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JOESEF The Sun Is Up Forever (Bold Cut/AWAL)
Anyone feeling uptight in isolation could do with a dose of this new one from Joesef, which is so relaxing it should come with a free blanket. Shut your eyes and settle in. Contact Tom Mehrtens
tom.mehrtens@
s-414.com
SNEAKBO (FEAT. MR EAZI) Hold You Down (Island)
CHARLI XCX Claws (Asylum/Atlantic)
Claws is a beautifully simple love song that, thanks to neon production from Dylan Brady, also evokes a trip to the fair on LSD. Charli XCX’s lockdown album drops later this month. Contact Anna Meacham
anna@huxley.world
A red hot song for the summer from Sneakbo’s new 9 Lives album. Loose beats and a juicy melody from Mr Eazi waft around Sneakbo’s authoritative vocals. Contact Shireen Fenner
shireen.fenner@outside-org.co.uk
SEA GIRLS Do You Really Wanna Know? (Polydor)
Sea Girls announce their debut album’s August release with an indie-pop song with more spring than a lorryload of brand new bouncy balls. Too much fizzy pop, lads? Contact Ant Giannaccini
anthony@mbcpr.com
RMR Dealer (CMNTY/Warner Records)
Masked crooner RMR dabbles in R&B after going viral with his twangsome Rascal track earlier this year. Expect much more from the mysterious new Warner US signing. Contact Anna Meacham
anna@huxley.world
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ARIANA GRANDE New York
Ariana Grande makes her lockdown presence felt at this intimate livestreamed gig from famous New York venue SubCulture alongside composer Jason Robert Brown and Hairspray star Shoshana Bean. Grande worked with Brown on his 13 musical, and this performance is unsurprisingly full of theatre.
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I have been a big fan of Westerman since I heard his track Confirmation, which was released a couple of years ago. Not long after that, I went to see him play a brilliant sold-out show at the Jazz Cafe in London where the audience passionately sang every word of the song back to him, and I have been following him ever since. Will Westerman, to use his full name, is a talented wordsmith and you will quickly get lost in his heartfelt songs, so it’s easy to see why fans get engrossed with his live performances. He started his
Go west: Josh Nicoll career playing folk
songs inspired by the likes of Neil Young and Nick Drake, and those influences remain prevalent in his songwriting. An ongoing partnership with experimental electronic producer Bullion has added a whole new dimension to his music, and the production perfectly complements the songs. Recent tracks Waiting On Design and Think I’ll Stay are full of synthetic instrumental hooks that dovetail perfectly with his storytelling. His debut album is coming out in June and I’m sure it will feature in my top albums of this year.
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JOCKSTRAP The City (Warp)
Pray silence for Jockstrap’s first release for Warp, an intense, fragile example of their head-scrambling experimental ways. The Wicked City EP is coming in June. Contact Dan Carson
dan@they-do.com
NEW HOPE CLUB Worse (Virgin EMI)
New Hope Club take a breather from their various lockdown livestreaming activities to drop a new single that’s altogether more positive than the title suggests. Contact Michelle Duffy
michelle@halestormpr.com
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