Hi there, every week we bring you the best of the week’s new releases. Recommendations from us just for you that also feature on our longer Essential New Music Playlist (see Spotify link) 4+ hours of new tunes! It’s an essential curated roundup of what we think are the best new releases worth your time, as always focussing on emerging and forward-moving artists.

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Cutscene “Imperium”

The Manchester based band drop a final taster from their debut EP A Piece Of Life – out now via Heist or Hit – and it’s another swirling, twisting indie rock banger. Mixing intensity with a more tender heart and subject matter. It perfectly demonstrates the bands range and expert handling of their own sound.

Computerwife “Nobody”

Computerwife (Addie Warncke) finds beauty in small-scale confession, wrapping homespun melodies and fuzzed-out guitars around another quietly affecting portrait of isolation that never mistakes understatement for emotional distance.

Slow Pulp “Not For Nothing”

Patience over payoff is the watchword here. Unfolding featherlight guitars and Emily Massey’s understated vocal delivery, turning uncertainty into something remarkably graceful and quietly absorbing.

Hannah Cole “MMA”

Cole balances conversational lyricism with restrained indie-pop and finds unexpected warmth in emotional conflict. The intimacy isn’t sacrificed though and that’s quickly becoming her strongest asset.

Citizen “I Can See You From Here”

Citizen ease away from outright catharsis on their newest release. Here they favour textured guitars and measured reflection over volume alone, while losing none of the emotional weight the song possesses.

Jawdropped “Split Lip”

Crashes together ragged guitars, sugary hooks and restless energy, this lands somewhere between shoegaze haze and grunge abrasion without really feeling overly indebted to either.

Interpol “Iron City”

More teasing of their upcoming album and it’s a brooding meditation on technology and alienation, pairing Daniel Kessler’s taut guitar work with Paul Banks’ unmistakable baritone in characteristically nocturnal fashion.

The Linda Linda’s Ft. Hayley Williams “Closer”

The Linda Lindas team with Hayley Williams for an infectious collision of power-pop hooks and punk urgency. Williams slips naturally into the band’s restless chemistry without overshadowing their unmistakable voice.

she’s green “locket”

The opening track from the Minneapolis bands’ new album “Swallowtail” is a blissed out dream of shoegaze summer sun. Taking the sound into fresh directions while appreciating the legacy.