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English Teacher
Song of the Day: After last year’s Polyawkward EP and other excellent releases, the Leeds-based post-punk indie band return with a clever, sharp song with lyrics by frontwoman Lily Fontaine about the contradictions of growing up in Pendle, Lancashire
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Mysterious neighbour … Folly Group’s new single
Song of the Day: Sharp, witty, energised new post-punk single by the south London band with particularly strong drumming, and a curtain-twitching theme in a long tradition of neighbour-themed songs such as Space’s Neighbourhood or Tom Waits’ What’s He Building?
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CHAI channel their philosophy of Neo Kawaii
Song of the Day: Wonderfully fresh, quirky, feminist post-punk-pop celebrating self-love, oddness and individuality by the Japanese quartet from Nagoya of twin sisters Mana and Kana, with rhythm section of Yuna and Yuuki
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Lol Tolhurst, Budgie and Jacknife Lee
Song of the Day: “LA eats its children.” Superbly punchy, rhythmic title track with caustic, striking lyrics about the US city from the forthcoming album a supergroup trio of the ex-Cure drummer, Siouxsie drummer, producer joined by the LCD Soundsystem frontman
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Borough Council - Prescribed
Song of the Day: With a mesmeric, rhythmic, riffing krautrock momentum and some echoes of the Cure, a dark but fresh, eclectic debut the Hastings trio of Haydn Ackerley, Joe Ackerley and Tom Healey
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Yard Act
Song of the Day: The Leeds post-punk quartet return with a blistering new single about constant social shifts in perception, ownership and recognition through the metaphor of a classic piece of clothing, with frontman James Smith’s biting lyrics alongside a driving dance-punk energy
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Problem Patterns
Song of the Day: “You can’t fire me, I’m leaving.” Sharp, defiant, witty fuzz-guitar punk by Belfast quartet of Beverley Boal, Bethany Crooks, Ciara King and Alanah Smith with shades of Amyl & The Sniffers. Out on Alcopop!
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YOWL’s forthcoming album, Milksick
Song of the Day: After previous single Virile Crocodile Sweat, further wonderfully droll, restless, self-deprecating, articulate indie post-punk rich in animal metaphor by the south London band, taken from their forthcoming album Milksick
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Deeper
Song of the Day: Punchy, powerful postpunk indie about self and songwriting from the Chicago quartet of Nic Gohl, Shiraz Bhatti, Drew McBride, and Kevin Fairbairn from their forthcoming album, Careful!, out on Sub Pop Records in September.
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Hallan’s new EP The Noise of a Firing Gun
Song of the Day: The second of four excellent, punchy, intelligent post-punk tracks by the Portsmouth-based band from their new EP, The Noise of a Firing Gun, on the theme of violent conflict in past and present, and this one referring to a key battle during Sulla’s civil war in Rome in 82 BC
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CLT DRP
Song of the Day: Striking, powerful, turbulent punk/electronica single by the Brighton trio with searingly candid lyrics about a stormy post-breakup state of mind, shouty vocals and electrifying stop-start rhythms
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Lawn Chair’s new EP, Eat The Beans And Wear The Jeans!
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s new Blur track, more indie, here with with a theme of exhuberent restlessness and a witty, punchy postpunk edge in this excellent second single by the band from Cologne, German, from their EP, Eat The Beans And Wear The Jeans!
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Clever licks: Anna Erhard
Song of the Day: The title track of the the Berlin artist’s latest album is beautifully crisp, oddball German electro-pop with clever licked, jagged guitars, quirky lyrics and ironic, nostalgic detail about a summer camping trip
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“While Julie plays piano in C” - Achtung by Modern Woman
Song of the Day: Brilliantly punchy post-punk with sharp, vivid, killer spoken lyrics by Sophie Harris, thrumming bass line and explosive guitar effects by the London-based band with a song about a childhood crush on a boy with German parents, and a particularly a scary dad
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Manchester band Nightbus’s new single, Mirrors
Song of the Day: A dark, atmospheric, thrumming piece of cityscape psychology post-punk by the trio of Jake Cottier, Olivia Rees and Zac Melrose from Manchester, with shades, or indeed Shadowplaym of Joy Division, out So Young Records
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Pozi: Toby Burroughs, Rosa Brook and Tom Jones
Song of the Day: Fabulously thrumming bass, glissando and rhythmic violin, drums and vocal harmonies by the British post-punk trio of Toby Burroughs, Rosa Brook, and Tom Jones in this political song taken from their forthcoming new album Smiling Pools, out on PRAH
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Terry: Call Me Terry
Song of the Day: Fabulously catchy and quirky post-punk pop with an electronic twist by the Melbourne, Australia quartet of Amy Hill, Al Montfort, Xanthe Waite and Zephyr Pavey, taken from their brand new album Call Me Terry, out today on Upset The Rhythm
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Reflect on this: stellar work in Ursa Major Moving Group’s forthcoming debut album
Song of the Day: A gorgeous, entrancing fusion of folk, chamber pop and post-punk and a clever protest song about a ravaged planet by the brilliant London singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Ursula Russell, who played everything on this track
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From the video …
Song of the Day: Brilliantly energetic, angry, sweary rapping and vocals by the dynamic east London artist in a vibrant new post-punk number about the detrimental effects of social media technology and surveillance culture
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Hamster fit …
Song of the Day: “A microscopic succubus”. Crisp, clever, witty, ironic, punchy new post-punk by the Liverpool trio with a first-person narrative about a greedy landlord. Recorded the Wirral’s Yellowbird Studio and produced by Gilla Band’s Daniel Fox
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