#FavoriteEPs2017: Amber Arcades – 'Cannonball' ... When Annelotte de Graaf isn’t busy making the world a better place in her job as a law assistant at the International Criminal Court in the Hague, she’s trying to give people a mode of escape through her musical project Amber Arcades. This year’s EP, 'Cannonball', is guitar-pop extraordinaire. de Graaf is at her best when she's creating cathartic and rapturous songs, such as the top-tapping, hand-clapping “It Changes” and her jangly rendition of Nick Drake’s “Which Will”. And similar to the late Nick Drake, there is something familiar with de Graaf’s music. It’s not merely the bubbly guitar-pop but the tales she tells, where we feel we are her or one of her protagonists. That this song is about us, and this is a rare gift. ... #Bestof2017 #BestEPs #bestrecor #AmberArcades #guitarpop #indiepoprock #indiepop #Netherlands #music #indiemusic #newmusic #newmusicdiscovery #pressplay #takealisten