Single: Stella Stella – Pure air 
Single: waltzerr – ciggy b 
Single: Hard To Miss – Marry Me To The Sun 
Single: Stella Stella – Pure air
“Pure air” is the kind of track where the production of the statement is as much part of the statement as the lyrics themselves.
Single: waltzerr – ciggy b
“ciggy b” is a song about longing for someone after a relationship ends, and what makes it so well is how specific she is with her lyricism.
Single: Hard To Miss – Marry Me To The Sun
Recorded in a heatwave, with a guitar that wouldn’t stay in tune, this sun-drunk single trades polish for feeling and it’s worth it .
Album: Jaewon – Alone At The Movies
Born from a place of isolation and reclusiveness, this cinematic – but also somehow subtle – concept album is very much a job well done.
Single: King’s Evil – King’s Evil
“King’s Evil” offers an eccentric and meticulously crafted sonic journey, highlighting mind-bending songwriting and clever production tricks that draw you in.
Album: Azalia Snail – Gentle Mental
This instrumental album understands your sense of fear and gives you a crackle of tranquility and hope within the madness.
Single: Vagabonds – Honest
Vagabonds really got to me with ‘Honest’, an emotional indie rock track that features a beautiful arrangement and connects with you right from the start.
Single: Blous3 – dustdont settle
This Sacramento trio fuse scuzzy garage rock grit with woozy, off-kilter melodicism to deliver something genuinely magnetic.
Single: Haquin – 10ft Wall
Haquin blends hazy alternative textures with raw emotional tension, balancing introspective songwriting with infectious melodic instincts to create something intimate, compelling, and refreshingly honest.
Single: Reverends – Sunshine Girl
The Reverends capture the perfect summery psych pop feeling with ‘Sunshine Girl’, wrapping a sweet teenage crush in layers of warm guitar fuzz.
Single: Dusker – APE
This Leicester outfit have taken the raw, no-holds barred energy of their live shows and distilled it into three and a bit minutes of uncompromising post punk that refuses to let up.
Single: rose wallace goldaline – don’t take this all for granted
Conor Fagan offers a beautiful and grounded experience on ‘don’t take this all for granted’, mixing lofi acoustic guitars and addictive songwriting into a perfect track.
Single: My Best Unbeaten Brother – Funny Day
Continuing with releasing a new track each month of the year, the Croydon trio have added a few new strings to their bow on this one.
EP: Pipe – Asshole Pie Cologne
If you need plenty of ramshackle in your psychedelic rock n’ roll, then “Asshole Pie Cologne” will likely scratch that itch you are looking for.
Single: Charlotte Greve – Own Lap
Charlotte Greve takes you on an incredible eleven minute musical journey with ‘Own Lap’, blending a full orchestra and modern electronics into an absolute masterpiece.
Single: Fountain Road – The Trees Are Talking
listening to oneself is the only way to feel this world to the fullest
Single: Lone Aires – Alone
With all the makings of an instant nu-gaze classic the new tune from the German-Portuguese multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter comes shimmering into focus.
Single: Bucket – No Guitars
Nobody can fill Pavement’s shoes, but these Massachusetts basement rockers come as close as anyone can, wielding powerful guitars, a concise arrangement, and caustic-yet-insightful lyrics.
Album: Wills Van Doorn – Enduro
Van Doorn’s new record blends power pop, blues, and jazz to give live energy and stress the importance of keeping a steady pace on the road and in life.
