The command to ‘talk to me’ has rarely sounded this urgent, arriving through the prism of sander baie‘s particular blend of UK garage rhythms and techno’s relentless pulse.
Zola Blood: ‘Together’
What begins as wind chimes dissolving into memory quickly transforms into something more insistent, as if the London quartet have discovered new ways to make pleasure and pain occupy the same sonic space.
néomí: ‘It’s Never Easy (Leaving Someone Behind)’
There’s something profoundly unsettling about watching yourself disappear into someone else’s life, then having to excavate who you were before.
PIERS BARON: ‘Good Morning, Midnight’
Born from the liminal hours between day and dream, ‘Good Morning, Midnight’ finds PIERS BARON channelling the romantic tradition through a distinctly contemporary lens.
GoGo Penguin: ‘What We Are and What We Are Meant to Be’
Sometimes the most profound revelations arrive wearing the simplest clothes.
Suddenly: ‘Half Full’
Transience becomes the subject and the method on this deceptively buoyant meditation from the Brooklyn-Gainesville duo, where the inevitability of ending paradoxically liberates rather than constrains.
Jackie Santos: ‘Do You’
Tape hiss becomes emotional texture on Jackie Santos‘ debut album opener, where the analog warmth of Brooklyn studio sessions provides the perfect medium for excavating the aftermath of asymmetrical love.
Televised Mind: ‘Obscene Scenes’
Dating app fatigue crystallises into something approaching catharsis on this unapologetically sharp missive from one of Lincoln’s most promising post-punk prospects.
Pippa Blundell: ‘crave’
Vulnerability becomes architecture in Pippa Blundell‘s hands, her latest single transforming the nauseating morning-after into something resembling grace.
TOY PARLOUR: ‘Say Something’
The supergroup impulse rarely yields such immediate chemistry, yet TOY PARLOUR‘s debut unleashes a confidence that suggests these Brighton scene veterans have discovered something vital in their convergence.
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