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Florist’s upcoming album, Jellywish
Song of the Day: Gentle, beautiful, reflective indie-folk by the Catskill Mountains / New York quartet of singer and songwriter Emily Sprague with Jonnie Baker, Rick Spataro and Felix Walworth, heralding their forthcoming album, Jellywish, out on 4 April on Double Double Whammy
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Black Country, New Road - Besties
Song of the Day: An eccentric, eclectic, catchy new single about friendship by the Cambridge-formedm London-based British experimental band mixing folk and indie with dabbles of harpsichord, saxophone and more, heralding their upcoming third album Forever Howlong, out on 4 April on Ninja Tune
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Tamino - Sanctuary
Song of the Day: A beautiful, slow, acoustic, emotive, Jeff Buckley-esque hope-and-heartbreak single by the Antwerp-born Egyptian-Belgian indie artist joined by the acclaimed American singer-songwriter, and heralding Tamino’s forthcoming third album Every Dawn’s a Mountain, out on 21 March via Communion Group
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Self Esteem’s upcoming third album, A Complicated Woman
Song of the Day: Full vocal force with rich gospel-style harmonies and an affirmingly defiant message from the charismatic Rotherham singer-songwriter Rebecca Taylor, heralding her upcoming third LP as Self Esteem, A Complicated Woman, out on 25 April on Polydor Records
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Prima Queen’s Louise Macphail and Kristin McFadden
Song of the Day: After a series of strong singles and EPs, new serene, poignant, post-breakup, uplifting indie dream pop from charismatic transatlantic pair of Louise Macphail and Kristin McFadden with this title track from their forthcoming debut album, out on 25 April, via Submarine Cat Records
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Youth Lagoon ‘s upcoming new album, Rarely Do I Dream
Song of the Day: A mesmeric new banger with the whispering voice of Trevor Powers, the shapeshifting, innovative Idaho-based songwriter and producer, taken from his forthcoming new album, Rarely Do I Dream, out Fat Possum Records on 21 February
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Lucy Dacus
Song of the Day: A beautiful string-laden, tactile love song new single by the singer-songwriter from Richmond, Virginia and one third of the trio Boygenius, taken from her from forthcoming new album, Forever Is A Feeling, out on 28 March, via Geffen Records
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Skunk Anansie - An Artist Is An Artist
Song of the Day: A welcome and excellent return from the London rockers fronted by the inimitable Deborah "Skin" Dyer with a punchy, uncompromising number about creative life, its disciplines, sacrifices and identity, out on Frontiers Records
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Albertine Sarges - Girl Missing
Song of the Day: The title track from the forthcoming album by the innovative Berlin indie artist is beautifully upbeat and serene and style, but is inspired by deeply personal and sorrowful story from her life. Girl Missing is due out on 21 February via Moshi Moshi Records
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Helen Ganya
Song of the Day: A Thai-dulcimer (khim) decorates this beautiful track by the Singapore-raised, Brighton-based, Scottish-Thai singer-songwriter inspired by her heritage, her mother, and “all the diasporic mums out there”. It’s the latest track heralding her forthcoming album Share Your Care out on 7 February via Bella Union
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Sports Team - Bang Bang Bang
Song of the Day: Infectiously catchy yet with a darkly satirical subject, the British band return with new song inspired by the whistling spaghetti western soundtracks of Ennio Morricone, but reflecting on American gun culture, heralding their next album Boys These Days out 24 May on Bright Antenna & Distiller Records
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Fat Dog - Peace Song
Song of the Day: Following their hit 2024 album, WOOF. the south London alternative post-punk band fronted by Joe Love return with a fabulously strong melody and an entertaining video featuring an pub-based alien figure and Godzilla-sized invading dog, out on Domino Records
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Avalanche Party - Shake The Slack
Song of the Day: Panache-filled post-punk with a fierce, electrical energy and sharp lyrics by the five-piece band from the North Yorkshire Moors in a new single heralding their forthcoming album, Der Traum Über Alles, out on 7 February via AMK/ Kartel Music.
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New Year’s fireworks? The recent collaborative Angel Olsen album featuring this Camp Saint Helene song
Song of the Day: A profound, philosophical and ethereally beautiful final SOTD for 2024, by the band from the Catskill Mountains, New York, taken from Angel Olsen's recent collaborative album, Cosmic Waves Volume 1, out on Somethingscosmic and Jagjaguwar
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Circa Waves - Like You Did Before
Song of the Day: Reminiscent of the high-octane early-2000s New York indie of The Strokes and The Walkmen, this passionate new single heralds the Liverpool quartet’s forthcoming sixth album, Death & Love, Pt1, out on the 31 January, via Lower Third/ PIAS
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Benjamin Brooker at work. (Photo: Trenity Thomas)
Song of the Day: Heralding LOWER, his first album in seven years, the innovative, eclectic, New Orleans-based American singer-songwriter returns with a dark, mysterious and unique mix of sounds of fuzz guitar, electronica, noise pop, hip-hop, ambient and indie rock, with a dream-like video
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Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
Song of the Day: Following another recent single, Afterlife, a shuddering, powerful, perspective-scanning new indie track by the American artist and her backing band, heralding the forthcoming self-titled album, out on 7 February 2025 via Jagjaguwar
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Deradoorian - Digital Gravestone
Song of the Day: Dark, stirring, powerful, this scintillating, extraordinary new single by the New York multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer has rumbling bassline, a sleazy dirty sax sound, crystalline key stabs and jagged guitar lines, and heralds a new album out in 2025, and her first release on Fire Records
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Dutch Interior - Sandcastle Molds
Song of the Day: Sprightly drumming and innovative guitar work come apace with striking lyrics in this alluring new indie-folk-country single by the Los Angeles quintet fronted by Jack Nugent, and out on Fat Possum Records
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Chloe Slater - Fig Tree
Song of the Day: Powerful, intelligent, passionate, defiant indie pop by the Manchester-based with a new single about female social pressures on looks and ageing, with a metaphorical reference to the titular wrinkly tree in Sylvia Plath’s 1963 novel The Bell Jar
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