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Song of the Day: Graveyard themed, but also referencing the euphonic phrase considered the most among the English language’s most beautiful, a catchy, spooky lo-fi krautrocky title track with a fabulous retro disco footage video, from the Cincinnati band’s latest EP, out on Shake It Records
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Mandrake Handshake - King Cnut
Song of the Day: A mesmeric spread of instruments stir this potent cauldron of a new single by the London band of “flowerkraut”, a hedonistic, brain-frying feast of krautrock, art-pop and psychedelia, here inspired by the 11th-century Norse ruler of Britain, released on the cult indie label Tip Top Recordings
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Franz Ferdinand's forthcoming album, The Human Fear, out in January
Song of the Day: The return of Alex Kapranos and the witty Glasgow indie-rockers comes with an uplifting number about defiance, heralding their new LP titled The Human Fear, out in January, via Domino Records
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Our Girl
Song of the Day: Evocative, serenely beautiful and poetic, this new single by the Brighton band captures that Proustian-type moment of unleashed feelings, senses and memories, in this case hearing Ella Fitzgerald on the radio, and is the title track heralding their forthcoming album out on 8 November via Bella Union
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Aisha Badru
Song of the Day: A beautiful, delicate, ethereal number by the breathy-voiced Florida-based Nigerian-American artist about purpose, making time for yourself and making that time significant, taken from her upcoming second album The Sun Still Rises, out on 29 November via Nettwerk
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Julie Dawson: Bottom of the Pool
Song of the Day: Quirky, sensual, dream pop and electronica in this side project by the singer from the Galway band, NewDad, with this title track her forthcoming debut album, out on 13 September via Fair Youth Records
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Manic Street Preachers: Sean Moore, Nicky Wire and James Dean Bradfield
Song of the Day: The popular Welsh rockers return with their signature triumphant sound and a stirring, piano-rippling number with massive chorus, a song about “realisation and understanding – of celebrating the tiny miracles that still exist whilst accepting and embracing managed decline”
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Albertine Sarges - Stand Near Your Fire
Song of the Day: Exuberant, energetic indie pop by the charismatic German artist, capturing the feeling of falling for someone, the “silly happiness of meeting someone you really adore and who brings out the best in you” expressing boldness and confidence with punchy percussion and guitars
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Pelican crossing: Kim Deal …
Song of the Day: Crunchy, fuzzy, spacey, dreamy, psychedelic, this striking new single from the Breeders and former Pixies star is taken from her debut solo album, Nobody Loves You More, out on 22 November via 4AD
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In and out of the loop: Lucius - Old Tape
Song of the Day: Joined by The War On Drugs frontman as guest, stylish, shimmering indie pop by the US quartet fronted by lead vocalists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig with a song about fighting the loop, from getting trapped in the rabbit hole, and the inner critic that creeps up and tries to get the best of you
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Tess Parks
Song of the Day: Alluring, richly orchestrated psychedelic-tinted dream pop by the Toronto-born London-based singer-songwriter, heralding her new album Pomegranate, released on 25 September on Fuzz Club and Hand Drawn Dracula
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The Waeve: Rose Elinor Dougall and Graham Coxon
Song of the Day: Another stylish, striking, stormy sounding indie single by the Blur guitarist Graham Coxon and his partner aka Rose Elinor Dougall are releasing their second album together, City Lights, released on 20 September via Transgressive Records
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Soft and tender: Tindersticks
Song of the Day: Deliciously paced, tender melancholy in the distinctive style of vocalist Stuart Staples and the Nottingham band from their forthcoming 14th studio album, Soft Tissue, released on 13 September via Lucky Dog / City Slang
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Thus Love’s forthcoming album, All Pleasure
Song of the Day: Swaggering, stylish indie postpunk, with a touch of Arctic Monkeys, by the band from Brattleboro, Vermont, with a strangely disturbing celebratory video (also featuring an owl), and heralding their sophomore album, All Pleasure, out 1 November via Captured Tracks
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Silverbacks
Song of the Day: Catchy, crisp indie with shades of Stereolab, an intimate drum beat and clarinet tones by the Dublin six-piece heralding their third LP Easy Being A Winner, out on 18 October via Central Tones / Cargo
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Shelf Lives: John Hillyard and Sabrina Di Giulio
Song of the Day: Visceral, biting, powerful, punchy, semi-spoken, semi-screamed electro post-punk with a dark theme by the London-based duo of producer John Hillyard and Toronto-born vocalist Sabrina Di Giulio, out on Not Sorry Mom Records
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Sasha Assad’s new EP, Casablanker
Song of the Day: After her previous EP Tearstick, a new catchy, clever, tenderly romantic indie track with a Kinks reference, by the Nottingham artist with Egyptian heritage from the next EP, Casablanker, out on Fierce Panda Records
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Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Ode to Clio
Song of the Day: Delicate then thunderous, an experimental rock-folk-jazz fusion by the young London sextet with a collage of relationships and an overarching violin melody, heralding their upcoming EP Eazy Peazy, out on 8 November via Fat Possum
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She Drew The Gun, aka Louisa Roach
Song of the Day: Liverpool’s brilliant Louisa Roach returns with a powerful new number described as “like a therapy session with your shadow self. It’s a looking in the mirror song, a song to my subconscious, my shadow,” and following the title track single, heralds her forthcoming album, Howl, out on 15 November via Submarine Cat Records
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The Bug Club's new album On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System
Song of the Day: An infectiously catchy and witty fuzz guitar number about self-comparative delusions of grandeur by the humorous Welsh rock indie trio who have a dash of Modern Lovers and AC/DC, heralding their third LP, On The Intricate Inner Workings of The System, out on 30 August via Sub Pop Records
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