Best new indie rock under the radar from Scotland (2024/ 2025) 💥Cover: TALKING ABOUT RAY • Updated regulary • Submissions welcome: www.blackmarketplaylists.de

NEW INDIE ROCK FROM SCOTLAND

New punk 2024/ 2025 under the radar from the United Kingdom💥Cover: MIDWICH CUCKOOS • Updated regulary. Submissions welcome: www.blackmarketplaylists.de

NEW BRITISH PUNK

By the end October this playlist will highlight around 50 of the best alternative tracks newly released this month including many under the radar gems which deserve to be heard and loved by a much larger audience.

October 2025 - best new alternative, post-punk and indie tracks

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 6th October 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/batch584

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.

Christmas songs and the like are also not eligible for the Listening Post, although we will collect these into a playlist that will be published on 24 December.

Full Inbox: Batch 584

The Underground Weirdo Punk Rennaisance

cold tunes for cold days ( post punk / darkwave )

Underground Punk

Distorted Indie Daze

New Post Punk, Crank Wave, Fresh Finds Post Punk - 2

All I want is you ||Rebzyyx

Gustaf on Audiotree Live

Best Behavior (Audiotree Live Version)

Minimal Schlager - Forbidden Fruit

pushing daisies

april’s-bloom

London Krautpunk 5-Piece Share Feverish New Single ‘Acid Bath’

Taken from upcoming sophomore EP due early 2023

“Acid Bath” Out 9th November

Having recently completed a series of extensive tours across The UK, France, Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands, London punks Beige Banquet share their first full band studio recording, “Acid Bath”. As the lead single from the upcoming EP of the same name, it highlights the tight-knit fervour that the band built through unrelenting live appearances.

 Initially the solo bedroom project of Tom Brierley, Beige Banquet leapt out of pandemic lockdowns with a fully formed and highly beloved debut album, Beta. Having since evolved into a fierce 5-piece known for unforgettably hot-blooded live shows, including sets at Left Of The Dial, DIY Alive, and Binic Festival, the group are now sharing their first collaborative studio effort. 

Recorded in Brierley’s bedroom studio, the track expands upon the sounds featured on earlier albums and EPs. Trading in unquestioning drum machines for propellant live drums, and adding agile layers of guitars and percussion over a saturated bassline, Beige Banquet display a tense and determined edge.

Speaking on the track’s themes, Brierley explains “Lyrically it's an ode to an undefined temporary solution for bitter desperation, almost to the point of nihilism”. 

The track, fittingly, also sees a more frenzied vocal approach than before as Brierley matches the messaging with a frantic performance that hurtles out lyrics in an increasingly distressed manner over the course of the song. In every way, Beige Banquet are now larger, louder, and more intense.

Acid Bath

Beige Banquet - Acid Bath

Idle Hands

An Intense Love Letter To The Self. If you've ever felt lost, in need of a sense of direction, or just don't what going on, THEN THIS IS THE ALBUM FOR YOU. From top to bottom, start to finish, note to note, from love to hate and back to love again, you don't want to miss out on this romp through Billy Bronco's box of tricks!!

Lover

Alien Alien

All Love Unfelt

City

Flesh & Bone

She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She

House Of Self-Undoing

Bloc Party - Banquet (Grafix Remix)

Starburster

Last Grasp - Escape My Woes

If love can’t outlast the grave, then what’s the point of it all? Blood Red Roses offers a tale of love as both a blessing and a curse, a lover’s spell that binds and breaks. The lyrics speak of the painful grip of desire, where passion cuts deep, and the roses bloom with both beauty and brutality. It’s a song of torment, of being bound to a love that wounds as much as it seduces. The heart, though shattered, is drawn ever closer to the sweet destruction. Blood Red Roses weaves a rich tapestry of religious themes and metaphors, invoking the crucifixion—the ultimate act of sacrifice—and the unwavering faith in resurrection. In the realm of gothic literature, parallels are drawn between the holy communion and the dark covenant of iconic vampires like Nosferatu, Dracula, and Vourdalak. Legends recount how those who witnessed such haunting spectacles etched their tales into history, whispering of eternal life.
In this context, roses—deep crimson and tinged with blood—become powerful symbols of a love forged in sacrifice. The inspiration for writing Blood Red Roses emerged from a serene moment of introspection, its haunting hook taking shape during a meditative moment when frontman Pete Mills drifted beyond time into a spiritual plane. The themes explored in the track also delve into a toxic love that spirals into depravity yet clings desperately to the flicker of hope for rebirth and redemption—all things part and parcel regarding religious fervor and pacts sealed in blood.

