Charli xcx // Rock Music
Charli xcx’s first post-brat outing (discounting her extra-curricular work on the Wuthering Heights soundtrack and the John Cale collaboration ‘House‘) sees the artist shifting her ubiquity from the dancefloor to the mosh pit, as glitched synth bleeps collide with power chords to invoke Hole‘s ‘Celebrity Skin‘.
Boards of Canada // Prophecy
Cult electronic duo Boards of Canada have confirmed the imminent arrival of their first album in 13 years with the spacious, trippy soundscapes of double A-side ‘Introit’ and ‘Prophecy’. Inferno arrives 29th May via Warp.
1-800 GIRLS // sometimes (ft. Art School Girlfriend)
Four years after 1-800 GIRLS remixed Art School Girlfriend’s ‘Is It Light Where You Are‘, the duo reconnect for ‘sometimes’. Lifted from the producer’s newly-released debut album, ‘sometimes’ showcases what 1-800-GIRLS does best as melancholic synth riffs duel with understated, danceable beats.
LIPWORMS // worm101
Abrasive, frenetic and opaque, Portmouth’s LIPWORMS gear up for a jaunt to this year’s Alt Escape [13th-16th May, Brighton] with the (sort-of) eponymous cut, ‘worm101’.
ear // Ne Plus Ultra
Over the last twelve months, New Yorkers ear have emerged as one of the most interesting, mercurial prospects in the alternative sphere. ‘Ne Plus Ultra’ is a chaotic collage of sound bites, idm tendencies and minimalist synths; both jarring and feverishly replayable in equal measures.
Tommy Barlow // Earth Killer
We’ve caught Tommy Barlow performing live a couple of times now and his ability to stun a room into silence from the first moment of a set is undeniable. Sparse, atmospheric cuts are delivered with the rough edges of punk. ‘Earth Killer’ is out now
featured image: Boards of Canada
