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 17th November 2025: 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/batch590

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.

Full Inbox: Batch 590

XI.20

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

Listening Post: Batch 590

Thanks to everyone who came by Fresh On The Net at the weekend to check out Listening Post 590 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 Sherry Sahayaraj and Neil March- and you can read them at http://freshonthenet.co.uk/faves590

Fresh Faves: Batch 590

Rock With You

Troublesome Lie

💋 Come closer she wants to bite

Lyrics
The flower girl hunting with her wiles
Plucking hearts like daisies in the wild
Carefree soul with an angel’s smile
The devil hiding in her guile    

Heart-taker, maneater
Cherry lips that make you linger
Heart-taker, maneater
Twisting ‘round all her ten fingers

Wilding one as dark as they come
Batting lashes until you succumb
 Pour souls slinkin’ in one by one 
A pretty face you can’t escape from  

Heart-taker, man-eater
Cherry lips that make you linger 
Heart-taker, maneater
Twisting round all her ten fingers


Flower girl on the prowl
Dewdrop kisses from her red roses
Ravished reveries, the thorns you devour
Silky pleas, wanton threats she imposes

Come closer, she wants to bite
Come closer, she wants to bite

Heart-taker, maneater
Cherry lips that make you linger
Heart-taker, maneater
Twisting round all her ten fingers

Heart-taker, man-eater
Cherry lips that make you linger

F girl

Sun Pinned On Ghost Sky

So It Goes

Composer/producer: Ben Townsend
Mixing/mastering: Earthdy Worlder

Listen to Benkio's debut album 'This Is The Year', out now: https://ditto.fm/this-...​
Website: https://benkiomusic.com/​

Lyrics: 
I could be your fading fortune
You could be the one I talk to 
Yeah, we could turn our backs on everything
And you could be my early morning
I could be your late night poison 
Yeah, we could be the ones that got away

And I can be there 
I can be there soon
If you want me to
I can be there
I can be there soon

Yeah, you could be the sun I worship
I could be your solar eclipse 
Oh, we could be anything
If we put our minds to it 
Like you could be an indifferent version
I could be a muted veteran 
Or we could draw our families from our veins 

And I can be there 
I can be there soon
If you want me to 
I can be there 
I can be there soon

Oh I could be your fading fortune
You could be the one I talk to 
Yeah, we could turn our backs on everything…
'Cause this is the year that I can do anything

So I can be there 
I can be there soon
If you want me to 
I can be there 
I can be there soon...

If You Want Me To

𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰 - 𝗜𝗻 𝗠𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱
Eighth single from my self-titled debut album.

LISTEN: tunelink.to/inmyhead
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Download at aloric.bandcamp.com/track/in-my-head
Website: aloric.wixsite.com/aloric
Spotify: tinyurl.com/ybudm25n
Merchandise: aloric.bandcamp.com/merch
YouTube: youtube.com/aloricband
Instagram: instagram.com/aloricband
Facebook: facebook.com/aloricband
Contact: aloricband@gmail.com

Written, arranged, performed*, recorded, produced, mixed & mastered by aloric. (*except drums)
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LYRICS:
[Verse 1]:
Hold me like a child, mother me so I feel I need you.
Stalk me ‘til I’m dying, cos we’ll die as one and not as two.
Hold me in the fire, leading me down flames so black and blue.
Drown me in the water, but I know it’s my hand leading you.

[Chorus]:
It’s in My Head, it’s in My Head.
(But it's in my head, but it's in my head, it's in my head)
It’s in My Head, it’s in My Head.
(But it's in my head, but it's in my head, it's in my head)

[Verse 2]:
Blacken all my white lies, suffocate the guilt until the joy,
Learn to live in blindness, ignorance keeps this man from a boy.
The way we walk, the way we talk, the way we think as one, it’s in my head.
And drag me through the rubble, I wish you would let me lay to rest.

[Chorus]:
It’s in My Head, it’s in My Head.
(But it's in my head, but it's in my head, it's in my head)
It’s in My Head, it’s in My Head.
(But it's in my head, but it's in my head, it's in my head)

[Bridge]:
Don’t try, don’t dream, don’t want, don’t need.
Don’t crave, don’t yearn, don’t live, don’t learn.
Don’t love, don’t lust, don’t talk, don’t trust,
No more, no more, no more, no more…No More.

[Outro]:
Fall in light, falling light,
Oooh oooh, it's such a mystery to me.
But you're in my head,
You're in my head.

Constant fight, constant fight,
Oooh oooh, when you hurt I feel you bleed,
But you're in my head,
I'm in your head.

And hide between the yin, and, yang.
Crawl out of my soul, in-tact.
Infect my head,
Heal my head.

