Music Week's guide to the most essential tracks of the moment.
SKEPTA(FEAT. NAFE SMALLZ)
Greaze Mode (Boy Better Know)
The second of two comeback singles, Greaze Mode is a spacey trailer for Skepta’s Ignorance Is Bliss album (May 31), which he made in isolation to burrow deep into his psyche.
Contact Jon Wilkinson
jon@technique-pr.com
CHARLI XCX (FEAT. LIZZO)
Blame It On Your Love (Asylum)
Charli XCX is back in the game with a quaking modern pop song featuring the brilliant Lizzo. Will she drop it at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend this week?
Contact Anna Meacham
anna@huxley.world
ED SHEERAN & JUSTIN BIEBER
I Don’t Care (Atlantic)
Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber and Max Martin on the same song? No one’s going to buy this… Not! It’s already selling like sun cream in a heatwave.
Contact Claire Coster
claire.coster@atlanticrecords.co.uk
DISCIPLES
No Ties (FFRR)
With the group’s Luke Mac on vocals, Disciples tap into a sunshine groove, striking a balance between addled floor-filler and radio gold.
Contact Katerina Koumourou
kat@listen-up.biz
RYMEZ X STEFFLON DON
Don Walk (Virgin EMI)
Zimbabwean-born producer Rymez takes the guitar sample from TLC’s No Scrubs, forming a minimal beat for Stefflon Don to stomp all over.
Contact Karim Khan
karim.khan@lucidonline.co.uk
DIZZY
Twist (Royal Mountain Records)
The Canadians return sounding sleepy as ever on Twist, the first taste of their self-produced follow-up to last year’s Baby Teeth debut album.
Contact Jon Lawrence
jon@chalkpressagency.co.uk
LAMBERT
Mandal (Mercury KX)
From the Berlin-based composer’s new Alone EP and inspired by its titular Norwegian town, Mandal uses piano to float off into another realm.
Contact Ben Ayres
benayres@roughtraderecords.com
