Thanks to everyone who came by Fresh On The Net at the weekend to check out  Listening Post 503 and tell us which tracks they liked best. Here, in alphabetical order, are our readers' top favourites. Our reviews are written by Fresh On The Net's Steve Harris - and you can read them at http://freshonthenet.co.uk/faves503

Fresh Faves: Batch 503

Raelle releases her new single, ‘Falling,’ the brand new single of her upcoming ‘Bloodlines’ EP. Encompassing the jazz-dark orchestral and RnB fusion sound, it reflects the gravity of the emotions being passed on through generational trauma within her Jamaican family. It is the ultimate story of betrayal and manipulation.

Falling

Anything Bad for Me

The idea for this song came to me in the summer of 2020 while I was sitting in a beautiful garden with nothing more but a book and a coffee. However, I only finished writing it in March 2022.

While the original idea for the song came to me in French, I spontaneously mixed English and French while writing the lyrics of the verses. Since most of the books I am reading are either in English or French, it makes perfect sense, though!

Un livre et un café

Un livre et un café (Album Version)

To The River

My song "Lucid Dreaming" is about dreams in which you know you are dreaming. You are aware that the events that are happening in your imagination are not really happening and more like a movie. But the dream feels alive and you can influence it like a video game. This rich textured soothing Track, with a storytelling David Axelrod Bass and Guitar, a dreamy Rhodes and Piano is the Soundtrack to this dream.

Lucid Dreaming (Single)

Lucid Dreaming

Non Secreter

Music video for Always On at: https://youtu.be/b6qVGr903LM?si=8WdbdUSpL-IINy06

Battery Operated Orchestra’s new music video is well-timed with the horror season. Always On draws parallels between the preening mice of John Calhoun’s experiments in utopia and the effects of the insistent feed of social media.
This synthpop punch has been spiked. BOO’s trademark analogue oomph is there along with Brigitte’s dead-pan to increasingly hysteric vocals. The catchy whoops make you want to groove but in the back of your mind is the niggling feeling they could be screams of terror. It all builds to a whirling climax you can’t help but be swept up in.

The single will be available to stream or to buy with pre-orders of their fifth album Compulsory Games from Friday October 6th.

Visit booelectric.com for more information.

Always On

“It’s the kind of tune that actually gives you heartache" Jess Iszatt - BBC Radio 1 

This song came out of a phone call with an ex after we’d split up when I realised for the first time it was really over. It’s about discovering that someone you once knew so well has grown and changed without you. The fact that you can speak to someone every day and then suddenly know nothing about their life seems so strange to me but this song is about accepting that.

First Love

Honey does this light up the dark for you?

From the Sea Glass EP

Arizona

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Fresh Faves: Batch 503

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