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Track: Highschool Jacob – Stacey
Highschool Jacob is actually former Wesleyan music student Jacob Masters, who’s been trading in funky, feel-good songs since 2017. He’s released a new singer ‘Stacey’, and announced “HSJ 2020,” a collection of music and corresponding video games (yes video games) the press elevate claims is ‘highlighting his continued growth as an artist’, but we all know that it’s …
Track: Park Hye Jin – Like This
Recently hailed as “one of the breakout stars of the past year” by Mixmag. 26 year-old rapper, singer, DJ and producer from Seoul, Park Hye Jin will release her new EP “How can I” on June 26th via Ninja Tune. She has released a glimpse of the EP with track ‘Like This’. A daydream of …
Track: Hiro Ama – Broken Satellite
“This EP is a mixture of feelings like sadness, loneliness, confusion, hope and nostalgia” says Hiro Ama of his debut solo EP. “It was a bit like writing a diary, only I wrote music instead.” The sometime Telemann drummer is releasing the EP, Uncertainty, on August 14th via PRAH Recordings, and from it he’s given us a taste …
Track: Oh Wonder – Oceansize
Oh Wonder have thrown themselves creatively into these lockdown times, with their acclaimed ‘Home Tapes’ project. Oceansize is the fourth of the songs to be written, recorded and released under lockdown, and is , say the band, a direct reflection “on lockdown, and our consequent yearning for freedom, space and nature.” Oh Wonder are no …
Track: Galaxians – Heartbreaker
Heartbreaker is the new track from Leeds-based disco-funk trio Galaxians, taken from their forthcoming second album ‘Chemcial Reactions’, out on 26th June. Of the track, concerned with female empowerment, personal freedom, taking the likes of Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, and – according to the bands frontwoman Emma Mason Even Prince and his delicious feminine energy”, …
Track: Body Meat – The Well
Body Meat is the project of Salt Lake City born producer Christopher Taylor, a man who’s father once played Conga’s for Earth, Wind and Fire, so who has been surrounded by music, and in particular rhythm, his whole life. He’s just released a new single The Well, and it’s a genuinely interesting and ingenious piece …
Track: Two Door Cinema Club release cover of John Lennon’s ‘Isolation’
In these lockdown times we all need help with a lot of things, from the mundane and everyday to the life-saving and life-changing. So it’s heartwarming to see Two Door Cinema Club do something practical about that, and re-record John Lennon’s Isolation to help raise money for Ireland’s leading social justice charity, Extern. Money raised …
Track: Lyfe Indoors – Put you down
Mysterious (or at least anonymous) bedroom pop project Lyfe Indoors has return with a new single, Put you down. Operating since 2014 and spending long Summer’s indoors writing (hence the name), it’s taken from an album to be released later in the year. Of the track Lyfe Indoors says “Did I miss the chance, for some …
Track: Sophie Hunger – Everything is Good
Everything is Good is the name of a David Shrigley design, owned by Swiss multi-lingual singer-songwriter Sophie Hunger. It’s also the name of her new single, taken from her forthcoming album Halluzinationen, out on August 28th via Caroline International. Drawing comparisons to the likes of Sharon Van Etten is understandable when you listen to Everything …
Track: The Streets – Where the F*&k did April Go
Mike Skinner, aka The Streets has just released the b-side to his new single ‘Call my phone thinking I’m doing nothing better’ which featured Tame Impala. Called ‘Where the f*&k did April go’, the track is a bonus that won’t feature on his forthcoming mixtape, but is available to stream now. Speaking about the new …