Liam Mour lets desire fracture into rhythm on ‘Into You’
Liam Mour’s ‘Into You’ works in the space between intimacy and momentum. The Berlin-born, Porto-based producer builds the track around a raw two-step pulse, but the arrangement never feels purely functional. A deep, shadowy synth opening gives way to Reese bass, broken beats and Kind’s serene vocal, creating a trackContinue Reading
Cameron McLain comes back glowing on the euphoric ‘All the Light’
After more than a decade away from releasing music under his own name, Cameron McLain returns with a track that feels appropriately expansive. ‘All the Light’ is built around connection: the invisible pull between people, the memories shared between them, and the brief moments when music seems capable of makingContinue Reading
Hank Tree explores the weight of dependence on ‘Care I’
There’s this unusual tenderness running through Hank Tree’s Care I. The album is rooted in songwriter Fergus MacDonald’s years working within the care sector, but its real subject is the vulnerability of simply needing another person. Across its eleven tracks, he turns experiences of isolation, resilience, recovery and dependence into anContinue Reading
Dan Webb turns ‘Thai Basil’ into a horn-fuelled psychedelic party
After the philosophical weight of the earlier singles from Lion Dance, Dan Webb’s ‘Thai Basil’ feels like a deliberate release of pressure. This new track swaps questions of identity, displacement and reinvention for movement, colour and the pleasure of being fully present. Inspired by the flavours of Southeast Asia, it’s aContinue Reading
Reetoxa revisits the long aftermath of deployment on ‘Timor Leste’
Reetoxa’s ‘Timor Leste’ is a restrained reflection on an experience that has remained vivid for Jason McKee long after the event itself. The song draws on his 2006 deployment to East Timor aboard HMAS Manoora, revisiting memories of conflict, uncertainty and the psychological impact that continued after returning home. But ratherContinue Reading
MALIK. pushes Pakistani club music into new territory on ‘IRIDESCENCE’
MALIK.’s IRIDESCENCE is a club record with a wider argument running through it. Across six tracks, the Lahore-based producer moves between bass music, dubstep, UK garage, drum & bass, jungle and hardgroove, but the EP is far more focused on testing how those forms can be reframed through a contemporary Pakistani perspective.Continue Reading
Disco Proof keeps things direct on the club-focused ‘Left Right’
‘Left Right’ finds Disco Proof simplifying the brief. Where previous releases have explored more atmospheric and emotionally textured areas of electronic music, this new single is built much more clearly for the club. Its central idea is deliberately uncomplicated: if you can tell left from right, you already understand theContinue Reading
DownTown Mystic finds a fresh groove on ‘Maybe Love’s A Crime’
DownTown Mystic has always drawn strength from the fundamentals of American rock’n’roll, but ‘Maybe Love’s A Crime’ shows how much life can still be found inside those traditions when the right musicians get hold of them. Robert Allen’s latest single takes a noticeable turn from the material surrounding 2026’s Mystic HighwayContinue Reading
Occurrence revisit their first decade on retrospective EP ‘Anniversary’
Anniversary records are often exercises in preservation, but here, Occurrence take the opposite route. For Anniversary, the New York trio of Ken Urban, Cat Hollyer and Johnny Hager return to five songs from their earliest releases and deliberately pull them apart. Vocals are rerecorded, synth parts are replaced or expanded, arrangementsContinue Reading
The Elusives finally step out of the shadows on ‘Run Away Into the Night’
For a band that has spent years operating quietly at the edges, The Elusives arrive at their official debut single with a sense of long-delayed momentum. ‘Run Away Into the Night’ introduces the Irish trio’s current form, pairing the longstanding creative partnership of Paul Gilligan and Joe Brady with vocalistContinue Reading