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Caroline Rose
Song of the Day: Delicate, intimate and whispery but slowly building, from gentle Spanish guitar and orchestral strings into an intense explosion of emotion and vocal harmonies, this is a powerfully intense new single comes from the New York singer-songwriter
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Quasi: Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss
Catchy, clever, crunch-squelchy organ-fuelled new indie single of discombobulation by the Portland-based duo of Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss (ex-Sleater-Kinney), heralding their first album for a decade, Breaking the Balls of History, out on Sub Pop
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Ásgeir’s fifth studio album, Time On My Hands
Song of the Day: Beautiful new folk-electronica single that captures the creative point between being asleep and awake, by the Icelandic singer-songwriter and musician Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson from his fifth album, also out this week, Time On My Hands, out on One Little Independent
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Hamish Hawk’s second album, Angel Numbers, is due on early 2023
Song of the Day: The Edinburgh artist returns with anthemic panache on this new, stylish, lyrically clever single, “a tragic, romantic song about the music industry, looking at the lengths an artist may or may not go in order to have glory showered upon them.”
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Teleman return with a new
Song of the Day: A punchy, anthemic, uplifting new indie-pop single, the first from the English band’s forthcoming fourth LP, Good Time/Hard Time, out next spring, is all about making the most of our time while we have it. Out on Moshi Moshi
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Gretel Hänlyn
Song of the Day: Punchy, darkly sinister and rock-driven new indie single by the innovative London singer-songwriter with a distinctive deep voice and an ability to deliver songs in a variety of styles. Out on VLF Records
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Orbital brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll
Song of the Day: A brilliant riposte to the omnishambles of the ongoing British Conservative government and all those voters responsible who blame others, including immigrants, in a no-holds-barred mix of beats by Phil and Paul Hartnoll and incomparably biting delivery of Jason Williamson
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Young Fathers’ next LP Heavy Heavy is due on February 2023
Song of the Day: A brilliantly striking new single the innovative Edinburgh trio of Alloysious Massaquoi, Kayus Bankole and Graham 'G' Hastings, from their forthcoming next album, Heavy Heavy, released 03 February 2023 on Ninja Tune
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Divorce: check out the playful Nottingham band with their own take on country music
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s angry Jemma Freeman track, more defiance, this time not in fast, post-punk mode, but in a slower, though as emotive, a strong melody alt-country narrative by the Nottingham indie four-piece about about a wronged woman who decides it’s time for the worm to turn
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Gemma, Samuel and Jason of The Cosmic Something
Song of the Day: Blistering, witty, searingly, angry, fast and ironic indie-glam-punk with pacy guitars and vocals in this new single aimed at annoying, judgemental, opinionated neighbours, by London trio of Jemma Freeman, Samuel Nicholson and Jason Ribeiro
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Giving it the full Welly
Song of the Day: “The sweet smell of Lynx and regret, you can’t beat it”. Wonderfully catchy, witty, self-derogatory, unabashed 80s pop-influenced indie single by the Brighton-based band about sneak ways to make new friends
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Feet’s new single
Song of the Day: Catchy, sharp, post-punk in this latest single about being the being locked out, keyless, from your place after a night out, and the paranoia of a safe space, by the five-piece band, who incidentally live in the same house
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Sweet Baboo, aka Stephen Black
Song of the Day: Beautiful, gentle, uplifting, and perfectly paced, a very welcome return indie-folk new single by the Welsh multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Stephen Black, heralding his first album for five years, The Wreckage, out in January on Amazing Tapes from Canton
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Mamalarky: Livvy Bennett, Michael Hunter
Song of the Day: Highly original post-punk psychedelic rock with a shiny, dream-pop vocal layer, and distinctive stop-star guitar, bass and percussion by the Atlanta and LA band, taken from their sophomore album Pocket Fantasy out on Fire Talk Records
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The beautifully vivid Short Stories EP by Francis Lung
Song of the Day: Taken from the new EP, Short Stories, this beautifully intimate, vivid, narrative-spoken number that builds powerfully into a dreamy climax by the Manchester artist tells of a widow transported back in time by an onion soup
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The Orielles
Song of the Day: Heralding their forthcoming new album, Tableau, some mesmeric, shapeshifting 8-minute, gradual-build celestial dream pop by the Yorkshire trio from Halifax, with an ever wider innovative range
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From the video for Rozi Plain’s new single, Agreeing For Two
Song of the Day: A beautiful, delicate new number by the the British singer-songwriter about unwittingly making decisions on others’ behalf from her forthcoming album PRIZE, here with backing vocals by This Is The Kit's Kate Stables and Alabaster dePlume on saxophone
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The Big Moon’s forthcoming album Here Is Everything is delivered in October
Song of the Day: The London indie quartet’s new single, from their forthcoming third album, Here Is Everything. as an easy, carefree feel, but has a more emotive theme about memories of walking over a railway bridge to the hospital to give birth and how the memory deals with pain
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Playfully pleasing to the eye and ear: Peel Dream Magazine
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s dreamy number by Alice Boman to another dreamy sound of marrying the visual and aural with gentle drums and keyboards, in this gently catchy, and softly sung number by the LA-based artist Joseph Stevens for the forthcoming third album, Pad, out 7 October on Tough Love Recordings/Slumberland Records
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The classy trio of Coco
Song of the Day: Brimming with swagger and panache, warmth and vitality, and a mix of The Go-Go’s and glam rock, this new single by the New York trio of Maia Friedman (of Dirty Projectors) , Dan Molad (Lucius, Chimney), and Oliver Hill (Pavo Pavo, Dustrider) follows last year’s acclaimed self-titled debut album
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