POLR Playlist

Any artist is welcome to send us a track via freshonthenet.co.uk anytime between Monday lunchtime and Thursday morning (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 5th July: 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/batch413

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 that have been previously submitted and tracks from banned artists will also be removed.

ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 413

Loose T.

Loose T. - Lyrics and arrangement

Emmanuelle Le Cann - Mixing and master
Maureen Béguin - Cover photo
Released 02/07/21

No Label

Loose T. - No Label

Darkside - Nick Dixon

A dreamy piano laden journey back to the rave music of the 90s.

Featured on BBC Radio Bristol, North Manchester FM, NCCR Radio and Amazing Radio UK.

Dreams

Tethered (Radio Edit)

Tomorrow Never Comes Today

She left me on Midsummers day
She didn't like to hear me play
My music
Stockhausen

She said she wasn't coming back
I listened as I watched her pack
To my music
Stockhausen

I knew we never would concur
But I loved him much more than her
My music
Stockhausen

Romantic Stockhausen

© Suzy Hobson 2021

Stockhausen Syndrome #3 (My Music)

Released on Pear O'Legs Records on 02/01/22

HYTHE - Rocket To Ride On

Written on NYE 2020, To Your Eyes is stripped right back to just Benji and his guitar. About the song, Benji says “I find this time of year truly magical, a time to slow down and take stock, to hibernate, away from the busyness of the world, the anxiety of social media. I’ve had a few occasions where songs will come to me around New Years Eve, but this one stuck and I’m very fond of it. It’s about shaking off my jaded world view (briefly), appreciating what I have, and choosing, or at least intending to choose love, kindness, and hope”

To Your Eyes (out NYD 2023) is the second single from debut album Songs to Make You Happy, coming January 20th 2023 on Pear O’ Legs Records.

Welsh singer and songwriter Benji Tranter returns with his debut album Songs to Make You Happy. With a lo-fi, DIY ethos, unembellished guitars and vocals deliver a charming, sometimes chaotic, collection of vignettes; diary entries, polaroid snapshots, throwaway poems and short stories. The influence of US songwriters like Elliott Smith, Conor Oberst and Daniel Johnston is clear throughout, with occasional elements from Scott Walker, Nick Drake, and the care-free naivety of Jonathan Richman.

Out on the January 20, 2023 on Pear O’Legs Records.
The first single from the album, 'Satellite' is out now.

Songs written and performed by Benji Tranter
Drums on tracks 3 and 9 by Ben Howarth
Trumpet on track 11 by Jovis Lane
Tracks 3 and 9 engineered by Ru Lemer at Temple Music Studio
All other tracks recorded at home
Produced by Jovis Lane
Mastered by Ed Woods
Album cover photo by Calum Lynn

To Your Eyes

Billy's Back At The Bar

Brighten Up The Place - Andy Skellam

Brown Trout

Loose T. sings for the people who will be happier at the end of her songs. 
Loose T. shouts for the people who will be angrier at the end of her songs. 
If you’re not one of those people, do yourself a favour, listen to something else. 

Anger is Love. x


Brexit
Cellos weren’t made for anger, but neither were guitars, and we still got punk. 
A lot of things make no sense: this song is one of them.

Brexit by Loose T.

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