“I’ve dreamed about him every night for months.” Her new EP, out May 6, is even called Tommy. “I’ve been living in the character of Tommy Shelby for years now,” she said of her time spent scoring seasons five and six of the BBC show. It’s the sound of two cool friends having fun.Īnna Calvi has, by the sounds of it, gone pretty far down the Peaky Blinders rabbit hole. There’s no feeling of pressure to rise to expectations. It was mostly recorded in April last year, before they’d even played a gig. Wet Leg’s success has come quickly - they only released their first single back in June - but the triumph of this debut album rests on the fact that the pair did have some time to prepare. A part of me I have to talk to.” The lyrics are as soul-baring as you’d imagine, and it’s all carried by a slyly accessible post-punk instrumental. Here’s a punchy, pained song from Billy Nomates, described by the Leicestershire musician as “a candid conversation with my own depression. Is there any surer sign that festival season is on the horizon than a new Jamie xx track? The doyen of summer bangers returns with more hot weather fodder here, with a housey, sample-heavy tune that feels more than ready to vibrate some festival stages over the coming months.
The Irish actor gives a stirring vocal performance on this swirling track, created alongside BRIT Award-winning producer Bernard Butler, which precedes a full album from the duo, For All Our Days That Tear The Heart, out June 10. Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler - The Eagle and the DoveĪs anyone who’s been lucky enough to catch a performance of the West End revival of Cabaret will tell you, Jessie Buckley can’t half sing. A debut album is in the works, we’re assured. This is their latest creation, a dramatic mash-up of ballad-ish organs and fizzing electronics, explored across six minutes. Georgia Ellery’s other band, Black Country, New Road, might get more attention, but Jockstrap - her musical duo alongside Taylor Skye - make some fascinating music too. It’s a perfectly strange match for the Belfast group’s riveting jazzy, post-punk squalls. The groove-switching beat is sumptuous, and Bey’s voice glides through the rhythms with slinky ease.Ī newspaper article about wellness influencers isn’t an obvious source of lyrical inspiration, but Robocobra Quartet’s drummer-vocalist Chris W Ryan has lifted some of the whackier lines (“Being barefoot grounds me, and I receive electrons from the earth”) verbatim for this new track. Here’s another track that’s making us mightily excited to hear what Yaya Bey’s been working on with her upcoming album, Remember Your North Star, set to arrive on June 17. Their stompy comeback single is fuelled by a Universal Togetherness Band sample and will no doubt get the crowd moving when they return to London for a four-show run at Brixton Academy in September. Now well into their third decade as a band, Hot Chip are entering their latest phase with the release of their eighth album, Freakout/Release, out August 19. This latest single, on which the ever-inventive Oneohtrix Point Never is producer, is a dark, thrilling distortion of Allison’s indie rock roots. It sounds like Soccer Mommy, AKA Nashville artist Sophie Allison, is limbering up to take a big leap forward on her upcoming album, Sometimes, Forever, due out on June 24. In fact, Everything Was Beautiful feels like a greatest hits round-up of Pierce’s most appealing talents. Spiritualized main man Jason Pierce could have faded into cult obscurity by now, age 56, and especially deserved a long lie down after nearly dying from double pneumonia in 2005, but instead he’s as meticulous as ever and showing extraordinary ambition on his latest album. SPONSOREDThree of London’s top chefs share the best way to cook with alcohol
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