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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.

Full Inbox: Batch 564

I listened to Fresh On The Net's full inbox this week. Here are my favourites. you can find the full inbox here:
https://on.soundcloud.com/PfT2gVM4YyrDXEmZ9

FOTN 564 - a really varied week!

Our moderators listened to every track we were sent this week and have picked their favourites for your listening pleasure this weekend:

AS I SPEAK - Surrender
ATTICOMATIC - Wait
BATTERY POINT - On Love
BETH GLADEN - Re-Birth
BLIK - Twist It
CLAUDIA FENOGLIO - Julia
CORMAC NAGLE - Vaguely Alive
DANNY GROENLAND - Olive Trees (feat. Talha Wise Wolf)
ELISA ZOOT - Clever Crow
EMILY MERCER - Better
ERRUNHRD - DON'T DRINK CHEMICALS
GIRL FOR SAMSON - Falling Up
GRACIE BEVERLEY - The Big Bang
JEWELIA - Here's Your Life, Enjoy
JOSEPH BELL, MISSMARIE, THE HONEYMOONERS CLUB - Stories In My Mind
LAKES - Peach Fuzz
NINA HUDSON - Timebomb Of Isolation
OFILL - Simple
PARCS - Red Lines
SOUTHALL - Whispered Tears
STILL TRAFFICO - Two Birches
THE IV - Eastern Promise
TILLY VALENTINE - Buzzkill
TJTUCKER - Transmuting
WRITECREATE - Under The Thunder

Listening Post: Batch 564

Surrender

Young BD - Love You (Official Music Audio)

Love You

I wrote this song as an ode to sleep. A request for sleep. A need for sleep. In the darkness of the early days of young babies, sleep was the only thing I could think about. It was everything. And still it remains the answer to most of life's problems.

I recorded all the parts at home. Rosanna Schura joins me with some haunting vocals. I particularly like the freeform section at the end, where the song drifts aimlessly around like a middle aged musician in a sleepy village.

Produced by DG Solaris (Danny Green)
DG - vocals, guitars, piano, bass, drums
Rosanna Schura - vocals
Mixed and mastered by Hugh Wilkin
Artwork by DG, an image of Billy Bob and Nico

Lyrics:

It would be lovely to sleep
But I doubt that sleep
Has that plan for me
Her arms wrapped around another tree
I’m here still lifeless
Twisted branches

I am breathing like a hungry minotaur
Which direction will I go
I am breathing like a dusty rusty nail
Your words echo just let go
Just let
O just let it go

It would be lovely to sleep
O it would be lovely to sleep
O it would be lovely to sleep

I am breathing like a hungry minotaur
Which direction will I go
I am breathing like a dusty rusty nail
Your words echo just let go
Just let
O just let it go

Lovely To Sleep

Dedicated to my beautiful wife, may we grow old and die together 🙏🙌 . She is happy and that’s what matters to me! Hope others find enjoyment from it too…
I love her dearly and she for some weird reasons loves me! So this for her. She didn’t want a cliche love song. So I wrote a letter to her and out came this song. Enjoy!

Love letter to my partne

Love letter to my partner

Tonight

This track is for those chasing a dreams. They cannot stop your success, only you can when you quit.

Success

VA&D - Money

Written, Recorded, Produced and Mixed by Beth Gladen and Jenneifer Gelinas

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6IofIOoZbCZSZ7K2IvymJz?si=zv_4LxowS5GpmYVrmyrlQg

Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/8rSFznKOjGs?si=6ToTE7lCRtkYuxQ_



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Re-Birth

Re-Birth (EP)

A song about wondering if a past love still remembers you..
Una canción sobre si ella/el todavía se acuerda de ti..

LA LEXXION

Wait

olive trees

olive trees (feat. Talha Wise Wolf)

Joseph Bell unveils ‘Stories In My Mind’, the latest single from his forthcoming project which will be released in Summer 2025. The track delves into the creative process, reflecting on the artistic tendency to internalise negative emotions rather than expressing them openly.

Blending punchy drum machine loops, ethereal guitars, and shimmering ‘80s-inspired synths, ‘Stories In My Mind’ channels the energy of indie-electronic icons like LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip. The song features collaboration with rising vocalist MISSMARIE (aka Elba Rose) and co-production from The Honeymooners Club.

"The song came from a session and conversation with my friend Malik Hilliman (The Honeymooners Club) about the danger of immortalising negative thoughts and emotions in songs, and how creating songs out of negative moments can sometimes make those moments and emotions more significant than they originally were. After playing the song to MISSMARIE in a later session, she agreed to be a part of the song too - I love what her verse and vocal tone add to the track, and the world that we were able to create with our three visions combining together.”

Stories In My Mind

Words and Music by Cormac Joseph Nagle

Acoustic Guitar/Harmonica/Vocals by Cormac Joseph Nagle

Keys/Bass VI/Production/Mixing/Mastering by Jack Grace

Vaguely Alive

Eyes Closed

On Love

This piece of music was written firstly with a simple vocal melody. It evolved into something more meaningful and ethereal as time progressed. Symbolising love and loss and all the confusing parts in between.

Released on 7’’ vinyl and digital via Waxing Crescent 
June 2025

Luke x

Iona

'Here's Your Life, Enjoy' is Jewelia’s first single after the release of her album Little Wins last year (which received accolades from Clash Magazine, The Daily Star, FAULT, Notion, Wonderland and many others). 

The new song marks a shift from pop to an alt-rock sound with 00s pop-punk influences. Jewelia is reminiscing about the past while channeling her inner rebel to break through childhood conditioning and live life on her own terms.

This is the first of several tracks recorded with her band, and part of a future EP called 'If not now, then when?'. 

In April 2025, Jewelia is set to embark on her first UK tour with her band (London, Manchester, Birmingham, Southampton and Brighton).

Jewelia - Here's Your Life, Enjoy!

Existential alt-pop 🧙‍♂️
@josephbellchoons
'Stories In My Mind' out now 💙
linktr.ee/josephbellchoons

Joseph Bell’s dreamy alt-pop is as much inspired by the genre-bending sounds of modern songwriters such as Dominic Fike, Lorde and James Blake as it is by the diet of noughties guitars and hip-hop tinged pop he grew up on. Growing up in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Joseph was playing pub open mic nights by age thirteen and producing his own music by eighteen, before moving to London soon after.

Joseph’s first EP ‘Dancing Days’ was released in 2020 and quickly caught the ears of BBC Introducing, with BBC Shropshire’s Michaela Wylde labelling the EP ‘a musical bubble-bath for the soul’. His song ‘Overload’ was later played on Scott Mills’ BBC Radio 1 show. Since then, Joseph has gone on to play at iconic London venues such as Ronnie Scott’s and the Troubadour, building up a loyal audience both live and online. His second EP ‘Hits’ showcased a darker alt-pop sound, with themes of identity and growing up in the social media age. 

Joseph has continued to build momentum, recording a live session for BBC Introducing which was released on iPlayer in 2024, whilst being made one of the first ‘Creatives in Residence’ to serve at City University’s new School of Communication and Creativity. The first two singles from his next project - ‘Better With You’ and ‘When You Get High’ - build on his sound, blending ethereal, dream-pop like production with washed out guitar hooks and soaring vocals. The end of 2024 saw Joseph sell out his first headline show at cult London venue the Hope and Anchor in a matter of days. As he looks toward 2025, Joseph Bell is ready to hit the ground running.