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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Lotte Gallagher – SHOWDOWN
Shining bright enough to blind, Lotte Gallagher alternates between a gentle breeze and explosions of light and noise, all wrapped up with a vocal rich in heartache.
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Great Job! – Falling Of The Vigour
Great Job! deliver a full-throated roar on their latest, bellowing over dense, scatty, and tense rhythms. One of their loudest and one of their best – the scream of the crop.
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kayls – I Wanna Die
Bouncing and gently whimisical in form, this is sharply-constructed stuff and its theme of utter mortification is (far too) relatable. Big feels, feels big.
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Baker Boy (feat. Thelma Plum, Emma Donovan, Kee’ahn & Jada Weazel) – THICK SKIN
Baker Boy opens this track with a truly wonderful racket before turning on a dime to allow a stellar guest lineup to shine. A wild, wild ride.
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Speed Bumps – Speedin’
Sounding like it’s spitting out its own teeth, Speed Bumps’ raucous and jagged punk roars like a feral beast, all mouth and fury. Gloriously unsafe.