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Tune in to the RaW Sounds.Today playlist and discover some great music from Reading and Wokingham-based artists

Chris Hillman by Chris Hillman
Friday, June 10, 2022 6:01 am
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Deva St John has released a new single, DIE

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WE WELCOME back another two RaW Sounds Today playlist favourites this week, and you will love listening to them.

Deva St. John offers a reflective number looking at life, the universe and everything, and it’s a great single.

And The Room are using their latest single to reflect on the plight of refugees.

Look out for both on them during the summer festival season, which is just picking up steam.

Don’t forget, our mission is to champion and showcase great music from acts that have a connection to Reading and Wokingham (that’s the RaW in our Sounds Today name). Here’s two great bands that prove just how brilliant our music scene is.

To hear this week’s selection, simply head to https://bit.ly/rawsoundstoday and enjoy the music.

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There is also a Facebook page and group chat that bands and music fans can tap into. You can search for RaW Sounds Today and it will come up.

Deva St.John – DIE!

With that title you might think it’s a negative song but actually it’s not.

As Deva says ‘This one is about fear, and doing something good, important or necessary despite it…We’re all going to die and, for all we know, we’ll only die once. Might as well make the ending a satisfactory one.’

As always, Deva gets you thinking and, with this positive message and her melodic indie rock sound, she’s created another great single.

See her at Readipop in July and Wokingham Festival in August – https://www.devastjohn.com/

The Room – It’s Not My Home

Here’s a band from our White Star Records label with a powerful epic from their Caught by the Machine album, which is very relevant as its subject matter concerns the plight of refugees.

The Room are excellent live and have been invited to play some great festivals this summer which are all well worth a visit.

They are at Cambridge Rock Festival on Friday, June 17, Alfold Rock & Blues Festival on July 3, and Wokingham Festival on August 29 – https://theroom.band/

Mordecai Smyth – In Your Dark Place

Here’s the opener from Things Are Getting Stranger On The Shore by local musician Mordecai Smyth. A great album of psych moods and melody on Wokingham’s Mega Dodo Records – https://www.facebook.com/stickytapeandrust

Third Lung – Ghosts

It’s another quality single from playlist faves, Third Lung, who will be appearing live this summer at Readipop in July, Wokingham Festival in August and their own Loddfest in September – http://thirdlungband.com/

Katie Ellwood – Hour Glass

Katie, from Wokingham who is studying at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, with a piece from her genre-defying debut album, Interference.

She will be appearing at Wokingham Festival in August – https://www.katieellwood.com/

Leoni Jane Kennedy – Life Like This

Leoni is a Blackpool-born, Guildford-based singer-songwriter with a rock sound with progressive leanings and soulful vocals which she will be showcasing with her band at Wokingham Festival – https://www.leonijanekennedy.com/

Reliant – Heaven or Hell

Here’s the new single from local favourite, Reliant, and it’s an exciting piece of powerful indie rock recorded at Generation Studio. Another band that will be at Wokingham Festival – https://www.facebook.com/WeAreReliant

Adomania – Heavy Rain

Here’s a debut single from a new young Wokingham band. It has a vibrant enthusiastic feel with great melodies showing a band with great potential. We look forward to hearing more from them in future – https://www.facebook.com/AdomaniaBand

Spriggan Mist – Remember the Day

They just released their album, Isambard the Mechanical Dragon, and it’s their best yet. Following a successful appearance at HRH Prog, Spriggan Mist are back at Wokingham Festival in August – https://www.sprigganmist.com/

Bex Ruth – Scratching my Head

Bex is a singer songwriter from London who creates electronic soundscapes overlayed with soulful vocals. She visited Reading to perform at the Loddfest Takeover Show. See her at Loddfest in September – https://linktr.ee/bexruth

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