As ever, all the tracks that make it onto the playlist are aces in my book but if I absolutely, positively had to pick no more than five to check out this week, it’d be these.
Surf Shop Cops – All My Friends (single)
🎶 Surf Shop Cops nail every daft thing about being in a band, then double down on it and – ultimately – celebrate it. Talk about owning your truth.
Beddy Rays – Pocket Rocket (from the ‘Do What You Wanna’ album)
🎶 Beddy Rays hit the accelerator on this track, taken from their second album ‘Do What You Wanna‘, losing none of their cheery charm and good-time energy in the process.
RAGEFLOWER – HOT GLUE (single)
🎶 Starting gently and building in stormy crescendos, RAGEFLOWER keeps it together long enough to leave us with a truly lovely record, bursting with heart.
Folk Bitch Trio – The Actor (single)
🎶 Folk Bitch Trio‘s ongoing quiet rise is a loud fuck-you to the noise of this modern world, soft songs barbed with sharp observation, cotton-fluffy harmonies laced with icy-cold pellets of wit. A delight.
Meres – Building Humans (single)
🎶 Meres‘ latest is rich and growling, where noisy, clever textures come and go between phases of quiet thought and dark, explosive magnificence. Their second release in two weeks, an Easter treat.