Nov 13, 2026 • 1 min read

CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases

Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from KTmelodies, Aluna, Racing Mount Pleasant, Squid + Black Nylon

CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases

KTmelodies’ new single ‘i really liike u’

What Kaytranada does for Montreal, KTmelodies does for South East London, sliced-and-diced vocal loops, clever samples and bouncy rhythms with real soul underneath.

Aluna’s new single ‘Pistachio Milk’

A camp, spoken-word, clubby little number, inspired by a black-owned coffee shop menu in Inglewood.

Squid’s new live album ‘CROWDS’

Recorded across their 2025 UK headline tour for ‘Cowards’, eleven tracks pulling from three albums, capturing a band who’ve spent eleven years getting weirder, wilder and more exploratory, now playing to crowds who’ve finally caught up. The first live album they’ve ever made. 

Black Nylon’s new single ‘BDSMX’

This five-piece Dublin band have already played support for Inhaler and Kneecap, and this is why, a scorching chunk of punk with a chorus that sticks whether you want it to or not.

Racing Mount Pleasant’s new single ‘Great Destroyer’

Orchestrally infused, buoyant post-rock, complete with group singalong chorus. Think Sufjan Stevens meeting Broken Social Scene in that early-2000s indie sweet spot.

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