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Seven up: Keg
Song of the Day: Wonderfully upbeat, sharp, postpunk indie by the 7-piece Brighton band infused with jagged guitars, vibrant brass and wonky synths, in a song that traverses the globe inspired by the lead singer Albert Haddenham’s mum moving around to work in different RAF bases
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Opus Kink
Song of the Day: Sharp, angry, fast-moving indie post-punk with a dash of The Clash, LCD Soundsystem, Pigbag and a vibrant brass section make up this latest single by the dynamic Brighton band and produced by Tim Burgess
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Multi-layered: Ben Zaidi’s Blues
Song of the Day: The Seattle singer-songwriter’s new single is infused with a crisp rhythm, gentle acoustic riffs and intelligent lyrics about a family bereavement launching into heap of detail about life problems, and a sensitive voice reminiscent of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
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False member? From the new video by Workfriends
Song of the Day: Inspired by the idea of a Hollywood unsung hero in the shadows who then takes over as doppelganger, this fresh, sharp witty post-punk number comes from the Sheffield-based five-piece indie band
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The Bug Club’s forthcoming album Pure Particles
Song of the Day: Wonderfully catchy indie with snappy lyrics, blistering guitar and strong dash of Jonathan Richman in altogether very tasty dose by the Welsh trio of trio of Sam Willmett, Tilly Harris, and Dan Matthew from their forthcoming mini album Pure Particles
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FUR
Song of the Day: With echoes of The Strokes, a superbly catchy track by the Brighton indie band about examining your position in life and the tiny margins between success and failure, particularly in the context of a relationship
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The Mysterines’ Lia Metcalfe
Song of the Day: Blistering, menacing and dark, this new indie rock number about obsessive love is by the Liverpool band fronted by Lia Metcalfe, who, with EPs under their belt, have their debut LP hotly tipped on the horizon
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David and Chloe of Wings of Desire
Songs of the Day: With a band name echoing the title of the Wim Wenders film, and a momentum that echoes early Arcade Fire, these two tracks from the forthcoming EP Amun-Ra, capture a sense of time passing and self-discovery, and our automated programming which tells us to make a happiness checklist
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All down together … English Teacher from Leeds
Song of the Day: Dry wit and powerful irony by the Leeds indie band, with an apocalyptic monologue about what happens when people listen to the likes of Wallace Hartley, the bandleader of the Titanic, as a distraction to the sinking of the ship
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Meadow Meadow: Silouettes
Song of the Day: Beautifully fluid, rippling electro-folk-pop with a tragic twist and echoes of Tunng by the London-based duo of James Green and Peter Darlington, taken from their forthcoming EP Silhouettes, out on Practise Music
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Emma-Jean Thackray’s forthcoming album - Yellow
Song of the Day: “There’s a spectre in my house but he doesn’t see me”. Beautiful, haunting new song by the Yorkshire-born, London-based singer and instrumentalist confronting depression and mental illness from her forthcoming debut album Yellow
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Liz Lawrence - Babies
Songs of the Day: A couple of brilliantly buoyant new indie pop numbers by the richly deep voiced singer-songwriter and guitarists from Stratford-on-Avon who is also half of the electro-pop duo Cash+David
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Witch Fever
Song of the Day: A number to blow away any cobwebs on a Monday, the Manchester all-female heavy rock/punk band’s latest is a fiercely defiant cri de coeur moving from self-harm to self-emancipation
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Girls with goals: Loose Articles
Song of the Day: A bonus SOTD to kick off the European Cup final in the form of a caustically humorous, heavily ironic number by the all-female indie punk band from Manchester
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Belfast band Enola Gay
Song of the Day: After Wet Leg’s Chaise Longue, a furniture reference of another, more restless nature with angry, stormy, noisy sonic guitar indie and punk-style bass by the band from Belfast
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The art of reclining: Wet Leg
Song of the Day: Wonderful debut indie-pop single from the Isle of Wight band with catchy, thrumming riff and a beautifully dry, humorous delivery about post-graduate horizontal languorous indolence on a favourite item of furniture
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Real Estate’s latest EP, Half A Human
Song of the Day: Particularly beautiful guitar work with rich harmonies with Alex Bleeker warm vocals are a hallmark of these two numbers taken from the EP Half A Human by the band from New Jersey and Brooklyn band
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Fruitful experience: Red Apple Happiness
Song of the Day: Following yesterday’s Apples by Pushpin, another core-related song of a fruitfully inventive and eccentric nature of experimental lo-fi odd-pop by the Scottish debut album The Power of Rocks, out on Upset The Rhythm
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Pushpin songs ….
Song of the Day: Brilliantly fresh, crisp, vibrant, clever, acoustic indie pop with fast vocals, dynamic rhythm changes, sharp guitar riffs, keyboards and a thumping bass sound by the south London quartet
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Alfie Templeman
Song of the Day: Supremely catchy funk-pop by the 18-year-old British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Carlton in Bedfordshire, taken from his debut mini-album Forever Isn't Long Enough, out on Chess Club Records
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