Florence + The Machine’s new single ‘One Of The Greats’
Florence turns her gaze back on the cost of being a woman in music and lands a clinical, cutting blow. The arrangement is stripped and Nirvana-esque in its bluntness. Guitars chug with unflinching force while her voice carries every line like a verdict.
Bricknasty and F3Miii’s new single ‘i hope you’re ready’
Bricknasty’s latest is a sly, supple cut, sliding between soul, R&B and something a little more special. Those chiptune flickers tug it into glitchy territory. It’s both smooth and slightly off-balance, which is the whole point.
Magdalena Bay’s new single ‘Second Sleep’
Magdalena Bay remain masters of the pop crescendo. ‘Second Sleep’ is patient at first, then opens up into funk-flecked, neon-lit maximalism. Their songs always aim for transcendence and this one lands there without breaking a sweat.
Witch Fever’s new single ‘SAFE’
A darker cut in this batch: ‘SAFE’ treads the border between shoegaze, doom-punk and grunge. It’s tough, less a genre exercise than a sonic weight that latches on.
Geese’s new album ‘Getting Killed’
Album three and Geese sound gleefully unrestrained. A masterful and manic exercise in dismantling conventional rock structures and it’s a brilliant payoff. A record that sounds like it’s constantly dismantling itself while somehow staying upright.
