Some great talent there, I've been enjoying bands like PMJ and Liliac for a while now. Do agree though that we're in a flat spot on the songwriting front, at least the stuff that makes it into what passes for the commercial music scene these days.
Music is so fragmented now that anyone can record and publish without the distribution and marketing muscle that used to focused in the hands of the record labels. It wasn't a perfect system by any means because it directed the revenue stream into only a few hands, but the attraction of those riches drew in the talent like a massive musical bait ball frenzy. It feels like these days many aspiring musicians have dropped their dreams of international recording careers because the cash and TV audiences aren't there. They find outlets for their music in local performance and self published recordings, maybe a modest youtube channel. There's little left of the A&R resources wielded by the record companies in the 70s and 80s that provided a lot of space for artists to develop and grow as performers and writers once they were signed.
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