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Melbourne post-punk band HighSchool

DAPHNI // Sad Piano House
DAPHNI AKA Caribou AKA evergreen producer Dan Snaith has dropped the hypnotic ‘Sad Piano House’ ahead of what will undoubtedly be a transcendental sundown set at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.

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Ho99o9 // Upside Down
The planet’s most electrifying live duo return with the announcement that new album Tomorrow We Escape will land on 9th September. ‘Upside Down’ sees Ho99o9 combining warped electronics, heavy breaks and guttural vocals to bring all the energy of their famed live sets to record.

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HighSchool // 149
Woozy worldbuilders HighSchool share their first new music since 2024’s Accelerator EP – and ‘149’ proves that their monochromatic brand of post-punk is as potent as ever.

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The New Eves // Cow Song
‘Cow Song’ opens as a folksy chant before descending into something akin to Amish hardcore. Whatever we’re calling it, we love it and debut LP The New Eve Is Rising arrives in August via the inimitable Transgressive Records.

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Cardinals // Big Empty Heart
Cork newcomers Cardinals create muscular indie-rock destined to snowball and ‘Big Empty Heart’ keeps a mean streak of opening singles alive and well. Cardinals open for Fontaines D.C. at Finsbury Park next month after Grian Chatten professed his fandom for the band during a Radio 1 interview.

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Tony Njoku // On The Back Of Forgiveness (ft. Space Afrika)
‘On The Back Of Forgiveness’ sees Tony Njoku and Space Afrika’s Joshua Inyang tessellating two of the Black British underground’s most beguiling voices to devastating effect. Forthcoming album All Our Knives Are Always Sharp boasts Tricky, GAIKA, Ghostpoet and Coby Sey among its killer list of collaborators.

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featured image: HighSchool by Otto Crosby