Thanks to everyone who came by Fresh On The Net at the weekend to check out Listening Post 588 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 Chris Ingram - and you can read them at http://freshonthenet.co.uk/faves588

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GONE

The Call

I Fell In Love

Premiered on Under the Radar Magazine - https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/premiere_josaleigh_pollett_shares_new_single_radio_player

Salt Lake City-based Indie Singer-Songwriter Josaleigh Pollett will return on October 28th with “Radio Player,” an electronics-infused and Poltergeist-inspired new single. Here, Josaleigh is reunited with long-time collaborator Jordan Watko (Crowd Shy) for the first time since Jordan’s relocation to Japan, making this their first recorded output since 2023’s highly acclaimed “In the Garden, By the Weeds,” which NPR Music’s Bob Boilen featured on All Songs Considered.

Despite the distance between them, the pair opted to make their first cross-continent collaboration more ambitious and exploratory than what came before. Initially finding acclaim in 2020 with their ‘No Woman Is the Sea’ album, before going on to share bills with St. Vincent, Torres, Deep Sea Diver, DeVotchKa, Mini Trees, Hibou, and Kilby Block Party, “Radio Player” sees their sound continue to evolve. This new slowburning single merges analogue atmospherics, Indie Rock drive, and Pop melodies to create something that feels haunting, claustrophobic, and cathartic.

Speaking on their return, Josaleigh comments:

"Radio Player is a song about memory and fear, loosely based on seeing the movie Poltergeist at too young an age. It is a journey through the hallways of childhood that we leave a light on within. A pink light flickers on and beckons the listener through, releasing them changed and covered in ectoplasm five minutes later.

In true independent DIY fashion and similar to 2023's In The Garden, By The Weeds, this new song is recorded mostly at home between my Salt Lake City make-shift home studio, and Jordan's apartment in Japan. The difference this time is that we're bringing in more collaborations and new instrumentation. In addition to mixing and mastering, Nashville's Andrew Goldring helped with production and played some instruments on Radio Player, as well as being a part of the live band that played Kilby Block Party earlier this year. Radio Player really got its feet under it in a live band setting, and we tried to bring more of that to our production without losing the electronic-based production that Jordan is so fluent in. 

This is the first song we made together since Jordan moved to Japan in 2024, and instead of letting distance dampen our collaboration, we really tried to lean into the chaos and confusion of creating from different ends of different days while an ocean apart. I think a lot of that anxiety and newness mixed with the dedication of friendship drives this new music.”

Josaleigh Pollett.- Radio Player

Cabin In The Woods

Liberation

Liberation (feat. Qyor)

Brighton-based indie-electronic duo Bloody Tourist return with Goodbye 79, a nostalgic, quietly anthemic
single featuring the stunning vocals of Dutch-British artist Tessa Rose Jackson. Out November 4th, the track
blends bittersweet lyricism with shimmering production, continuing the band’s evolution toward something
more emotive, expansive, and quietly defiant.
Inspired by the Simon & Garfunkel lyric “how terribly strange to be seventy”, Goodbye 79 meditates on
change, age, and the beauty of letting go. It's a song about saying goodbye—to a moment, a place, or the
person you once were—and doing so with grace. Melancholy but never maudlin, the track is carried by
jangly guitars, a jittery rhythm section, and a soaring first-take solo, capturing the tension between
vulnerability and momentum.
Built from an old demo and brought to life through collaboration with Jackson and producer KD K.dar, the
song’s warm, organic textures blend indie-folk storytelling with electronic undertones. Think Big Thief
meets LCD Soundsystem, with the raw intimacy of Sufjan Stevens and the cinematic touch that both Bloody
Tourist and Jackson are known for.
“It’s about endings that aren’t sad—just strange and beautiful. You’re not mourning something, you’re
honouring it. There’s joy in moving on.” — Bloody Tourist
Tessa Rose Jackson, whose solo work has drawn comparisons to Feist and Laura Marling, brings her
signature sense of cinematic intimacy to the track. A songwriter, composer, and visual artist based between
London and Amsterdam, she’s known for weaving storytelling and emotion into layered, atmospheric music.
On Goodbye 79, her vocal melody forms the song’s beating heart.
While previous singles have leaned into surrealist lyricism and slanted grooves, this new release marks a
deeper, more reflective moment for Bloody Tourist. It’s still playful, still off-kilter—but there’s a softness
here too, a moment of breath before the fall.
With support already from BBC Radio 6 Music and a growing fanbase across the UK and Europe, Goodbye
79 is a defining step toward the duo’s debut album Love Was a Big Thing, due later this year.

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Already Taken is about trying to process living without somebody after they’ve chosen to leave you, and the everyday reminders they leave behind. Written with friends Sam Perry and Tom Hammond, and released via Mahogany Songs. 

Already Taken

London-based, Scottish-born indie-folk songwriter Neev follows her acclaimed album How Things Tie In Knots with a new heartfelt reflection on love and the power of music. Flowing with lilting melodies and a cinematic warmth, “Put A Record On” builds with stirring emotion as Neev’s resonant vocals soothe and captivate throughout—paying thanks to the things that keep love alive: music, trust and growth.

“I think the record player is an interesting metaphor for a long-term relationship: something that’s always present, always there to tap into… but also needs a lot of care and attention.”
Written, arranged, recorded and mixed entirely in her home studio, the track showcases the beauty of stripped-back production. Its simplicity allows her lyrics to speak plainly and poignantly, revealing the quiet depth at the heart of Neev’s songwriting.

Put a Record On

A folkloric witch-tale set to a Latin groove — weaving dark, sultry, folk harmonies with cumbia rhythms, horns, and dance-floor energy. The Swarm introduces listeners to a powerful, misunderstood figure—part storm, part oracle, part force of nature. A witch’s tale told through hypnotic cumbia grooves, where folk harmonies and Latin horns conjure both darkness and celebration. Like a dance party in the underworld! 

The Swarm

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