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🎧 Approved: Bloodworm public
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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…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Olympia Vitalis public
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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…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Tungz public
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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…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Corella public
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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…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Lay Llamas public
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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…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Kerala Dust public
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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…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Cinema Stereo public
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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…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Knumears public
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🎧 Approved: Knumears

Los Angeles screamo band Knumears pull in the classic hallmarks of the genre, and push it forward with the kind of conviction that only comes from actually loving the form. New single ‘My Name’ folds old-school 90s skramz intensity into a punchier modern hardcore edge…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Kibo public
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🎧 Approved: Kibo

Kibo’s maximalist narrative style is built on rapid-fire delivery, absurdist humour and a distinctly London way of turning everyday life into legend - what he calls “Kwengletarianism”. New single ‘Chancer’ leans into that playful self-myth…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Lowertown public
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🎧 Approved: Lowertown

Lowertown’s world has that charming lo-fi intimacy and Tumblr-born romanticism. New single ‘I Like You A Lot’ is a rare love song from the pair. Set to a spry drumbeat and tape-worn guitars, it details the physical sensations and mental spirals of infatuation…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Girl Scout public
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🎧 Approved: Girl Scout

Girl Scout’s jazz school chops and a penchant for scrappier music gives their songs a loose, lived-in feel, where melody comes first and polish is optional. New single ‘Keeper’ pulls away from the scuzziness of last month’s ‘Operator’ and sinks into something foggier and more exposed…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
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