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Approved: Rats-Tails public
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Approved: Rats-Tails

Dream-pop quartet Rats-Tails return with their first single of 2024 ‘Flowers’. The follow-up to last year’s ‘Coke In The 70s’, the song embraces self-discovery and embracing change following the end of a relationship…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
Approved: NikNak public
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Approved: NikNak

Set to release her fourth album ‘Ireti’ next month, NikNak is back with new single ‘12000RPM’, a genre-jumping track with a cinematic sound that aims to evoke a character “being chased by enforcers around the city, doing parkour through the rainy streets before an epic fight scene unfolds”…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
Approved: Lei Hope public
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Approved: Lei Hope

A taster of new EP ‘Matrices’, which will be released via Heist Or Hit next month, new track ‘Sinner’ sees Lei Hope “questioning transformations in my life, faith and family whilst not being 100% sure that the change is positive”…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
Approved: Tian Qiyi public
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Approved: Tian Qiyi

Brothers John Tian Qi and Charlie Tian Yi Wardle, making music as Tian Qiyi, blend electric jazz, hip hop and traditional Chinese instrumentation, employing a spontaneous approach that is demonstrated on their track ‘Incantation’…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
Approved: Anastasia Coope public
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Approved: Anastasia Coope

Anastasia Coope began making music while staying in a relative’s vacant house, singing into the empty living room and creating a sound to fill that space. Out in May, her debut album ‘Darning Woman’ pushes her ideas further, resulting in deconstructed folk songs that are delivered like mantras…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt
Approved: Rosie Tee public
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Approved: Rosie Tee

Ahead of a UK tour and new mini-album, Rosie Tee returns with her second single of 2024, ‘Night Creature’. The song brings an upbeat pace to her experimental pop sound, with an immediacy that will lodge it in your head for days to come…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt
Approved: Mezanmi public
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Approved: Mezanmi

Formerly known at Ajimal, Fran O’Hanlan’s new project Mezanmi brings new texture to his powerful songwriting. Out now is new single ‘Like Spun Gold’, taking aim at people who are “so power-hungry that they'll betray anything and anyone in order to cling to it”…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt
Approved: Kee Avil public
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Approved: Kee Avil

Experimental musician and producer Kee Avil is set to release her second album ‘Spine’ in May. Its intentionally sparse sound, she says, combines “the energy of folk music with dry, sharp electronics”. Out now is the LP’s first single ‘Felt’…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt
Approved: Earth Ball public
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Approved: Earth Ball

Bristling with explosive energy, Earth Ball are set to release their debut album ‘It’s Yours’ in May. New single ‘A Need To Cool Down’ sets them off at full throttle, giving an idea of what to expect at their improvised live shows, which you’ll also be able to catch around the UK in May…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt
Approved: Karin Ann public
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Approved: Karin Ann

Karin Ann is back with new single ‘She’ as she gears up for the release of a new album later this year. The track sees her working with Joan As Police Woman producer Benjamin Lazar Davies…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt
Approved: Earth Tongue public
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Approved: Earth Tongue

The five year wait for Earth Tongue’s second album is almost up, with ‘Great Haunting’ set to arrive this summer. Out now is the first single from the LP ‘Bodies Dissolve Tonight’, which shows off their fuzzy psych-rock sound perfectly and might just make them your new favourite band…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt
Approved: Angélica Garcia public
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Approved: Angélica Garcia

Having signed to Partisan Records late last year, Angélica Garcia returns with her first new music of 2024 - her own take on cumbia music, ‘Juanita’. In-keeping with her tendency to jump between genres, she slots this sound effortlessly into her sonic palette with expert style…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt
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