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C’est le pop magnifique …
Song of the Day: Glorying in all things Gallic, the new solo EP project by Dan Synge of Daniel Takes a Train is an joyfully unrestrained embrace of 60s and 70s French pop styles from Gainsbourg to Dutronc, Françoise Hardy and Johnny Hallyday
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Gloria
Song of the Day: Who doesn’t love Paris in springtime? So let’s go there for an upbeat fusion of 60s-style French psychedelic pop and Motown by the bandf Gloria from their LP Sabbat Matters, out on Howlin Banana Records
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Sports sport their sunglases
Song of the Day: Taken from their EP Take A Good Look Pt 1, this smooth funk-pop number with a nod to Prince, by the duo of Cale Chronister from Christian Theriot from Tulsa, Oklahoma, parodies the culture of male fashion modelling
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Julie Pavon
Song of the Day: “I think I might be jealous of my own mind”. Addictively Idiosyncratic, stripped down electronica-funk-pop filled with wonky sounds by the Honduran and Danish artist based Copenhagen, with echoes of Billie Eilish
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S.A.A.R.A’s new single Forest
Song of the Day: Continuing a mini-theme of horticulture after Billie Marten, plus William Doyle and Chad VanGaalen in the album section, a fabulously catchy new single by the London multi-instrumentalist who mixes funk, disco and electronica sprinkled liberally with flute and saxophone
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Billie Marten’s new LP, Flora Fauna
Song of the Day: With intimate, hushed voice and sound, particularly in the verse section that echoes Fiona Apple and Billie Eilish, this beautiful metaphorical single by the British singer-songwriter from Ripon in North Yorkshire comes from her new LP, Flora Fauna
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Du Blonde is back
Song of the Day: With an unstoppable chorus and fuzz guitar style that mixes Ramones with glam rock, this fabulously catchy upbeat heartbreak pop song brings Beth Jeans Houghton together with longtime friend and Chicago indie artist
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Juniore
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s 60s French-style pop by Iraina Mancini, even more authentic recent release from French band fronted by singer/songwriter Anna Jean with extra cool and sexy echoes of Françoise Hardy and some surf guitar
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Sixties influences: Iraina Mancini
Song of the Day: With a heavy dose of 60s French pop à la Jacques Dutronc and a dash of Girls Aloud, this new single by the British singer-songwriter and actress has strong melody, clapping rhythm, big backing vocals and driving guitar
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The Lounge Society
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s Speedy Wunderground release, another from the label and produced by Dan Carey, the latest strong single by the very promising young indie band from Hebdon Bridge in West Yorkshire
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A shoe-in for Brodka
Song of the Day: With taut, rhythmic guitars, a jittery sax and strong melody that builds momentum, a brilliant indie postpunk collaboration between the Polish singer and the band involving innovative producer Dan Carey on his Speedy Wunderground label
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The Umlauts
Song of the Day; With a fabulous retro sound of early synth-pop, krautrock, new wave and post-punk, deadpan spoken German lyrics embody a humorous parody of “how artists fetishise Berlin as being the centre of the ‘cool’ art world and the dystopian uniformity”
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Popp Ajudha
Song of the Day: ‘You are my weakness, all salty and sweetness’. Sassy, sensual, with high voice, taut guitar and dash of Latin cuica flavour, the south London jazz and soul singer’s latest song is a expression of independence meeting melting vulnerability
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Close mic threesome: Baby Boys
Song of the Day: A slick fusion of fast country-style guitar, funk, hip hop and pop by the trio from Saint Paul builds momentum with a trumpet finish and comes from their forthcoming album, Threesome
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The latest album by Stats
Songs of the Day: Gloriously uplifting, clever dance electro-pop by the band led by songwriter Ed Seed, inspired by his childhood in and recorded in Wales, where the natural environment co-exists with the less so, from farming, forestry, tourism, and military activity
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The Coral return with a new single and an album in April
Song of the Day: With a beautiful combination of organ and guitar, ghostly melody and a shuffling rhythm, this bright new song from the longstanding Merseyside band is the first single from the forthcoming LP Coral Island
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Hamish Hawk
Song of the Day: Pacy, witty, and beautifully bleak, this new single by the post-punk indie artist from Edinburgh is a perfect lockdown song of paranoia, dry, dark humour and frantic delivery that builds to a fabulous frenzy
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It’s a stage she’s going through: Dry Cleaning’s Florence Shaw, from the video for Scratchcard Lanyard
Song of the Day: “Wristband themepark, scratchcard lanyard, do everything and feel nothing.” A brilliant piece of drily delivered indie by the south London band with lyrics that recall Neil Postman’s cultural critique Amusing Ourselves To Death
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Nation of Language
Song of the Day: “So now we find ourselves in the waiting room of history … holding hands through this absurdity.” Beautifully poignant lyrics for a world in limbo in this new song by the Brooklyn trio their 80s new wave electro-pop
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Nancy
Songs of the Day: One is highly reminiscent of David Bowie’s Fashion, the other has strains of glam rock-era Marc Bolan, but that’s can only mean praise, and this is vibrant, funky and beepingly brilliant work by the artist Jamie Stephen Hall
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