
This buildup throughout the song is repeated several times within the album with songs like Carter and Cash, Chelsea, and Always. From the chorus on the song then possess a bit of everything from a string orchestra to rhythmic drums. From there the track is slowed down to just Miller and his piano only to be gradually built up again.

Starting off with an electric hit on the piano that is layered with an echoing “Baby I surrender”. The album is kicked off with Surrender and from the very first note you are pulled into the infectious song. It is overflowing with powerful piano ballads and heartfelt lyrics all to be tied together by Miller’s mesmerizing voice. His debut album American English is refreshing and tasteful, it offers a new sound that is simply too hard to ignore.

With all of that being said Tor Miller is not one of those artists you just pass over. It takes a lot to stand out in the music industry especially in the fast-paced electronic world we live in you have to provide something memorable or else you will be a song that someone hears on a playlist and never thinks about again. There are hundreds of thousands of playlists filled to the top with artists just waiting to be discovered. Check out the full third round lineup below, including SPIN‘s personal picks in bold.Ĭarolina Camacho (Santo Domingo DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)Ĭatfish and the Bottlemen (Llandudno UK-WALES)Ĭhris Catalena And The Native Americans (Austin TX)Ĭountry Cousins (formerly V.I.We are living in the age of streaming where services like Spotify provides us with all the music that we could want at any time and anywhere. White, SPIN Top 20 Pop Albums of 2014 honorees ASTR, Clean Bandit, and Bleachers, Marina & the Diamonds, Arcade Fire member Will Butler, and many more who’ll make their mark during the weeklong musical frenzy.

There’s also rising R&B group THEESatisfaction, Viet Cong, Matthew E. Now the sprawling event has dropped the third - and not even final! - round of additions, including some pretty big names alongside up-and-comers whose names will probably be echoed on other festival lineups as the year unfolds.īringing the total number of acts announced thusfar to 965 - and again, this isn’t even the final list - South By Southwest now announces DeJ Loaf, Alex G, Tove Styrke, Beacon, Diarrhea Planet, Kate Boy, Sheer Mag, and more as part of its 29th installment. Last year, South by Southwest announced two rounds of the lineup for the upcoming festival that’ll be held in Austin, Texas from March 17 through March 22.
