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TASTE MAKERS
KARL BENJAMIN Moon (Atlantic)
New on Atlantic, Londoner Karl Benjamin debuted with a silky groove called Apricot Sky last year. Moon is even more impressive. One to watch.
Contact Rachel Campbell
rachel@wired-pr.co.uk
ARCHITECTS Dead Butterflies (Epitaph)
Architects’ new LP For Those That Wish To Exist is absolutely enormous. This crushing highlight begins with the killer opening line, ‘I wanna bother God’.
Contact Matt Hughes
matt@goodasgoldgroup.co
IMELDA MAY & NOEL GALLAGHER (FEAT. RONNIE WOOD) Just One Kiss (Decca)
Now this would make for an interesting dinner party line-up. Imelda May links up with Noel and Ronnie to indulge in some joyous rock‘n’roll chaos.
Contact Rebecca Homer
rebecca.homer@umusic.com
RV X CHIP X BACKROAD GEE Moonwalk Slide (I’m A Savage)
RV steps out alongside Chip and Backroad Gee on a thunderous new one. This is a big statement at the start of a year that will see him rise high.
Contact Jack Delaney
jack@number23.co
LUCKY DAYE (FEAT. TIANA MAJOR9) On Read (Columbia)
Taken from Lucky Daye’s loved-up collaborations EP, this grinding slow jam is an immaculate union between the New Orleans soul man and Tiana Major9.
Contact Abisola Oke
abisola.oke@sonymusic.com
GOAT GIRL Badibaba (Rough Trade)
Goat Girl dabble in synths and plenty of doom-laden imagery on their excellent new second LP. The juddering tones on this one are awesome.
Contact Jamie Woolgar
jamiewoolgar@roughtraderecords.com
1 love: Clara Amfo
Clara Amfo DJ, BBC Radio 1
ROSE GRAY – SAVE YOUR TEARS
Love Is Back (Polydor)CELESTE
Back for good: Celeste’s debut album is out now
After a sizeable delay, Celeste’s debut album is here, and it’s a real delight. The transportive, floating
Love Is Back is a standout moment on a record packed with them. The Brighton singer’s resplendent vocal is stunning, but it’s the smokiness and intrigue of her music that really captivates. Contact Susie Ember
susie.ember@umusic.com
I’ve been enjoying Rose Gray, I just think she’s really interesting. She’s got this song called Save Your Tears, which I made Tune Of The Week on my show. I remember I sent her a voice note after I first heard it saying, ‘Thank you, this is good, this is what we want!’ I thought, ‘This is good, it’s just refreshing’.
As somebody who just enjoys music and talks about it, it’s always really fun to trace someone’s lineage through what they make, to understand what and who they’re influenced by. I just love how I can hear her childhood through what she makes. I can literally see her parents having Massive Attack, Saint Etienne or Smoke City on in the background. She’s said it in interviews and you can just hear it. You can also hear her being a fan of Morcheeba, Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, a whole bunch of things. I just think she’s cool. I love how the whole song is
produced, it could easily fit in as something that would have come out in 1999 or 2000, but I like the pop sensibility of the vocal. On the chorus, she really goes for it and it’s really soulful, which I really like. I love that commitment to showing what she can do vocally.
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