Single: Hockitay – two crows
Hot of the success of his last couple of singles, Hockitay delivers another beautifully disorientating piece of songwriting.
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Single: Secret Choir – dead plants
dead plants is a killer debut. Secret Choir won’t be a secret for very long!
Single: Wolfschmidt – whaler
whaler certainly travels through stormy waters, but rest assured, it delivers a thrilling ride!
Single: Tugboat Captain – Us & The Moon
Tugboat Captain’s music feels like stories told by a weathered old soul
Single: Poor Petal – eyedrops
It all adds up to a cacophony of originality. I bet this is unlike anything you’ve heard in ages.
EP: Nico de Luz – (Don’t) Go Away Tonight
Arizona native Nico de Luz (aka Nico Osorio) seems to wear many hats. A graduate
EP: Crimson – O’hara
The sound is so vibrant, I swear I could almost see colours flowing out of the speakers.
Album: The Moss – Big Blue Moon
A rootsy, genre-hopping blend of influences that bridges the decades and is full of swagger and soul.
Single: Kid Sistr – Maniac
The huge chorus, with its stadium-ready refrain, feels pleasingly cathartic, but it leaves you wanting more.
Single: Hubbell Benson – Born To Lose
The New Jersey brothers’ psych rock outfit’s new single is quirkily infectious in the best way.
Single: Carbon City Lights – These Little Things
The melody has a delicate, heartbreaking beauty. It rises and falls with effortless fluidity, before resolving in a wonderfully satisfying way.
Single: LANNDS – Hold My Place
One of the most unique and atmospheric tracks I’ve heard in quite a while; a trip-hop ballad for true interstellar travelers.
Single: Ranting – Snakes & Ladders
Brighton’s Ranting makes highly infectious, riff-driven indie-rock music that is tighter than a new pair of skinny jeans.
Single: Human Barbie – Fantasie
Fantasie is an airy, psychedelic trip that keeps ascending in effortless, joyous ways.
Single: Soft Top – Paving Stones
It really does feel like a lost classic from a bygone era – an evolving story, a sound dripping with honey, and layers of gorgeous melodic details.
Single: Simen Mitlid – It’s Okay
You’ll be defenseless as it lulls you into a false sense of security, hypnotising and seducing you with its straightforward melodic sweetness – before slowly breaking your heart.
Album: kingcaid – Colorblind Quarterback
kingcaid’s new album is a delicious smorgasbord of styles and genres, and is populated by a cast of distinct personalities.
Album: The Mad Mile – Legroom
Legroom is crammed full of chugging riffs and elegant motifs, with more light and shade than a Renaissance painting.
Album: Olive Jones – For Mary
Olive blends her soul, jazz and blues influences to create an album that is destined to become a modern classic.