Sitting in front of your laptop this chill folk + pop playlist will transport you to the coffee shop. Updates every Wednesday with popular tracks in Japan.

Coffee Shops & Laptops

Any artist is welcome to send us a track via freshonthenet.co.uk anytime between Monday lunchtime and Wednesday evening (or when we receive 200 submissions, whichever is sooner) - and all our moderators, including Tom Robinson, will listen to every track. This is our full inbox from the week beginning Mon 5th May 2025: from Friday afternoon you'll be able to hear our shortlist and pick your favourites on this week's Listening Post which will appear at freshonthenet.co.uk/batch568

If a track you submitted does not appear in this list, it’s probably because another of your tracks appeared in our Fresh Faves or on the BBC Music Introducing Mixtape during the last three months — we ask that artists featured on either wait three months before resubmitting to give others a chance. 

We also don’t accept short previews or SoundCloud Go tracks that can only be heard as 30 second previews, and tracks made private after submission, which cannot be included in playlists. You will be able to resubmit the track in future. Tracks (and remixes of tracks) that have been previously submitted, and tracks from banned artists will also be removed.

Full Inbox: Batch 568

Our moderators listened to every track we were sent this week and have picked their favourites for your listening pleasure this weekend:

Listening Post: Batch 568

Copy of Coffee Shops & Laptops

birds of a feather

if you come back

entre andenes

흔들의자 위에 앉아
멈춘 듯 흔들리는 나
고요 속에 숨은 파도
바람은 어디로 가려나

달력 위에 멈춘 시계
손 끝에 머문 커피의 향
의미 없는 하루의 조각들
퍼즐이 되지 못한 채 흩어져

맘 한켠엔 잿빛 구름
다른 한켠엔 느긋한 꿈
불안과 나른함의 춤
어느 쪽도 나를 놓지 않아

흐트러져, 끝없는 파도
흔적 없이 스며드는 이 순간
흐트러져, 길을 잃어도
잡히지 않는 채 또 하루를 넘겨

창문 너머로 본 세상
누군가는 달리고 있겠지
난 여전히 구름 위에 누워
가벼운 바람에 흘러가

그저 잠시 쉬어간다며
스스로 속이고 또 위로해
이 흔들의자가 내 전부 될까
아니면 날 일으켜 줄까

흐트러져, 끝없는 파도
흔적 없이 스며드는 이 순간
흐트러져, 길을 잃어도
잡히지 않는 채 또 하루를 넘겨

흔들의자 위에 앉아
멈춘 듯 흔들리는 나
어디로 갈진 모르지만
이 순간을 놓고 싶진 않아

흔들의자

인형의 꿈 - 김필선

all day all night live at LDV

college song

Now We're Strangers

'Eclipse' 

Written by Daniel Cooke (DanSTAR Music)

Produced & performed by Daniel Cooke

All Rights Reserved

DanSTAR - Eclipse

Pre-save first single 'I'm In Bed': https://cominguproses.lnk.to/iminbed

Follow Coming Up Roses:
Website: https://www.cominguprosesband.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cominguprosessg/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cominguprosessg/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cominguprosessg/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cominguprosessg

#ComingUpRoses

Tired

its says it all on the song, finding the last gentleman in this town.

gentleman(demo)

I Said

mango - a demo

Stream NAVE now:
https://ffm.to/godswaitingroom

A rare B-side I wrote that is yet to be officially released via major platforms. 

Coming soon.

Cloned Syndrome

Vice

This song vividly yet tenderly captures the difficulty of taking steps into a loving relationship after brutal behaviour from others has destroyed your sense of self. In a powerful blow to the heart, To Be Known offers the hope that everyone can learn to be valued and seen even if life has taught them otherwise until now.

Producer: Phil Saatchi

Bite Me!

To Be Known

Written about Cumbria, Tulips Pink is about coming home for Spring; about feeling lost and yearning to be back.

Tulips Pink

Deflating doll
Bouncing around
In every direction
I'm fine
Gasping for air
I'm running out
I am slowly running out
I'm fine

Sometimes I want to explode
Into a million pieces
Sometimes I want to explode
Into a million pieces

Will you glue me
Will you glue me back
Together
Together
Will you glue me
Will you glue me back
Together
Together
Together
Will you glue me
Will you glue me back
Together

I'm fine

Imma Do Me

Riot Act

Sad yet inspirational, this anti-bullying anthem combines acoustic guitar with orchestral strings in an epic singersongwriter style. Born from Amelie's experience of being bullied at school, she hopes to raise awareness of the issue, and inspire others who have been or are going through tough times.

Made It Through (Unplugged Remix)

'Tabula Rasa' explores the the itch to shake off the past and start again with a blank slate. It's the third single from Bethany's upcoming EP The Story I Breathe.

Tabula Rasa

SOOBIN’s 나의 봄의 이유 - TXT (투모로우바이투게더)
(Original Song: 폴킴)

Keyboard - Maiz
Guitar - Huze
Bass - Huze
Programming - Maiz
Vocal Arrangement - Maiz
Digital Editing - Maiz
Recording Engineers - 황민희 @ HYBE Studio, 송찬영 @ HYBE Studio
Mix Engineer - 이성훈 @ HYBE Studio

*download links
-.drive.google.com/file/d/101XMPc8AHt_m2kQ53HQ2qaK_IZQ3mxGL/view?usp=drive_link
-.drive.google.com/file/d/1VHW81XtwgdTewDnH2YzQWRJNWS2YaU7H/view?usp=drive_link
-.drive.google.com/file/d/1-N6el6wS7aitXXQz5gy4nPPRvJeyj2Cl/view?usp=drive_link

SOOBIN’s 나의 봄의 이유 - TXT(투모로우바이투게더) (Original Song: 폴킴)

“Ethereal and Enchanting” (Music in Oxford)
 
“Think Florence without the Machine or Kate Bush in a cathedral” (BBC DJ Tom Robinson’s Fresh on the Net)
 
“A new national treasure in waiting?” (A Musical Priority)
 
"[She has] a kind of sexy, intense PJ Harvey thing going on" (One Note Forever)
 
“An artist that we should all be getting excited about” (Female First)
 
Bethany Weimers is a folk-influenced alt-pop singer-songwriter who records and produces tracks from her home studio in Oxford. Her music has been heard on radio stations such 6 Music, Radio 3, Amazing Radio and BBC Oxford; and she has toured in both the UK and Europe. She has a Masters in Composition from Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and combines her solo music career with work as a songwriter/producer for a global education publisher, alongside directing full-cast audio dramas. 

Musical influences include Agnes Obel, Sharon Van Etten & Nick Cave and fans have likened Bethany to artists such as PJ Harvey and the iconic Joan Baez.

An EP funded by a Help Musicians grant is due for release in early summer 2025.