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Heather Elle of Flossing
Song of the Day: A biting but catchy piece of industrial post-punk indie pop tilted at misogyny, micro-aggression and manipulation, creatted by Brooklyn’s former Bodega and The Wants bassist Heather Elle, joined by guitarist Elijah Sokolow (The Living Strange) and saxophonist Kate Mohanty
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Good Morning’s Liam Parsons and Stefan Blair and furry friend
Song of the Day: Downbeat, gentle, acoustic, but strangely uplifting with a novel mix of horns, banjo and whistling, this new double-sided single by the Melbourne duo of Liam Parsons and Stefan Blair, comes alongside the humorously self-deprecating
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Shearwater’s forthcoming album The Great Awakening
Song of the Day: From the forthcoming LP The Great Awakening, out 10 June, this elegant, beautiful number by the band from Austin, Texas, is reminiscent of Talk Talk, and is inspired by the mostly South American group of so-called strange-jointed mammals – armadillos, anteaters, and sloths
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Kate Bollinger’s forthcoming new EP Look At It In The Light
Song of the Day: Smooth, mellow, elegant, and easy paced with a beautiful melody, crisp guitar and drums, this new number the singer-songwriter from Richmond, Virginia, comes from her forthcoming new EP Look At It In The Light
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C Duncan
Song of the Day: Serenely beautiful new number with an entrancing melody by the Scottish composer expressing a certain fragility - the lyrics are about uncertainty, companionship and finding comfort in that uncertainty. It comes from his forthcoming album Alluvium, out in May on Bella Union
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Artwork for Oh Stephanie by Stubborn Heart
Song of the Day: From third in their Out of Our Hands series of releases, the London pair of Luca Santucci and Ben Fitzgerald’s Electronic Soul Music number is a beguiling piece of melancholy synth pop
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Chilli Jesson
Song of the Day: Striking new pop from the former Parma Violets bassist and singer Alexander "Chilli" Jesson in this catchy number, quoting Plato, that also aims to highlight the seriousness of mental illness and examination of what a healthy relationship should be
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P.E.
Song of the Day: Taken from their sophomore album The Leather Lemon, also shown here, a mesmeric mix of thrumming rock, pop, saxophone, and electronica by the New York band featuring members of Pill and Eaters
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Future Islands are making moves again
Song of the Day: After The Mainline by Spiritualized, another train connection, referring to with the F Train of the Brooklyn subway, with further soaring momentum in this love song featuring thrumming bass, synths, drums and the emotive delivery of Samuel T Herring of the Baltimore band, out on 4AD
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DC Gore
Song of the Day: After Kittin and the The Hacker, more retro pop, partly echoing the smooth 80s synths and delivery of Pet Shop Boys, but also stepping back another way, in this catchy, darkly humorous, Brexit-themed number is a “satirical fever dream set in the wake of our current populist predicament” by the British songwriter
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Caroline Polacheck
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s experimental piece by composer Jon Opstad, further unusual use of classical elements and staccato strings by the American pop singer and songwriter’s B-side to the hit Billions, here covering the innovative 2020 song by electronica’s Oneohtrix Point Never, and also giving it a big Enya-style echo
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Poppy Ajudha’s forthcoming album The Power In Us
Song of the Day: From the forthcoming album The Power In Us, the latest of several passionate, soulful pop songs about society and politics by the London singer-songwriter, focuses on the damaging system of male control that screws up relationships and pro-choice
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Hercules & Love Affair’s forthcoming album, In Amber
Song of the Day: The opening track from Andy Butler and co’s forthcoming new album, In Amber, has a dark, smoky, almost gothic feel but strains of with hope and defiance, and includes guest Icelandic singer Elin Ey, as well as old friend and collaborator ANOHNI as a co-producer
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Oumou Sangaré
Song of the Day: From her forthcoming album Timbuktu, a fabulously stirring and upbeat number by the Malian superstar singer and rights campaigner celebrating independent women in her hometown area of Wassulu, released last week to coincide with International Women's Day
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Pale Blue Eyes
Song of the Day: Catchy, dreamy electro-indie pop by the trio from Totnes, Devon, with crisp guitar, smooth synth lines and vocals in music variously influenced by Neu!, The Cure and the Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant, and mixed by Dean Honer
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Dana Gavanski
Song of the Day: Beautiful, upbeat new pop with an electro and folk flavour and an eccentric twist by the London-based Serbian-Canadian singer-songwriter from her forthcoming album When It Comes, out on Full Time Hobby
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Kevin Morby’s forthcoming album This Is A Photograph
Song of the Day: This melodically strong and moving new number by the American singer-songwriter is the title track of his forthcoming album and vividly captures time passing and other pressures of family life through the prism of an old camera image
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LIFE up in the North East of England
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s number by Bob Vylan, another self-addressing mental and physical health issues – drinking, smoking and eating badly and FOMO, by the vibrant post-punk indie band in a title inspired by the location of their studio near the river Humber
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Steamy Sworn Virgins
Songs of the Day: A pair of stomping electro-pop tracks with a sexual twist and echoes of Suicide from the by side project featuring Clams Baker from Warmduscher taken from the EP Strangers Hands, out on Soulwax’s Deewee label
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Matilda Mann
Song of the Day: Short, pithy, pacy and catchy, a new indie-pop number by the London-based singer-songwriter about letting go of the idea of someone you may previously have perceived by to be perfect
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