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 528

At the start of 2023, behind closed doors it wasn’t certain if Bare Jams would be able to continue. However, instead of throwing in the towel, it was through a cathartic writing process that the Bare Jams ship was steered into fresh and exciting waters, giving way to their second album “No Rain. No Flowers.” All written in a relatively short burst at the start of 2023, the album has an overall theme of keeping loved ones close, looking after them, and, more broadly, perseverance.

With this album Bare Jams show they are not afraid to take on the serious challenges we all face. However, they are eternal optimists and worldly-wise enough to know we can absolutely turn things around and find our way through the mire. Looking at the world around us, this positive reinforcement is perhaps what we all need to hear. Don’t go numb!

Orange Sunshine

Wear It So Well

British Birds are back with 'My Bar', an absolute bouncing alt-pop corker.
British Birds bring their DIY ethic once again to create wistful acoustic psych combined with infectious, pure pop beats. Catchy, nostalgic, sing-along backing harmonies brilliantly complement Bobby's signature lullaby melody which wonderfully juxtapose the bridge's gnarly call to arms against My Bar's avian villain; the Cuckoo. 
This track's fun, vivacious, live-sounding energy is something you can't turn away from.


My Bar

Before and After Language....This song is a Markov Blanket between the two.....

Before and After Language

The Boy In The Bagging Area

Do you ever wonder if there might come a time when you need to grab a bag full of essentials, jump in a vehicle with someone you love and get the hell away from this place? When We Gonna Run is a song about running away from an apocalyptic world when the only thing that can save you is love. 

When We Gonna Run?

Fishes

Uglesangen

Cope

Loved By You

Charity single, ‘A Wild Christmas, We Broke Santa’ is the perfect addition to your alternative holiday season collection, and all for a great cause! This Christmas song is raising funds for the Stars Appeal, available for download on Bandcamp from December 1st. For a minimum donation of £1 (with the option to increase if desired), all Bandcamp profits for the track from the whole of December will be donated to the Stars Appeal on New Years Day.

This original song was intended for the new Shapes Like People album, but didn’t quite fit. It was too good a pop song not to use, so we’ve given it a Christmas makeover and thought it would be the perfect release to give something back to our community. From December 1st please do share the Bandcamp details as far and wide as you can!
Stars Appeal are aiming to raise £2million this calendar year to enhance care for patients across all wards and departments at Salisbury District Hospital, and support the NHS staff who care for them.

A Wild Christmas, We Broke Santa

A dreamy shoegaze track from Ōtautahi, New Zealand. 

Levitating The Knife

God i

Spark in your Eyes

Single Cell is the first collaboration between London's Darkstates and German producer Glückskind. Working together, across countries, for more than year, refining and re-visiting the concept. The end result is something that sits somewhere between Moderat and Burial. A moody electronic track, with an engaging vocal performance, evolving textures and an atmospheric build.

Single Cell

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bobsled team are from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They play songs and sing.

All the Flowers Bloom out now on vinyl! 

The DIY duo have been supported by BBC Introducing, BBC Across the Line and BBC Radio 6. Their debut album, The Colours Blur, was long listed for the Northern Ireland Music Prize. Played a sold out show in 2021 as part of Sound of Belfast. 

The band say:
"Disappeared for a while writing little astral jams on old tube amps from the 1950s. The amps sounded great when the Fender Strat and Fender Jazz bass were plugged in. Tweed amps dialled right up. Lots of fuzz and noise. Sounded great with reverb pedals.

Dreamy melodies started to float over all the fuzz. Vintage banging drums. Songs happened. We took our time. Days spent reading poetry, painting, listening to the swirlings of cosmic jazz. Visited record shops. Drank hot chocolate. Recorded late at night. We moved microphones around. Tried to capture the room. Kimberley painted the album cover. Pressed it on vinyl.
We just try to make noise that we enjoy… We hope you do too.....
Thanks so much for listening and your support."


https://bobsledteam.bandcamp.com/album/the-colours-blur
https://www.instagram.com/bobsled.team/

“90’s guitar riffs come crashing on a shore of melody and carefree pop sensibilities as this mysterious young band make their mark in the purest of ways.”

BBC Radio

"Irish duo bobsled team have swooned their way into our hearts..."
buffaBLOG

"Channelling some dreamy goodness....genuine heartfelt....casts its spell on you and never lets go...."
We All Want Someone to Shout For

"fuzz-pop perfection...they’re a band more than worthy of your time.."
For the Rabbits

" .....we need more of this in our ears.
Overblown

"Belfast, Northern Ireland based bobsled team play songs and sings tunes that well, sunshine."
CHF review

"In a just world, this act should be huge…press every follow button you can find, now !!!"
Janglepophub

Wear It So Well

bobsled team

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