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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 Kelsey Lu, Ed O’Brien, MRCY, Yazmin Lacey, Lime Garden + CLT DRP…
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🎧 Approved: MLEKO
MLEKO have coined ‘gub rock’, which, like all good made-up genres, is more of a shrug than a statement: “It’s been termed post-punk, art rock, post-rock, alt rock, prog rock, to the point where we are just as lost as everyone else”. New single ‘Tom’s Tune’ continues this genre-defying momentum…
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🎧 Approved: Bloodworm
Bloodworm deal in brooding post-punk awash with dominant, driving basslines, heavily modulated echoing guitars and morose vocals that nod firmly to the eighties - but with an energy rooted firmly in the now. Their new single lurks further into the shadows still, delivering the most gothic take yet…
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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, Violet Grohl, Claudia Valentine, beabadoobee, The Marías and Kim Gordon…
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🎧 Approved: Olympia Vitalis
Olympia Vitalis cites Aretha Franklin in the same breath as Nas, and somehow, listening to her, that makes sense. New single ‘Daze’ brims with soul, it’s got that deep, almost painful level of musicality that bridges the gap between gospel intensity and rhythmic, secular funk and blues…
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🎧 Approved: Tungz
The 80s polyphony, the slightly unhinged energy: it’s a combination not many pull off without tipping into pastiche, but Tungz don’t tip. Their new single is about not being able to pay attention, which makes sense given that it gets you dancing before you’ve clocked you’re doing it…
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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…