As ever, all the tracks that make it onto the playlist are aces in my book but if I had to pick no more than five to check out this week, it’d be these.
Floodlights – JOY (from the album ‘Underneath’)
🎶 Floodlights continue to excite as they continue to grow, and this comes from their debut album ‘Underneath‘, as dark a piece of chocolate as you’d need, rich and sharp and dense.
JACOTÉNE – Stronger (single)
🎶 JACOTÉNE‘s bewitching voice is like an off-switch for the noise in your head, one verse leaving you to stare contentedly off into the middle distance.
Old Mervs – Don’t Go (from the album ‘Old Mervs’)
🎶 Old Mervs drop their eponymous debut long-player this week and this is just one of the surfy bangers that litter the album and hit the dopamine button hard.
Oscar The Wild – Big Think (single)
🎶 Oscar The Wild slow down but don’t ease up on ‘Big Think’, a song that ponders but is never ponderous, with as much heart as head.
Final Girls – Youngest Daughter (single)
🎶 A Final Girls live set is a roaring mix of hardcore screaming and ringing melody but it’s definitely more of the latter on offer this week with ‘Youngest Daughter‘, urgent and barrelling and giddy from start to end.