Dubbed as the “perfect balance between Jack Garratt and Mumford & Sons”, David Ost is a Hamburg-based singer-songwriter with the power to make you stop and listen. Having grown up enjoying a mixture of Rap, Progressive Rock and film scores, David has only recently found a connection to popular music, albeit twinged with his own singular take on the genre. Since his DIY beginnings, the songwriter has gained support from radio stations across Germany and beyond, racking up over 190k streams worldwide and earning spots on multiple playlists.

This track sees the rising German artist channelling the energy from the summer in which it was written into a blaze of indie rock. Carrying larger than life sentiments, Ost challenges Ants’ lesser-known acronym, Automatic-Negative-Thoughts, by coming to a lyrical reckoning with the daily anxieties of life and love. Dwelling within a soundscape that leans into the waves of modern indie, the single grows into an explosive chorus which you can’t help but sing along to.

This year has been full of highs and lows but the thing that has kept our spirits high is the incredible talent that have pushed through turbulent times to release music that has filled us and many others with bliss. So to end the year on a positive note here is our list of the favourite releases of 2020.

David Ost, who hails from Hamburg, delivers his new single ‘The Deep End’. Ost paints with his words a spacious pop/indie tale of love and longing. Ost’s voice is a powerhouse of emotive intent and the song follows his endeavours to induce the Herculean feat of giving someone up, knowing they’re not good for you.