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.
If you’re looking for new albums, all the new long-players I’ve spotted from emerging, independent, and DIY artists are here
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Retail Therapy – ’97 Chaser
With a hair-raising debut, Retail Therapy storm into view, all crackling static and propulsive energy. It’s a powerful introduction, and one that requires – and should guarantee – your close attention to the moves they make next.
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Sacred Hearts – Joyride
Witchy and mechanical, Sacred Hearts’ surprise single from earlier this week is more of a shock to the spine, shouting at volume and reeking of hot metal. It’s Siouxie-goes-industrial and it’s as impressive and intimidating as that sounds.
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Ruby Fields – Tacklebox
Ruby Fields’ new one *sounds* like a treat, a reward at the end of a long day or a break from the noise of a mindlessly yapping crowd. As so often with this artist though there are dark fractures in the story it tells, as much to reflect on lyrically as there is in the music to relax into.
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So I Says To Mabel – Nobody Likes Milhouse
Confident and sure of itself, SISTM’s latest travels at speed without wobbles, slicing through air. It’s got heft and velocity without sacrificing the good humour and good times that have always sat behind their songs.
FROM THE ALBUM ‘SONGS ABOUT FUCKING IDIOTS’
The Owen Guns – Had Enough
Worth it for the title and cover alone, this is my favourite track from this collection of raw and shouty rage, directed at just about everyone and everything in the world that is stupid. Cathartic, cross, and funny, to boot.