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Approved: Human Interest public
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Approved: Human Interest

Human Interest are back with their first new music of 2024, ‘Shapeshifting’, a song about changing yourself to try to fit in and the effect this can have. The track is taken from new EP ‘Smile While You’re Losing (An Audio Guide To Wellness)’, which is set for release later this year…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt •
Approved: Shiv public
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Approved: Shiv

Providing the first taste of her upcoming album ‘The Defiance Of A Sad Girl’, Shiv releases new single ‘Limerance’. With dulcet yet resolute vocals intertwined with R&B melodies, Shiv unfurls the layers of emotion that make up an unrequited crush…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
Approved: Thursday public
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Approved: Thursday

Post-hardcore heroes Thursday are back with their first new music in over a decade. Reviving the classic Thursday sound, it scratches an itch that may well have been lying dormant in you for some time (if you’re anything like us). More good news, UK live shows are on the cards this summer…
Jason Wolfe •
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 •
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