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Johnny Lynch aka The Pictish Trail
Song of the Day: A thumping psych-electro-pop number about the forces of nature conceived during lockdown at his home on Scottish Isle of Eigg heralds the new LP by Johnny Lynch, Lost Map Records founder and delightfully eccentric original
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The friend we all need: Kay Young
Song of the Day: Joyously uplifting, positive, affirming and catchy new single about friendship by the London rapper, producer and singer, with the soulful voice of JNR Williams, and taken from Young’s new self-produced EP This Here Feels Good
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Song of the Day: Wonderfully cascading guitar riffs and soaring vocals mark out this catchy post-punk number by the four-piece band from Oakland, California capturing life’s absurdities, from their self-titled album
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The Smirk EP
Song of the Day: Timeless fast, direct, no-nonsense fuzzy post-punk from the project of California’s Nic Vicario from Crisis Man, Public Eye, and Cemento, in a style that will also please fans of Flat Worms. From the newest EP and out out on the Portland, Oregon-based label Total Punk!
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David Holmes new single is a cri de coeur to governments about Covid and climate change
Song of the Day: This stirring dance track by the Belfast producer composer and DJ with the French singer calls out the world governments on corruption and incompetence during the pandemic and, ahead of COP26, over inaction in the face of the climate crisis
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Glenn Echo’s new album Fixed Memory
Song of the Day: Exquisitely gentle, introspective alt-folk about violence in a song by the Brooklyn singer songwriter Matt Gaydar who employs finger-picking acoustic guitars and vocal harmonies to create a rich, intimate atmosphere
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Snowy Band
Song of the Day: Mellow, delicate, wry, witty, almost whisperingly gentle, understated, and crisp indie pop with shades of Teenage Fanclub by the band from Melbourne from their album Alternative Endings, which was released over the summer
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Hayden Thorpe
Song of the Day: From the recent new album Moondust For My Diamond, the ex-frontman from Wild Beasts from Kendal in Cumbria brings a shimmering melody and delicate countertenor delivery to this gentle pop songs that has sprinkles of Talk Talk
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Nun’s head
Song of the Day: A sprawling, dark, dynamic, pace-changing art-rock single by the south London five-piece about their famous local cemetery, inspired by visits during the Covid lockdown, with thoughts of death and the destructive effects of gentrification
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Out of the darkness come … Deep Tan
Song of the Day: Dirty, droll and furry, hairy and hedonistic, this beautifully offbeat, oddball, Slits-cum-Bette Davis, sharp, stark, post-punk number by the London trio is inspired by the act of sex in animal costumes, and was recorded and produced by Dan Carey for his Speedy Wunderground label
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Hull’s Jodie Langford
Song of the Day: A punchy, bouncy spoken word number expressing a witty double-edged perspective on lockdown and afterwards by the Hull poet, here joined by the electronica artist, DJ and producer and taken from an album by local young persons’ mental health charity The Warren Youth Project
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Tirzah’s recent new album, Colourgrade
Song of the Day: Minimal, mysterious, intimate, experimental electronica by the singer-songwriter Tirzah Mastin from Essex about the capturing the invisible flux between people, and is taken from her new album Colourgrade, out on Domino
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Hey! It’s Gaspard Augé
Song of the Day: A pair of swirling orchestral electro-disco-pop 70s-style instrumentals from one half of the French duo Justice that gallop into full-on chorus after chorus and are taken from Augé’s solo album Escapades out on Ed Banger Records and Because Music
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Italia 90
Song of the Day: Released earlier this year, witty, caustic socio-political commentary by the London post-punk band out on Brace Yourself Records, and who are are about to begin a live tour
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Song of the Day: Sublimely written and powerfully delivered with a strong, full-range emotive voice, guitar and orchestration, this latest song by the singer-songwriter from Oklahoma is about keeping a grip on oneself through hard times
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Cheap Teeth
Song of the Day: Reminiscent of The Birthday Party, The Cramps, and The Clash, with a thumping bass riff and powerful vocal delivery by Joe Laycock, this rollicking gothic post-punk number by the Edinburgh band evokes a seedy, but infectious underworld
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Circuit des Yeux
Song of the Day: From the forthcoming album -io (22 October on Matador Records), this haunting, dark, experimental number by the Chicago band has a hallucinatory flavour to the topic of blindly believing everything you hear
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The forthcoming album Projector, by Geese.
Song of the Day: Slick guitar harmonies, powerful stomping bass and forceful, vivid vocal delivery by the young post-punk Brooklyn band from their forthcoming album, Projector, out on 29 October on Partisan Records and Play It Again Sam
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From the visualizer for Joyeria’s Here Comes Trouble
Song of the Day: Addressing personal vices and perhaps larger issues, this debut single by the Canadian multi-instrumentalist comes two parts - witty, catchy indie, moving into a frenzied instrumental of electro-krautrock
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Sam Evian’s forthcoming album Time To Melt
Song of the Day: The crisp, laid back, stylish, gentle funk of this single by the Brooklyn artist comes in a clever contrast to the seriousness of subject – a divided America facing a Capitol skirmish scandal and difficult schisms to deal with and heal
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