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 2nd October: 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/batch543

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.

Christmas songs and the like are also not eligible for the Listening Post, although we will collect these into a playlist that will be published on 24 December.

ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 543

impulse nine loves you and this playlist is how that love is expressed

A mood piece intended to convey the confusing nature of dreams, the memories that sometimes insert themselves, & the emotions evoked.

Dream Shift

Full Grown Man

Hungover, looking like I’ve been dragged backwards through a cement mixer
Paler than a ghost with eyes the size the fucking craters
If Ugly Betty’s ugly, then what does that say about me?

Mars Rover, waking up alone with no one’s head over my shoulder
I wouldn’t have it any other way but now I’m older
This single bed looks funny, probably says lots about me

I don’t think about it too much
Just every waking moment
Send me to sleep, or sell me some weed
If the edge is off I’m golden

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Ugly Betty

This track's full title is 198 characters long (I call Floating for short), which at one point was the maximum length for a Spotify track.

Floating includes a sample of wind chimes that I recorded on the patio at mom’s home as she passed away of cancer. The track length (9:52) is also a tribute; she was born in 1952.

I'm 16, Lying Down Alone with Dad's Stereo Turned to 11

shauna Mc Ardle - Scenes of space

“LITTLE BOYS” is a bold and unapologetic anthem that tackles the themes of immaturity and self-worth, delivering a message of strength, independence, and emotional growth. With its catchy hooks and a dynamic blend of indie-pop and contemporary elements, the song captures the frustrations and realisations of growing past toxic relationships, reclaiming your power and knowing when to walk away.

Hannah Mazey - LITTLE BOYS

Music for flagging hearts and and hard times. Written in realization that even trusted news sources can be poisonous if the information is pointless drivel meant to drive us to despair. We must step back from the Void.

Call of the Void (Quiet)

Call of the Void (Noise)

Call of the Void

This is about as pretty a melody as we can do. With inspiration taken from Zero7 and Cinematic Orchestra, as well as contemporary lofi and a pinch of Phil Collins' drums. Hacky & Bird guided the lofi aspects, and Yahli contributed the live drumming parts. Otherwise written and performed by impulse nine as a break from an upcoming album.

Rainy Day

A collaboration between impulse nine and Hacky + Bird, this is a brief respite from a burning world. A moment to catch your breath.

These Riots Grow Roses

For over 20 years, impulse nine was a private home studio project, but has expanded to include musicians from Tucson and around the world. After hundreds of demos and untold hours, impulse nine is being presented to the world as a mostly-instrumental amalgam of shoegaze, hard rock, and post-rock, with influences from ambient, 90s rock, and other places.