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Outfit
Two Islands
Releasing a six-minute long debut single takes guts, but this funk-pop odyssey is fresh enough to withstand full and repeated listens.
King Krule
Has This Hit
The musical vehicle of Archie Marshall, King Krule's discordant indie rock was a highlight of France's MIDI Festival.
Laura Marling
Sophia
Marling adopts a Nico-esque brusqueness on this heavily countrified first single from her forthcoming third album, 'A Creature I Don't Know'.
Automatic Writing
Comparisons
Despite enjoying this synth-rock track, the obvious "comparison", particularly vocally, has to be with the "Being a Dickhead's Cool" video.
Fractures
Sunshine
Powerful, dark and dramatic new wave. On first listen one would have assumed this inappropriately titled track was made in 1980.
Washed Out
Wicked Game
Barely recognisable chillwave cover of the Chris Isaak hit.
Sam Duckworth
Night
The former Get Cape Wear Cape Fly frontman kicks off his solo career with this moody, desert-rock number.
Cashier No 9
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Another cover, this time of a Bob Dylan track. Cashier No 9 turn Bob's country ditty into a haunting, dream-pop anthem.
Jack Bugg
It's True
Pleasant, earnest indie that, sadly, feels deeply uncool.
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