Our top ten tunes of the week – September 25
These are the songs that we have been absolutely loving over the past seven days:
1. Faye Webster – Better Distractions
“I wrote this song kinda without knowing I was writing it,” the Atlanta-based artist says. “It’s a kind of free association, just thoughts running straight from my head onto paper untouched. I also think it’s best my band has ever sounded on record.”
2. The Cribs – I Don’t Know Who I Am
The Wakefield band have today dropped the video to the latest track taken from their forthcoming eighth album, Night Network, which is released on November 1. The track sees them reunite with Lee Ranaldo.
3. Tune-Yards – “nowhere, man“
The song title references the Beatles song, and is a referendum on how far society has or has not come based on whose stories are told, celebrated and elevated.
4. Blu DeTiger – Cotton Candy Lemonade
The last gig we saw before all of this shit went down was Caroline Polachek in London and featured the ace Blu DeTiger. Remember gigs? Anyway, here’s Blu’s ace new single. “The song was written at a point when everyone was stuck at home — and I wanted to explore what it meant to ‘get lost,’” Blu explains.
5. LEISURE – Lonely Nights
This is the latest release taken from the NZ band’s forthcoming EP, Side A, set for release on October 30.
6. cookii – little
Here’s the ace latest track from the anonymous, Australia-based pop artist.
7. boy pablo – leave me alone!
The Norwegian bedroom pop star’s debut album, Wachito Rico, is set for release in October.
8. Kelly Lee Owens – Corner Of My Sky ft. John Cale
Directed by Kasper Häggström, the visual stars actor, fellow Welsh talent, and Kelly Lee Owens fan, Michael Sheen.
9. Boy made flower – Ted Mosby
Themed around his favourite American sitcom ‘How I Met Your Mother’, the song sees the Oslo artist use the main character as a metaphor for dealing with a depleting sense of hope in relationships and love.
10. Mustafa – Air Forces
This new track from the 23-year-old Muslim poet and songwriter from Toronto is built around samples of a Sudanese tribal chant – a nod to his own heritage.
