others might even ...

Fancy – MASQUERADE (Les Marionettes)

Fancy has truly been a Eurodance legend in the 1980's. Even though his last Top 20 chart entry, a mix ...

Gary Louris – Jump For Joy

Gary Louris is quite successful as a musician and even worked on Grammy Award-winning albums by Tedeschi Trucks Band and ...

No Angels – 20

People thought that the five girls of No Angels could become the German Spice Girls. They became talent show stars ...

Brynn Cartelli – Based On A True Story EP

A very interesting release with a talent show background: Brynn Cartelli won The Voice in 2018 - now she released her ...

Die Prinzen – Krone der Schöpfung

In my younger years, the German a capella band Die Prinzen have been one of my favorite music. Their direct, ...

Jon Allen – …meanwhile

You might not have heard about Jon Allen as an artist - but you might have heard at least one ...

Noah Levi – Indigo EP

Indigo by Noah Levi is another publication with talent show background: in young teenage years, Noah Levi became famous by ...

JJ Wilde – Wilde EP

Even though her debut EP has just been some two years ago, JJ Wilde already got quite some attention, especially ...

Stefanie Heinzmann – Labyrinth

Since Stefanie Heinzmann won a TV talent show format in 2008, she is a well-known artist in the German speaking ...

People Club – Take Me Home EP

The promotion kit of People Club calls the act an indie-lo-fi-slacker band. Ooops, I have to admit that I would ...

Claudia Koreck – Perlentaucherin

Twelve cover songs of German music legends - when I recently reviewed a similar concept, #Schlager by Stereoact, my rather was ...

Watershed – Elephant In The Room

Watershed is one of these bands which make you ask yourself "What are these guys doing now?"... and then, surprisingly, ...

Emma Longard – Quieter Pt. 1 EP

After having released her debut album in 2015 already. Emma Longard will release two EPs with new songs in 2021 ...

Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert Vol. 8

Sing meinen Song ("Sing My Song") is definitely one of my favorite German TV music shows. A group of music artist ...

Wincent Weiss – Vielleicht Irgendwann

Since about half a decade, Wincent Weiss became a big name in the German-singing pop music scene. After two successful ...

VINTER – Seasons

Seasons by the project VINTER is a typical Flyctory.com review. I scanned future new releases in a promotion database and got ...

Stef – A Glitch in our Virtual Reality EP

A young pop artist from Nashville - I got into the music from Stef by a Tweet of Christina Taylor, ...

Klee – Trotzalledem

Some new music from my home town: Klee is a German pop act, who have been quite successful in the ...

Ashley Monroe – Rosegold

Two Grammy nominations and part of some Number One albums - Ashley Monroe is undoubtedly one of the big names ...

LOST – Long Nights Good Friends Red Wine

If you would ignore the bio behind LOST, already the first notes of the album Long Nights Good Friends Red ...

Sarah Lombardi – Im Augenblick

Sarah Lombardi's career started with a bit ups and downs in the German version of American Idol. Three years after ...

Samuel Rösch – Geschichten

From the big talent show stage to the (virtual) record stores: After Samuel Rösch won the German The Voice in ...

JORIS – Willkommen Goodbye

New stuff from JORIS: the German singer-songwriter with a touch of rock music is about to present his third album ...

Diane Weigmann – Die Wahrheit liegt irgendwo dazwischen

More than thirty years ago, Diane Weigmann was part of the founding of a legendary German band, the Lemonbabies. She ...

London Grammar – Californian Soil

Four years again... London Grammar released their second album about four years after their debut, in 2017. Now, on 16th ...

Clicks – G.O.T.H.

The album G.O.T.H. by the Polish project Clicks is one of these albums I just ran into while scanning promotion ...

The Fratellis – Half Drunk Under A Full Moon

Javi Navarro is raising the soccer UEFA Cup on 16th May 2007 in Glasgow. After a thrilling penalty shootout, FC ...

Thomas Anders – Cosmic

Thomas Anders is back to pop music. After his recent publications on the German Schlager genre, the Gentleman of Music is ...

Kora Naughton – Nineteen

The Australian country music scene might be comparably small (majorly due to the low number of citizens in Down Under) ...

Billy Lockett – Reflections EP

Some 750,000 listeners on Spotify per month are quite an impressive stat. It is the figure by Billy Lockett, a ...

Daniel Lanois – Heavy Sun

"We wanted to do music to raise the mood of the people" - that's quite a promising statement in Covid-19 ...

