This week's hottest new sounds...
BAT FOR LASHES
The Hunger (Kobalt)
Interweaving pipe organs, an elastic bass and expansive beats, Natasha Khan teases her September-due fifth studio album Lost Girls with this enveloping breeze of dystopian disco.
Contact Keong Woo
keong.woo@goodmachinepr.com
TONY NJOKU
Hapless (Silent Kid Records)
Expanding out of a cascade of keyboards and clicks, the up-and-coming London singer-songwriter’s emotive vocals swell with devastating effect.
Contact James Crosley
james@9pr.co.uk
SHARDS
Unrest (Erased Tapes)
Evocative new single from the innovative choir blends sense-dazzling vocals, beats and synths ahead of forthcoming debut album Find Sound.
Contact Sinead Mills
sinead@practisemusic.co.uk
L’EPEE
The Last Picture Show (A Recordings)
French psych duo The Limiñanas are very collaborative, so a supergroup was inevitable. Boasting Anton Newcombe and more, the ‘super’ tag is justified.
Contact: Alix Wenmouth
alix@wastedyouthpr.com
SEA GIRLS
Violet (Polydor)
With a chorus big enough to float a battleship, the quartet return with a heart-pounding anthem ready-made for euphoric, beer-soaked mosh pits.
Contact Barbara Charone
bc@mbcpr.com
TYLA YAWEH
Salute (Epic Records)
Discovered by – and said to be on the next album of – Post Malone, Florida rapper Tyla Yaweh is menacingly tuneful ahead of his Reading & Leeds debut.
Contact Ash Collins
ash@drystonepress.co.uk
KATY PERRY
Small Talk (Virgin EMI)
Ruminating on post relationship interactions (and “sliced bread”) Katy Perry returns with this bouncy Charlie Puth-produced summer banger.
Contact Janet Choudhury
Janet.Choudhury@umusic.com
