I’m grateful that Streets of Roya has unveiled a music video for his song Prisoner this week, otherwise it may have taken me much longer to pick up on his new music. We first encountered singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Wespi and his luscious alt pop late last year when he released his song All Eyes On Me. Our love affair with Streets of Roya continues with Prisoner, a bittersweet ballad whose tender acoustic guitar and aching vocals exude exquisitely melting devastation and remorse. Prisoner came accompanied by a B-side named Change, well worthy of many listens below, too. Prisoner is available from iTunes, here.

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“All Eyes On Me”? More like, “all ears on Streets Of Roya”! And I’m being literal, too, considering the large chunk of time I spent this afternoon listening to this indie/alt pop project after coming across his latest single. Streets of Roya is the brainchild of singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Wespi, who creates energetic yet intimate songs saturated with his unique voice and whimsical guitar lines. Wespi originally hails from Zurich, Switzerland, but he’s also lived in London, Berlin, and recently, Los Angeles, which is where he wrote and produced his latest material under a hot California sun. All Eyes On Me is a fluidly propulsive alt single recorded in West Hollywood as a critique of the 21st century zeitgeist.  Wespi says of the song: “Inundated with information, half-truths, political correctness and a wide spectrum of different ideologies, we all seem to create our very own reality and trying to hide behind such. People talk a lot but nobody is actually listening. We make judgements upon other people’s opinions without even trying to see their side. Your own beliefs and personal reality becomes the sole truth. It seems like our own selfishness leads us to drifting further apart from each other.” Stream Streets Of Roya’s prior singles Let The World Stop and Motion below, both mighty fine dulcet loping charmers.