The video for the song, inspired by Denis Villeneuve’s Dune adaptation—particularly the infrared scenes of Feyd-Rautha (Austin Butler) in the arena—was shot by Ellen Hawk. It showcases Mills’ multi-instrumental talents and mirrors the song’s intensity, capturing the complex emotions at the heart of Blood Red Roses.

Released at the spawn of Autumn as the world shifts into the cold of winter, Blood Red Roses keeps those, who dare to love, warm throughout the storm.

Blood Red Roses

no way out

Cool To Drive

Fragments

Can't Hide It

Can't Hide It (feat. Jhené Aiko)

Look What I Made

Nothing Left to Say

Otherlands' is the dark and moody title track from the 'Otherlands' EP. The track captures the sonic aesthetic of the grey granite city where Moody Moody reside.

Otherlands

Let Go the Anchor

“DO YOU WANNA RISK YOUR LIFE?” 

"DOLLFACE”, the second studio single from Emergency Break, tells the poignant story of Jane, a girl overwhelmed by fleeting online fame. Crafted at Strongroom Studios in London and mastered by Pete Maher (U2, Oasis), this alternative track delivers an energetic yet heartfelt punch. With gripping guitar riffs and soul-stirring lyrics, it pulls listeners straight to the core. 

“DOLLFACE” Addresses the Desensitisation modern day teens have online and the power they have playing with eachothers lives. “DOLLFACE” follows a young girl named Jane who takes her life after a brief episode of online fame.



DOLLFACE

'Watching the War' will be on Daniel's upcoming album 'Um Die Ecke' released later in 2025
www.danielwebstermusic.me

Watching the War

Cruc1fy - FRAG1L3

Plastic Fruit

Improvement

Better About You Now is a raw and fierce alt-rock anthem about reclaiming your power after betrayal. With gritty guitars, punchy drums, and unapologetic vocals, it channels the energy of bands like Nothing But Thieves and Wolf Alice, but with a fresh, emotionally charged edge. It’s about moving on, not quietly; but with fire. This song is for anyone who's done feeling sorry, and ready to cathartically scream it out loud.

Better About You Now

The debut EP by Osis (Boston MA) is an 8-song barrage of post-punk noise inspired by everyone, from All to X-Ray Spex.  

You Tell Me

100% Ghosts

Live Laugh Fuck

MUR/PONR

In The Distance

Tidal Wave is about that flood of emotion when you let yourself feel fully, even if it crashes in all at once. The temporary drowning that can lead to clarity.
This project came together as I let go, as I let the wave take me where it needed to. I was trying to be honest, learning not to hide from what hurts.
Written, produced & mixed entirely by me. 

Love Me Right

Burnout

The Rain

Car Wrecks

Tides

I Guess I'll See You In Reno

The Master

"LAMENT IN BLACK" OUT NOW: linktr.ee/themartyr

Music by The Martyr
Mixed and Mastered by Sendai Mike

Lyrics:

It’s all so sad
I can’t help but laugh
Every step forward 
Another back
I wish I was whole
Instead of cut in half
Cut out the lights
And lament in black

Lament in black
Lament in black

It’s a bad dream
It’s a bad dream

Wrestle with the mirror
I don’t like what I see
All my greatest fears
Play out in my sleep
I can’t shake the feeling
Someone’s watching me
Paranoia cuts deep

Paranoia cuts deep
Paranoia cuts deep

It’s a bad dream
It’s a bad dream
It’s just a nightmare

Don't look back
Lament In Black
Don't look back
Lament In Black

LAMENT IN BLACK

“Going Green” is ten songs of unfiltered punk energy that tackle life, love, and modern chaos with equal parts humor, heart, and rage. From the mental health struggles of “Bleeding Out” to the lifestyle reset of the title track “Going Green,” the album explores personal battles, societal frustration, and the absurdities of everyday life. Tracks like “Good Girl” and “Untethered” capture raw emotion and relational rebellion, while “The Wi-Fi Song” and “Homo Erectus” bring playful, high-energy fun. With biting social commentary on the consequences of words (“Words Aren’t Free”) and life’s finality (“Take Cover”), the album is a dynamic mix of introspection, satire, and punk-rock catharsis. Loud, fast, and unapologetically real — Going Green is a record for surviving, thriving, and laughing through it all.

The Master

Casual Drag