The best Indie pop / rock tracks from May 2024. Full playlist at www.birp.fm // Updated monthly, so save your favorites!  Indie, Bedroom Pop, Lofi, Surf Rock, etc.

Indie Pop / Rock Playlist | BIRP! May 2024

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Indie style Pop / Rock Playlist | BIRP! May 2024

The best indie tracks below the radar as chosen by music blog mp3hugger.

Below The Radar

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 16th June 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/batch574

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 574

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 574

Copy of Listening Post: Batch 574

No Place Like Home

Over You

Mulholland's Dinner and Wine

Angel Of Death

So Loud for a Leaf

Jesse

Jesse (feat. Day Wave)

EMBRACE CHAOS

COCKTAILS AND DREAMS

Like Best Friends / Fine For Now

Like Best Friends

"Bright Spot II" is out now: https://fanlink.tv/brightspot-ii

Video by Ebony Davies: http://instagram.com/ebillustrates
Additional edits by Chase Wagner

Mixed by Far Caspian

~

Tell me that I'm always on your mind
I get the feeling I've been left behind
The ending wasn't spelled out in the leaves
Another chance to stitch slack memory
I warned you
I told you
I warned you
I told you
I'm the one that never gets it right
I'm the one that always starts the fight
I'm the one that ripped it from the ground
Threw it in to watch it ripple it out
You're the one who pushed me through the door
You're the one who brought me back to shore
You're the one who taught this how to grow
It time to lift it up to let it go

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Blue Canopy & A Beacon School - Bright Spot II

Call Me Up

Again

The first single from my upcoming album, "Sun Drying"


Sugar Glide

All in a Day

Reach The Sun

Focus

Sllooowly Walk Away

Produced & mixed by Jonny Woods
Recorded at 1980 Something Studios 
Mastered by Jon Moorehead at Moosetronix
Cover Art by Norma Sleator
Photography by Casey Ryan
All songs written by Sonja Sleator & Daniel Lynch
Ethan Hanna - Guitars / Vocals
Sean McCann - Bass
Josh McCullough - Drums

Inhale

Memories

Pretty Soon

Toffee

Afrotrip

Surrender

[Verse 1]
Woke up with rain on the windowpane,
Heavy heart but I’m still in the game.
Mug in hand, mind in a spin,
But I take a breath and let the light in.

They say, “Chin up,” and I hear their voice,
In the noise, I make a quiet choice.
To keep calm, keep carryin’ on,
Even when the night’s feelin’ way too long.

⸻

[Chorus]
Keep calm and carry on,
Every cloud’s got a light that’s strong,
Chin up, love — you’re not alone,
Bob’s your uncle, you’ve found your home.

The sun will rise, just wait and see,
Good things come, eventually,
You’re smashing it, don’t live in doubt,
It’ll be all right — it all works out.

⸻

[Verse 2]
They laughed when I said I’d chase that dream,
Called me soft, said life ain’t what it seems.
But I’ve learned not to fold too soon,
Some flowers only bloom past June.

“You’re havin’ a laugh,” well maybe I am,
But I’d rather dance than stick to the plan.
“Don’t worry,” I say, “it’ll sort itself out,”
Got fire in my heart and a louder shout.

⸻

[Chorus – repeat]

⸻

[Bridge – Rap/Spoken Word style if pop-hip-hop version]
Yeah —
Took my knocks, wore the bruises like medals,
Turned breakdowns into new instrumentals.
No map, just the grit in my soul,
Each setback? Just part of the goal.

I’m not lost — I’m just finding the view,
Truth is, I’m stronger than I ever knew.
Say it loud — “It’ll be all right” —
’Cause I’ve got hope and I’ve got fight.

⸻

[Final Chorus – stripped down first half, then full beat returns]
Keep calm and carry on,
Every cloud’s got a light that’s strong,
Chin up, love — you’re not alone,
Bob’s your uncle, you’ve found your home.

(Full band)
The sun will rise, just wait and see,
Good things come, eventually,
You’re smashing it, don’t live in doubt,
It’ll be all right — it all works out.

It’ll Be All Right

Tall Shadows - Clean Version

Tall Shadows (Clean Edit)

Written by Albert Man
Produced by Peter Dowsett.
Mastered by Andy Hippy Baldwin at Metropolis.

It’s in my fingertips it’s in my toes
The feeling grows, it grows and grows 
It’s in the aching deep inside of my bones
Never felt this way before

And now i know what it feels like
Now I know what it feels like inside
It’s like what happens in movies
It never happens in real life

It can’t be bought with diamonds or gold
It’s not for sale, it can’t be sold
It lives forever like a story told
Never felt this way before

Now i know what it feels like
Now I know what it feels like inside
It’s like what happens in movies
It never happens in real life

And when the credits roll
I’ll keep on breathing cos I can’t let go
When the credits roll
I’ll keep on breathing cos I can’t let go

You gotta feel it.
You gotta feel it.
You gotta feel it.
I got the feeling.

The Feeling

Dani Ela - Evenings

So Loud for a Leaf

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