“Breakdown Days” comes from White Lies, an English post-punk revival band from Ealing. They say the song was written in the heart of the first UK lockdown. “We felt trapped in many ways not being able to tour or to work. The lyrics are about yearning to reach out about your problems but because you’re living together, in close quarters, it means you can’t totally lose your shit!” 

Lose it or not, this song is ace!

A Bristol-based duo, The Allergies have released “Hypnotise” and it seems extra special to us. The song breaks new ground by sampling  vocals from the afrobeat legend Dele Sosimi, and also featuring Bootie Brown from the Pharcyde and Andy Cooper from Ugly Duckling. This track is from their forthcoming album ‘Tear The Place Up,’ out May 23, 2023.

Where have Young Fathers been our whole lives? This track, “I Saw,” is from their 4^th album, Heavy Heavy, which comes out in February, 2023.

This trio are a Scottish band, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2014, they won the Mercury Prize for their album “Dead.” The name ‘Young Fathers’ references that they are all named after their fathers as well as their mature, serious demeanor. They say the song is “That pamphlet through your door blaming the establishment and immigrants for everything going wrong. The stench of long-dead empire, trudging along, a psychological hammer to your head in every step. The delusion.”