Hanna Batka – Mitten in Berlin

Indeed, Hanna Batka is Mitten in Berlin - "In The Middle of Berlin". She is not only indeed living in the ...

Morgan Wade – Reckless

I always enjoy to listen into the music of new artists. One debut album I received out of the 19th ...

Schorl3 – Sprudelpop EP

I am not even sure if it was about the cheeky lyrics and the fresh sound or simply the album ...

Blutengel – Fountain of Destiny

Alphaville, Ultravox and Mike & The Mechanics on one album? Okay, I have to give in that neither of the ...

Stereoact – #Schlager

German schlager is one of the most popular genres in my home country. On 12th March 2021, the classics of ...

Alyssa Trahan – Baby Blues & Stilettos

To be straight, I have been quite disappointed when I scanned the new album and EP releases as of 5th ...

Zara Larsson – Poster Girl

A new album by Swedish pop supergirl Zara Larsson. Four years after her last long-play, the Scandinavian is back in ...

Ron Gallo – Peacemeal

The album Peacemeal is a mixture of several genres from 90's hip-hop to jazz and punk - that's at least ...

PeterLicht – Beton Und Ibuprofen

There are several causes which make me feel I should go for an album review. When I decided to have ...

Pentatonix – The Lucky Ones

The Pentatonix are truly a synonym for top class a capella music. On 12th February 2021, they are already releasing ...

Iuna Lux – All of my Answers EP

With Flyctory.com growing and thus having access to major promotion networks, I get in touch into music I would likely ...

Dustin Bird – Unscripted

A brief debut album from Ontario: Canadian Dustin Bird is releasing Unscripted on 5th February 2021. The eight track debut ...

Aaron Lee Tasjan – Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!

It is very hard to categorize the music of Aaron Lee Tasjan. I even found his 2021 album Tasjan! Tasjan! ...

Paso Doble & DJKC – Urknall

Originall, the German Neue Deutsche Welle legends Paso Doble were scheduled to release her new album Urknall on 15th January 2021, ...

LINA – Meins EP

Lina Larissa Strahl, as a musical act simply called LINA, is having a bit of an age issue: the nowadays ...

Bow Anderson – New Wave EP

Bow Anderson is an interesting Scottish artist. Even though the young lady did her first single releases previous years, her ...

Peter Schilling – Vis Viva

Peter Schilling is a legendary name of the German music business. Major Tom gave him international reputation. So far, Schilling ...

Devin Dawson – The Pink Slip EP

Devin Dawson rocketed into the country music scene with his debut single All on Me in 2017. However, it felt that ...

Barry Gibb & Friends – Greenfields – The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook Vol. 1

Writing about the album Greenfields makes me feel very wistful. Robin Gibb is one of my favorite artists - I ...

Bella Lambert – Memories EP

Business women at the age of 14, debut EP ten years later: the life of Bella Lambert feels to be ...

Taylor Swift – evermore

Taylor Swift feels to have a really creative boost during pandemic times: just five months after the amazing folklore, she ...

Jennifer K. Austin – Journey

Flyctory.com is receiving more and more requests for album reviews, interviews etc. - so I really need to keep a ...

Miley Cyrus – Plastic Hearts

Miley Cyrus is simply a music superstar and talented in multiple genres. Thus, new Miley Cyrus albums are always exciting ...

Gary Barlow – Music Played by Humans

Seven years and two days - it feels like ages since Gary Barlow released his last solo album. On 27th ...

Caitlyn Shadbolt – Stages

Caitlyn Shadbolt is a very interesting Australian artist. The 25-year old Queensland country singer gained quite some fans competing at X-Factor, ...

Kylie Minogue – Disco

Sweet fifteen albums - Kylie Minogue is simply the pop queen from Down Under. Whenever the Australian is releasing an ...

Sam Smith – Love Goes

There have been a lot of album postponements due to Covid-19 - a lot of them were just pushed as ...

Jojo – December Baby

Even though I have not be overwhelming fond of her recent album good to know, I generally love JoJo and her ...

Meghan Trainor – A Very Trainor Christmas

After I struggled with her third album Treat Myself, which has been released at the beginning of the year, I was ...

Alexander Eder – Schlagzeilen

There are not too many occasions in the recent past that German-speaking artists gained popularity by performing country music. Undoubtedly, ...

Elvis Costello – Hey Clockface

Radio, Radio - I have a very special relation to this Elvis Costello classic: whenever something goes completely wrong at a ...

