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 580

‘”SAID N DONE’ is the first single of the new era of Coral Palms.
Now the solo project of London based guitarist and songwriter,
Will Thomson, this new track explores the necessary but
uncomfortable growing pains of realising a relationship no longer
serves you; in short,
‘its time to go
’
.

Said N Done

last night you said you missed me

i don’t want your garden

Forever Ago

August x Outrage - Wait For Me

Dark Prophecy is all about conquering your inner demons, pondering the uncertainty of the future and what it feels like to be lost in the unknown.

DARK PROPHECY

Shadows

Rhumba Club (Tom Falle) returns with ‘Animal/Lover’ feat. Patrick Wolf – the latest single from his newly announced album HONCHO, due 15th October.  The track is the first time Patrick Wolf has ever ‘featured’ on another musician’s record - testament to Falle’s artistry and vision. 

The collaboration happened completely organically, when Falle received “a surprising and charming DM for Patrick:
 ‘Mr R.Club - I’ve done two runs this week along the sea and through the graveyard to your album! Thank you so much for the wonderful music.’ "

Patrick then offered to feature on one of Tom’s tracks: the song that followed turned out to be the completely irresistible ‘Animal/Lover’ — a haunting 3am negotiation of sexual dynamics between two lovers.

HONCHO

Animal/Lover (feat. Patrick Wolf).wav

Sinking Ship is an alt rock track that with Southern Gothic influences that calls out the UK government for thriving on the struggle of the working man. It's a punchy and poetic take on modern society with influences from bands such as Fontaines D.C and Wunderhorse

Sinking Ship

Sunrise on the Snow

In her second single of 2025, Olivia Miceli is empowering listeners to "get over him" with her anthemic pop song, Darling, he doesn't care 💔

Uplifting, catchy and confident, this is the pop song to help you get over that one guy who simply does not care! 

With influences like Lily Allen and FlowerovLove, Miceli combines witty lyrics with a singable melody to create the ultimate modern pop song 🎶

Darling, he doesn't care was written, recorded, produced and mastered by Olivia Miceli

Out now on all platforms



Darling, he doesn't care

💎✨ Deltiimo Feat. Billboard Top 10 Artist Jaki Nelson – Always Running Back To You ✨💎 An uplifting EDM anthem packed with powerful vocals, soaring melodies, and festival-ready energy. 🎶🔥 From the clubs to the charts, this track is built to move your soul and your feet. 💃🕺

Always Running Back To You

trying to break bad habits. produced by Lexi Jeffs. mixed + mastered by JoeJas

Headache

Following their debut single ‘Forget Me Not’, the sibling duo return with their new release ‘Cinematic Overdrive’. An atmospheric alt-pop track that captures a moment when things begin to shift and a new chapter starts to unfold.

Written, recorded, and produced by brother and sister Corey and Mimi, the song was born from a lucid moment of stillness and clarity, spent in the quiet of the sticks at night when the outside world began to fall away. It reflects a turning point, a sense of transformation — when something you’ve been working towards slowly starts to take shape.

With soft, haunting vocals, textured layers, and a hypnotic energy, Cinematic Overdrive fuses the duo’s signature alt-pop sound with a graceful, driving momentum. The track flows effortlessly between quiet reflection and sweeping motion, capturing a subtle but undeniable sense of transformation.

Cinematic Overdrive

Ornamental Garden was featured on the Fresh On The Net Top 25 songs of the week Listening Post #Batch580 on 12th September 2025. 

The song title and artwork for this Feather House track are taken from the painting Ornamental Garden by artist and performer James Johnston who has recorded and performed with PJ Harvey, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and fronted his own band Gallon Drunk. I fell in love with this painting at first sight and to me it spoke of how we can be many different things all happening at once, a mixed bag of emotions from fear, shyness and anxiety to elation, joy and extroversion. It looks a little like it could be found on the pages of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. You can find more of James Johnston's work at: www.instagram.com/jamesfjohnston

Ornamental Garden “Started out as a picture of Conrad Veidt, and ended up as this...” - James Johnston.

Song reviews…

“It’s great…I love how you brought the emotion of the painting to life!” - James Johnston.

“Another fine work…” - Paul Mansell (Marlow FM).

“…that is fantastic! …Really beautiful lyrics and melody and unusual chord changes - all my favourite things! …great work… a beautiful song!” - Luke James Williams.

“I love how you find inspiration in other people's art and turn it into music. That's another lovely track, I like the production on this one a lot, understated and subtle but with real authenticity and heart to it. Loving the electronic backbone of the track and synths, then the strings sliding in with a gentle confidence. Vocals are sounding great too, really nice delivery.” - Ben Sinclair-MacDonald.

“Sweet track! I love the repeated cat imagery like the cat is lurking through this garden discovering new parts of it & new parts of itself. I also love the space you've left between verses for the mind to wander & explore. And as I listen it feels as if i'll lay eyes on something new in the soundscape with each listen.” - Dear Wife. 

“I just love all the juxtapositions in the music. It’s quite literally many different things at once (see what I did there?) 
All the long sustained synth lines contrasted with the electronic drum tracks, the broken chords in the guitar with the long string samples. Nice work my friend 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼” - Liz Townsend.

“James Johnston… what a talent. An interesting painting and I agree, reading your lyrics and listening to the track really does bring the picture to life, it captures the soul of the moment. I can relate to your lyrics on many levels… I really like the track… Feather House is a safe thoughtful energy, full of melody, weaving lines and vines…” - Meadows Lee.

“Like this song… great lyrics as usual that fit excellently with the picture. Good stuff!” - Peter James.

“…I really like this, a different sound from you which you do every so often with your music, well done 👍” - Kevin Thompson.

“Love it…🧡 Thanks for introducing me to James F Johnston !!! He’s great :)))” - Hedy Fletcher.

“That's absolutely awesome…” - Daniel Bartlett. 

Ornamental Garden - song lyrics…

Yeah sometimes I smile widely
Brimming with excitement and flair
Grinning crazily like a Cheshire Cat
Unable to miss me floating there

I’m many different things at once
Standing in an ornamental garden
Yeah I’m many different things at once
In an ornamental garden
Stood in an ornamental garden

Sometimes standing awkwardly
A little off the beaten track
Uncertain and shy in the moment
With my hands behind my back

I’m many different things at once
Standing in an ornamental garden
Yeah I’m many different things at once
In an ornamental garden
Stood in an ornamental garden

And sometimes I’m a scaredy-cat
Shaking with fear and fright
But mostly I shake because I just do
Anytime of the day or night

I’m many different things at once
Standing in an ornamental garden

Written and Produced by Pete Guy.
Performed by Feather House.
Mastered by BandLab.
Artwork by James Johnston.

Ornamental Garden

Before The Storm

"Sun Over the Zoo" is about a dream of living life without restraint. To throw off useless trappings and routines and restrictions and to embrace the full spectrum of existence - both its beauty and its tragedy. To discard the comfort and safety of structure and predictability, and to pursue true joy, understanding that it must also be accompanied by true sorrow.

Sun Over the Zoo

First single from my debut EP is here… A track about internal monologues and battles, personal growth and defeat. 

Dare yourself to look in the mirror, ask the uncomfortable questions, meet your demons and even befriend them. It can be fun xx

I Dare You

First single from the debut four-track EP 'Nights', to be released on Spirit Goth Records on October 3rd

Bandcamp

Not In Love

London, I Love You

Tin Foil

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Listening Post: Batch 580

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