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

Vagabond

So Loud for a Leaf

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

'Picture of You' revolves around creating an idealised image of somebody based on interactions through a phone screen rather than meeting them in person. The idea of a meet cute is ancient history thanks to various dating apps that have become available.

This song acts as a poignant commentary on how digital platforms have transformed the landscape of romance. While they offer new opportunities for connection, they also challenge us to consider the value of authenticity and genuine human interaction in building meaningful relationships.

Picture of You

Memories

Stand

Toffee

This track encapsulates the endless times I have been haunted by sleep paralysis. I've often woken up to a lifeless body, unable to move, speak or scream combined with the sensation that something horrible and otherworldly is lurking over me.
On occasions the room has turned blood red and I've felt like I've been dragged down the side of my bed. Or, I've seen shadow-like figures in the crevices of my room.
When it happens I feel this force trying to pull me back into a slumber, however I fear that if I fall back to sleep I will die and so I just try to keep calm and stay awake.
Sometimes I have to get into bed with my mum because of how terrified I am, which is a bit embarrassing to admit to at 25 years old...


Jodie Langford - I See Only Red

Cool

I Want To Win

Afrotrip

Foam Animals

Surrender

Junboy

I'll Never Change You

Blame It On Blue

Tall Shadows - Clean Version

Tall Shadows (Clean Edit)

Leftfelt

https://open.spotify.com/track/3rDPMQwJiXDNB4N2fT2dor

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise

Support the Artist

Father to Son

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

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Listening Post: Batch 574

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