Venbee’s new single ‘encore, encore’
Venbee couldn’t read until she was eighteen and kept a voice notes diary instead, which might explain why she writes with such uncommon directness. ‘encore, encore’ is her first release since ‘Not My Day’ had Lewis Capaldi TikToking himself dancing to it, and - on the strength of everything she’s done this year - it’s going on the list immediately.
LA Priest’s new single ‘Into The Sky’
Sam Eastgate reunites with Boys Noize (they’ve known each other since the Late Of The Pier days, teenagers in the same orbit) and makes his most electro, fluorescent, giddy thing in years, shot as a music video in the wilderness of Joshua Tree where he plays a near-future outlaw on a custom synth-bike. Two minutes fifteen of synthy deliriousness.
Ledbyher’s new single ‘DIRTY RUMOURS’
The Indonesian-Scottish rapper who talked at length about camping, trains and elephants in her Dazed interview and then dropped one of the year’s best mixtapes. This is the follow-up and she’s still operating in a lane entirely her own. Raspy, spacious and completely unbothered. Oh and Clams Casino production!
Steve Lacy’s new single ‘the feeling’
Lacy’s first new music since ‘Gemini Rights’ and the first single from his upcoming album. It’s groovy and somber, wah-wah bass against cavernous melodies, with Lacy toggling between dreamy pop and laconic rap and asking “am I your baby?” like he already knows the answer and doesn’t love it.
Tinashe’s new single ‘Too Easy’
Two years on from ‘Nasty’ going viral and she’s back. It’s a thumping 116 seconds of Tinashe telling you exactly how she feels about her own career arc. “I can’t help that I make it look so easy”. She's not wrong.