Blood Orange’s new single ‘The Field’, featuring The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek & Daniel Caesar
Dev Hynes doesn’t exactly do low-key comebacks, but ‘The Field’ is about as graceful as they come: sunlit strings, scattershot drums and an all-star guestlist (Caroline Polachek, Daniel Caesar, Tariq Al-Sabir, The Durutti Column). The whole thing feels like it's floating; soft-edged and golden.
The video, directed by Hynes, plays like a quiet road trip through the British countryside that casually turns into a party. It’s not trying to go viral. It just exists. Gorgeously.
Fred again.., Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax’s new single ‘Victory Lap’
No crew, no production and little to no warning, having already headlined Glade on Friday, Skepta reappeared at Glastonbury on Saturday, on the Other Stage, stepping in at short notice for the Deftones, who cancelled due to illness.
The surprise set closed with new single ‘Victory Lap’. It’s sharp, breathless and basically built to flatten the floor. There’s a point about 30 seconds in where Skepta could start reciting oven instructions and it would still bang.
Sasha Keable’s new single ‘FEEL SOMETHING’
Sasha Keable steps into gospel-tinged territory, her voice lifted by stacked harmonies and a beat that stays out of the way.
It’s not flashy - but it’s deep, sharp-edged and full of emotion. The kind of song that quietly pulls you apart and puts you back together before the outro.
Mac DeMarco’s new single ‘Home’
Mac is back. Or maybe he never left, he just drifted into a lake somewhere and started singing.
‘Home’ is woozy, charming and gently falling apart at the edges. A psych-pop sketch with touches of falsetto and what sounds like real-life canoe ambience. There’s a bit of Beatles-ness here, but mostly it just sounds like Mac doing exactly what he wants. You’re either in or you’re not.
Kacie & TFace’s new single ‘Tamper’
Glitchy, grimey and low-key unhinged in the best way. Kacie and TFace trade verses with real venom over a beat that sounds like it got patched together from a broken PS2 and a pirate radio rip.
There’s no big label push here, but ‘Tamper’ deserves ears. Big ones. Cold flows, screwface bars and bounce.