A new collaboration between Years & Years and an international producer. This time with Kosovar artist Regard, they released "Hallucination", a dance pop song with electronic traces that is ready for the dancefloors!
Great artists, when together, do great things. It's exactly what Years & Years and Galantis have done with "Sweet talker". What a great song it is! We are dancing to its beats nonstop.
As is our tradition every end of December, it is time to review the best songs of the year. During this period, Sounds European! has featured over 1300 songs. And now, we are presenting, until December 31st, our list of the 50 best European songs of 2021.
29th place: United Kingdom | Years & Years - "Starstruck"
Kylie Minogue and Years & Years have developed a musical friendship that we didn't know we needed. They released a version for the British band's "Starstruck" earlier this year, and now they come with a whole new single of their own. "A second to midnight" is exactly what you can expect from them: a disco-infused pop song that is ready to play on all dance floors all around the world!
Years & Years are back with a great new single! The British group has just released "Crave". It's a hypnotic electropop song with very catchy beats and a moody and haunting chorus.
Years & Years are set to conquer the global pop scene once again this year. Their new single, "Starstruck", has all the elements it needs to become an international sensation: a captivating beginning that climaxes in a chorus full of energy!
British group Years & Years are back! And they are bringing a wonderful rendition of one of the biggest hits of the Pet Shop Boys, "It's a sin". A portion of the proceeds from this single will be donated to George House Trust, which has been providing HIV support, advice and advocacy services to improve health outcomes since 1985.
When two names with the quality of Jax Jones and Years & Years get together for a single, only great things can happen. And it surely did: "Play" is awesome! It's a very entertaining pop song with fresh electronic elements which take the song to a whole new level. It's impossible to listen to it only once!
British trio Years & Years are back with a great new single. It's entitled "All for you", and it's an uptempo pop song with an irresistible melody and a chorus which is highly effective and contagious. It's impossible to listen to it only once!
One of the biggest names of the current worldwide music scene has a new single on offer: it's Years & Years, with "If you're over me". It is a song with an energetic melody and a chorus which is quite involving. It has everything a song needs to become an international hit!
Years & Years keep finding their way to be among the top British acts with every new single of theirs. Their latest release is "Meteorite", a very nice pop song that follows their trend to perfection!
British electropop sensation (and Sounds European!'s owners of the third best song of 2015) Years & Years are back with a fantastic new single! "Worship" keeps their mystique of amazing electronic pop songs while ditching the full-of-sounds melodies for a more minimalistic approach.
It's already becoming a tradition: every December, Sounds European! looks back on the best music we've presented throughout the year. The editors reviewed more than 1300 songs, in order to select the 50 which they consider the best ones of 2015. Until December 31st, this top 50 will highlight some of the coolest artists and tracks which were seen here during the year.
3rd place: United Kingdom | Years & Years - "King"
British band Years & Years have released a new single! The British breakthrough act of this year chose "Eyes shut" to be the fifth single to come out of "Communion", their latest album. The song is a very soothing ballad with that distinctive synth touch that only they can add.
Years & Years have become the band of 2015. They are playing absolutely everywhere, and their music is loved by a range of people you wouldn't imagine. That's why their new single was so awaited, and that's why it gained so much attention: "Shine" is a perfect mixture between the tenderness of "Take shelter" and the explosion of pop of "King". Simply addictive!
Years & Years keep giving massive steps into greatness. Their latest single is "King", an epic electronic pop with that taste of synth that they add so perfectly and a chorus which will have you singing it on repeat.
The end of 2014 is approaching. And, as it happened on the last days of 2013, it's time for our review of the best we've listened throughout the year. Sounds European! looked back on the songs which were published here during this period – more than 1200 – and selected the 50 best ones (in the editors' opinions). Until December 31st, this top 50 will remember some of the coolest artists and tracks which were presented during the year.
50th place: United Kingdom | Years & Years - "Take shelter"
After smashing us with "Take shelter", British band Years & Years keep showing us their fantastic music with an amazing new single. "Desire" is a beautiful pop song that grows to an explosive chorus. We really desired for something like this!
Years & Years is a British group which was formed in London, by the boys Olly, Michael and Emre, in 2010. Their new single "Take shelter" is a high-quality song. It's so groovy, the vocals are so perfect to the melody... everything is very entertaining. It's a must-listen!