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CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from ELIZA, Basement, Fcukers, Lucky Iris + Wesley Joseph…
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🎧 Approved: Corella
Manchester's Corella are the kind of band you discover at a festival and immediately tell someone about. New single ‘Rewire’, produced by Jason Perry, is their heaviest move yet. Soaring riffs, pounding drums, and a no-nonsense vocal performance from Joel Smith, make it a blistering listen…
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🎧 Approved: Lay Llamas
Founded in 2012 by Sicilian composer and musicologist Nicola Giunta, Lay Lamas shifts shape constantly, collaborators in, collaborators out, but always orbiting the same psychedelic and slightly ritualistic core. New single ‘Mystical Journey’ is heady and lilting, all psych rock transcendence…
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CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from Angèle, Justice, Shelf Lives, Nanasenda, Underscores + Lime Garden…
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🎧 Approved: Kerala Dust
Kerela Dust’s sound is able to exist in a liminal space: loose-limbed synths, stretched transitions, but with that undeniable nocturnal mood that is fit for the club but still able to comfort in the comedown hours. However, unlike the others, new single ‘WHITE NOISE’ has no interest in slowing down…
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🎧 Approved: Cinema Stereo
Nashville’s Cinema Stereo deal in widescreen rock that feels rooted rather than retro - big melodic instincts, 70s barnets, songs built to carry. New single 'So Sorry, My Dear' is all driving and open-hearted, complete with guitar solos built for being played on their knees…
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CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from Jessie Ware, Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar, Momo Boyd, Genesis Owusu, Nori + Ella Boh…
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🎧 Approved: Knumears
Los Angeles screamo band Knumears pull in the classic hallmarks of the genre, and push it forward with the kind of conviction that only comes from actually loving the form. New single ‘My Name’ folds old-school 90s skramz intensity into a punchier modern hardcore edge…
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🎧 Approved: Kibo
Kibo’s maximalist narrative style is built on rapid-fire delivery, absurdist humour and a distinctly London way of turning everyday life into legend - what he calls “Kwengletarianism”. New single ‘Chancer’ leans into that playful self-myth…
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CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from James Blake, Angel Du$t, Tsatsami, Shy One, Moonlight + Lykke Li…
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🎧 Approved: Lowertown
Lowertown’s world has that charming lo-fi intimacy and Tumblr-born romanticism. New single ‘I Like You A Lot’ is a rare love song from the pair. Set to a spry drumbeat and tape-worn guitars, it details the physical sensations and mental spirals of infatuation…
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🎧 Approved: Girl Scout
Girl Scout’s jazz school chops and a penchant for scrappier music gives their songs a loose, lived-in feel, where melody comes first and polish is optional. New single ‘Keeper’ pulls away from the scuzziness of last month’s ‘Operator’ and sinks into something foggier and more exposed…