London gets glitchy and philosophical, Copenhagen reaches for the dancefloor with saxophone in hand. Two cities, two very good bangers to dive into ❤️🔥
Silver Dawn – One And Only (Just For Now)
Silver Dawn has made a superb piece of saw wave indie dance pop that refuses to behave itself, and is all the more exciting for it.
“One And Only (Just For Now)” is an indie dancefloor track that starts from an unusual premise: what if a club anthem was also genuinely thoughtful about what clubs mean? The production is joyfully glitchy and kinda restless, and I’m not 100% which direction it’s taking, I just know I bloody well love it. There’s enough saw wave synths here to keep me going for a good while, and the right blend of euphoria and thoughtfulness brings it all together in style.
Silver Dawn grew up with a physicist father who brought equipment home from NPL and treated vinyl as something close to sacred. That environment sent her toward jazz and composition at the London College of Music, then into post-punk outfits, samba bands, and free jazz jams, then into teaching herself production. It is a wide arc, and “One And Only (Just For Now)” is where it crystallises: this is genuinely bags of fun.
Echoes of MLO – We Glow
Echoes of MLO delivers a gorgeous summer electro-pop stunner: saxophone, late-night vibes, and hooks that refuse to leave you alone.
“We Glow” arrives with a clear sense of season: this is a track built for driving round with your window down, and the saxophone arrives at just the right time for the sun to come out. This is modern electro-pop production that feels genuinely Scandinavian in its precision. It’s just got all the infectious hooks that I need in a tune like this, and I’m left with the feeling that this absolute synth pop banger would definitely win Eurovision. Especially with that optimistic message of hope and positivity.
Michael Leonardo Ostrowski has been making music in Copenhagen since his teens, moving through the city’s underground band scene before finding his footing solo. As MLO he drew early attention with a track built around Thomas Helmig’s classic “Nu hvor du har brændt mig af,” then broadened his reach with “Flippin’ A Coin,” which landed on Danish radio. Under the Echoes of MLO name he is chasing something bigger: a crossover between pop, rock, and electronic music that really works. Essential synth pop!