Ward Thomas – Invitation

Ward Thomas are one of the most successful British country music acts. On 9th October, one week after they originally ...

mxmtoon – dusk EP

In fact, mxmtoon released her EP dusk already on 1st October 2020. I ran into her music while scanning the 2nd ...

Melanie C – Melanie C

Melanie C. is far more than just "Sporty Spice". Based on her Spice Girls success, she managed to have an ...

Ava Max – Heaven and Hell

After she has been so successful and present with a couple of her singles, it was hard to believe for ...

Hurts – Faith

Some ten years ago, Hurts popped into all major European single charts with her single Wonderful Life. The British synth-pop band ...

Katy Perry – Smile

Happy days for Katy Perry: just a few days after she and actor Orlando bloom announced the birth of their ...

miu – Corona Tapes EP

Scanning the new releases as of 28th August 2020, I ran into the Hamburg-based band miu. The gained quite some ...

Yello – Point

Yello are legends of synth-pop and electronic music. The Swiss band was big in the 1980's, but are still producing ...

Erasure – The Neon

It is definitely no lie to call Andy Bell and Vince Clarke musical legends. The electro pop duo, which is ...

X-Perience – 555

Fourteen years after their latest album, the German project X-Perience is releasing a new album. The fifth long-play release of ...

Carly and Martina – Are You Listening?

A good friend of mine is a close friend of the US pop Duo Carly and Martina, so that I ...

Ronan Keating – Twenty Twenty

Ronan Keating is one of the biggest names in the Irish music scene. His 2020 album is simply called Twenty Twenty. It ...

Taylor Swift – folklore

The news nearly exploded in social media on 23rd July 2020: there will be a new Taylor Swift album. Release ...

Ellie Goulding – Brightest Blue

Ellie Goulding was quite an active artist during the 2010's. With Brightest Blue, the Brit is back in the record stores ...

Dixie Chicks / The Chicks – Gaslighter

Strange times in Nashville: when the Gaslighter album was originally planned to be released, the three legendary country music ladies combo was ...

Donna Missal – Lighter

While scanning the album releases as of 10th July 2020, I ran into Lighter by Donna Missal. I have to admit ...

Marquess – Turbulento

Marquess is a very popular band in Germany and the neighboring countries. With Turbulento, they are back in the record stores, ...

Bob Katsionis – Amadeus Street Warrior

There are these very special e-mails in your life. One of those I received in mid-June 2020, when one of ...

Jessie Ware – What’s Your Pleasure?

Though Jessie Ware is already a quite established artist in the world between pop, R&B and soul, I just happened ...

Haim – Women in Music Pt. III

Haim is a band which became popular in the early 2010 years. Already with their first publications, the three Californian ...

Georgia Ku – Real EP

In the list of 26th June 2020 releases, there were some quite interesting artists. One of them was definitely Georgia ...

Right Said Fred – Good Times Everybody EP

I'm Too Sexy and Don't Talk Just Kiss - it is hard to state that you do not Know any Right Said ...

Gabby Barrett – Goldmine

Gabby Barrett made it well in American Idol and even better with I Hope. The fans were waiting for her debut album, ...

Nicole Atkins – Italian Ice

Nicoel Atkins stands for a unique combination of Psychedelic, Americana and Soul. On 29th May 2020, Atkins released her latest ...

Lady Gaga – Chromatica

Lady Gaga is one of the very, very big names in music industry. You just do not have to introduce ...

Das Moped – Erstaunlich Klar

Sometimes, life as a music blogger is strange. Scanning the new releases (as every Friday) on 22nd May 2020 made ...

Dagny – Strangers / Lovers EP

There were a lot of new EPs on my list on 22nd May 2020. Nevertheless, one song collection I was ...

Maple & Rye – For Everything

Due to my cooperation with the Greywood Records Label, I ran into another interesting album, which might be out of ...

Ilse DeLange – Changes

It feels a bit like Ilse deLange wants to push towards the German music market nowadays: the Dutch country and ...

Nico Santos – Nico Santos

Nico Santos is a German artist, which made it quite big and gained international attention the last years. He is ...

Hailee Steinfeld – Half Written Story EP

Already being nominated for the Academy Awards at the age does not sound to be an introduction for a musical ...

JoJo – good to know

Ten million downloads for one song (Too Little, Too Late), Radio Disney Music Awards and being nominated for the MTV ...

