The Covid-19 pandemic brought a lot of changes for musicians. Some bands wrote new music and came out stronger, some bands broke up, and some re-formatted and got more creative.
When we were sourcing artists for our annual Top 40 Artists To Watch list this past December, I reached out to a few friends to help round out the final artists we needed to fill the list. Among them was
Deadcrow, whose track “Hive Mind” made him an immediate clear choice. Later, when the list had been finalized and we were creating the playlist with everyone’s tracks, I noticed a trend… a lot of the songs, like
Heimanu’s “Worlds,”
Kumarion’s “Hold You” had similar vibes.
At the time, I didn’t put much extra thought into it, as so many artists share similar styles anyway.