New Music Review - ‘One Window’ by Honeybee
Everyone skating their way over to Spotify to listen to One Window! (Cover artwork supplied by Harrison from Honeybee)
Funky Auckland-based indie rockers, Honeybee, have recently pulled out all the stops to bring us a stifling new single just in time for Spring. One Window is an audial representation of hitting the right notes and flying high through the Kiwi music scene to earn themselves dutiful titles of musical kings.
One Window drips tones of 80s indie and garage rock. It tells us a story of the angst and anxiety of young love - which we can all agree, we have experienced in one capacity or another. Reaching new levels of relatable, these four young men know how to grip you into their world and be like… hey, we’re here for you to listen to what we have to say.
The track begins with some ambient guitar riffs that will have you hooked for days, among the drums that will have you tapping your feet and fingers the entire time.
The incredible video for One Window, directed by Jayden Fleming!
One Window has been released into the universe with softly driven melodies and all of the indie soulfulness that you could ever imagine. As One Window is filled with valid points and pops, it is an essential track that you need to add to your daily playlist - it would be paired very well with a cold beverage of your choosing or even ideal for going on a run through the Spring flowers that are slowly making their way to the surface again (you might even see some honeybees, too!)
What I thoroughly enjoy about Honeybee is that their videos are always quite a fun journey to go on and that is no exception with One Window. The tricks of the multi-coloured universe presented and the edits really make the video a likable viewing for all. The video is directed by the brilliant Jayden Fleming who has done an outstanding job at his role in helping the guys with this master of a release.
Honeybee have nailed it with both the audio and visuals on this ear candy and are rightfully so gaining traction on Spotify with over 200k+ streams on their music - amazing work all around.
Honeybee take their inspiration from musicians from around the world, such as The 1975, Mild Orange, Spacey Jane and Last Dinosaurs. This pulls through into their music and you can hear different elements from these artists sprinkled throughout One Window, with their own spin on the sounds flowing, making it a unique and entertaining 3 minutes. Smashing it out of the park, this track is a solid 9.5/10 for me.
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