Cutting Crew – Ransomed Healed Restored Forgiven

After two hits at the very beginning of their career, Cutting Crew could not keep up with their initial success ...

Lennon Stella – Three, Two, One.

Even though Lennon Stella is quite a well-known person in the music and entertainment industry, it is quite surprising that ...

Karen – Repeat

Typically, after I have completed my first wave of reviews (which was quite quick on that 17th April 2020 due ...

Twinnie – Hollywood Gypsy

Twinnie's debut album Hollywood Gypsy, which has been released on 17th April 2020, was some sort of highlight of the day ...

Celeigh Cardinal – Stories from a Downtown Apartment

This is likely the first time I review an album, before its publishing date, even though it has been published ...

Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia

That's Flyctory music review life: after having reviewed of upcoming country music artist Ingrid Andress and bluegrass legend Jim Lauderdale ...

Vanessa Carlton – Love is an Art

After her world hit debut A Thousand Miles, Vanessa Carlton could not keep up with that success. Her sixth album Love ...

Adam Lambert – Velvet

If you replace Freddie Mercury and tour with Queen, you are likely not that bad as an artist. While Lambert ...

Conan Gray – Kid Krow

If you have roughly 1.7 million subscribers in your Youtube channel before you even released your debut record, this sounds ...

Delta Rae – The Light

After Delta Rae has been quite successful in the beginning of the 2010's, the band has not been too present ...

Rachel Reinert – Into The Blue

After her career with Gloriana, Rachel Reinert decided in 2017 to leave the successful project and go solo. On 13th March 2020, ...

Mandy Moore – Silver Landings

Eleven years after her last album release, Mandy Moore decided to release another album: SIlver Landings is the seventh and ...

Lisa Loeb – A Simple Trick To Happiness

Lisa Loeb is an artist who gave me an amazing song of my youth: Stay (I Missed You) was a huge ...

Huey Lewis & the News – Weather

Stuck WIth You or Hip To Be Square turned him to a musical legend. Ten years after the last album of ...

Kesha – High Road

Kesha is back! She is a music superstar in the US, while in other markets, she could not connect to ...

Natalie Madigan – What It’s Like To Be Known

When you think of Nashville, you think of country music. But, of course, the immense concentration of musical talent is ...

Meghan Trainor – Treat Myself

Meghan Trainor - you just link this name to a world-wide success story, All About That Bass. Just on YouTube, ...

Pet Shop Boys – Hotspot

Active since 1981, over 50 million records sold and a couple of massive hits that people still can sing on ...

Selena Gomez – Rare

While there were not too many releases in the pre-Christmas period, the list of potential Flyctory.com reviews on 10th January ...

Echosmith – Lonely Generation

The have been the Cool Kids in 2013 and had worldwide success - since this hit, Echosmith did not leave too ...

Westlife – Spectrum (Review)

43 million sold albums and singles - the Irish boyband Westlife is definitely worth some superlatives. Six years after their ...

Alex Christensen & The Berlin Orchestra – Classical 90s Dance 3

When I was on social media, the account of a friend reminded me that Alex Christensen. After two amazingly successful ...

David Hasselhoff – Open Your Eyes

Whether somebody believes that David Hasselhoff had any impact on the Fall of the Berlin Wall, I honestly don't care. Knight ...

Sturgill Simpson – Sound & Fury

If you won a Grammy Award for the Best Country Album of the Year, you are big in the country ...

Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell

30th August had quite a couple of album releases. While I published my view on Sheryl Crow's Threads and Tarja's In The Raw ...

Heather Nova – Pearl

Heather Nova is back. The singer-songwriter released her tenth studio album Pearl on 28th June 2019. She especially has a fanbase ...

MARBL – The Flight of the Hawks EP

For the first time in the history of Flyctory.com, I have been asked to review an album from a record ...

P!nk – Hurts 2B Human (Album Review)

P!nk is one of the music megastars of our current generation. Many people looked forward to th 26th April, when the ...

Bananarama – In Stereo (Album Review)

The first girl group? It is often very hard to correctly assign this title to the right ladies - but ...

Emma Bunton – My Happy Place (Album Review)

Baby Spice is back - 13 years after her last album, Emma Bunton released her fourth album, "My Happy Place", ...

Kiddo Kat – Piece of Cake (Album Review)

Kiddo Kat already a viral hit on Youtube in 2016. Now, Anna Guder produced her first album "Piece of Cake" ...

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