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Lauren Faith – D.M.T
Lauren has one of those voices that instantly makes you sit up and take note. On ‘D.M.T’, she shows off a wide vocal range, whilst the piano sounds dance and twinkle around her creating something quite magical. She brings 70s funk and neo-soul together, sprinkling jazz sounds on top, which allows you to escape from the real world for just a few moments as Lauren transports you back in time to a place where you don’t have to worry about anything. With this track, Lauren Faith asserts herself as one to watch.
Cate Le Bon – Magnificent Gestures
Everything seems otherworldly as it bounces from start to finish in a weird-but-wonderful rhythm. Guitar and vocal lines are just enough off key to make your hair stand on end but keep your hips moving throughout.
Palace – Running Wild
Beneath the signature guitar leads and dusty vocals rumbles a gentle yet prominent bass-line, and Palace once again has us running with them. An incredibly exciting and promising track to tease the trio’s third album, “Life After”, due mid-July.
Ilira – Diablo
With each release, Ilira gets more and more confident. There’s a Latin tinge to this one, the acoustic strums, the congo drums. You might be sat in the UK which is currently observing a heatwave hangover as the heavens begin to open, but Ilira’s going to take you somewhere sunnier. Read our interview with Ilira here.
The Voidz – The Eternal Tao
As we have come to expect from Julian Casablanca’s, The Voidz, this is a hectic mix of robots noises and fat electro grooves. If this is what producer Mac DeMarco is capable of, he needs to release a concept album about the future.
Wives – The 20 Teens
Diving into a deep rolling guitar from the offset, the track heads for a slightly more power-ballad feel than the usual hard rock. In saying that, while simpler in premise than their previous singles, ‘The 20 Teens’ could well be a new entry for those late night sing-alongs among the indie crowds. WIVES are off on a tangent with this one, but we’re intrigued to see where it’s going.
Crumb – Fall Down
In a gooey trip of psychedelic bliss, Crumb returns with ‘Fall Down’. But we don’t so much ‘fall’ as we do ‘sink’ into this new release, easing into a dreamy haze led by the title track. A mellow start that eventually uncovers a short, sweet glimpse into the bands more up-tempo potential