And I don't need the fire to ignite,
I don't need to scriptures to recite,
I don't need the sun, or the moon, or the rapture, coming soon,
I don't need the noises,
I don't need, I don't need.

And it's not the mood swings, or the sad things,
It's not the question, of who reigns King.
It's not the silence, or the screams, or the nightmares, or the dreams,
It's not the love, or the fear, or the sadness, or the tears,
Or the voice, or the cries, or the whispers, or the lies,
Or the feuds, or the fights, or the truths, or the guise..

It's in my head.

Help me heal...
Help me heal...
Help me heal...
Help me heal...

aloric

In My Head

Harp, spectral vocals and post industrial soundscapes bring stories of forgotten women of the past. A reflection on the rhythms of industry and domestic life growing up in Co Durham / Tyneside from harpist, songstress and sonic artist Aurora Engine 

COAL DUST

The first of a new series of piano improvisations performed and recorded on a stray Steinway at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music.
The music will feature on a new album of piano compositions and improvisations recorded at The Glasshouse in summer 2025.
More music is available on my Bandcamp page: paulstephentaylor.bandcamp.com/
For aficionados of piano improvisation, maximalist soundscapes and everything in between.

Clandesteinway I

🔥 ATLANTA’S NEXT ANTHEM IS HERE — “SKYSCRAPERS” BY DaMusical Bandit ft. GUNNA 🔥

A bold new wave is rising out of Atlanta’s skyline, and its name is “Skyscrapers.” This record is more than just a song — it’s a vision, a statement, and a sound that captures the grind, the glow-up, and the glory of the city that never stops hustling.

DaMusical Bandit, Atlanta’s next big name, delivers a raw yet polished performance — balancing pain and power, ambition and art. His flow is magnetic, his voice a reflection of every sleepless night and every dream built brick by brick. Gunna slides in effortlessly, his signature melodic trap cadence elevating the track into an atmospheric masterpiece.

The beat? Pure elevation — lush pads, rolling 808s, and shimmering hi-hats that feel like city lights reflecting off glass towers. It’s cinematic, it’s emotional, and it sounds like success in motion.

“Skyscrapers” isn’t just about height — it’s about rise. Rising from the struggle. Rising from the noise. Rising until your story touches the clouds.

With this record, DaMusical Bandit proves he’s not just another ATL rapper — he’s the next voice of the city. Industry insiders are already calling it a breakthrough moment, and it’s only a matter of time before the world looks up.

🚀 This is more than a track — it’s a takeover.
🎧 “Skyscrapers” — DaMusical Bandit ft. Gunna.
The city’s in the clouds. Are you coming up?

Skyscrapers ft. Gunna

Debunker (Over and over)

cloning people - three seasons (from the fallen angel ep)

fallen angel

three seasons

I wrote the first version of this poem in 2016, when it was published by The New European. Now set to The Big Grey Man’s music, it’s my offering for Christmas 2025, to stand opposite the saccharine and politically naïve Christmas songs that prevail at this time of year. As successive governments pursue inhumane and inhuman immigration, welfare and anti-peace policies, it’s a message of hope and determination. I reject hate. I reject evil. That’s the real message, not just at Christmas, but all year round.

Spoken
I reject that autumn starts on the first of September.
I reject that organised religion is faith.
I reject that faith engenders violence.
I reject that one faith is greater than another.
I reject that faith and science are mutually exclusive.
I reject that one country is greater than another.
I reject that humans are basically bad.
I reject that war is inevitable.
I reject that peace is impossible.
I reject that those who seek peace are appeasers.
I reject that those who oppose war are cowards.
I reject that austerity is a sound economic principle.
I reject that the poor should pay for the crimes of the rich.
I reject that immigration should be limited.
I reject that there’s a difference between races.
I reject that there’s any difference between individuals.
I reject that Brexit is permanent.
I reject that the sword is mightier than the pen.
I reject that love is nothing more than chemistry.
I reject hate.
I reject evil.

Sung
No lo creo.
Ten valor.
No pasarán.
Ven conmigo.
Estamos unidos.
No nos silenciarán.

I don't think so.
Have courage.
They shall not pass.
Come with me.
We are united.
They will not silence us.

Spoken
I reject evil.
I reject hate.

I believe that it’s not too late.

I reject evil.
I reject hate.

And I declare that it’s not too late.

Lyrics: Richard Pierce
Additional Lyrics: The Big Grey Man
Spoken Word: Richard Pierce
Music: The Big Grey Man
All instruments: The Big Grey Man
Sung vocals: The Big Grey Man
Engineering & production: The Big Grey Man
ISRC: QT6EU2590926

I Reject

Sock Drawer Announce New Single “Fishes” — A Lo-Fi Hymn to Mortality, Memory, and Everyday Magic

Brighton-based indie-electronic duo Sock Drawer return with “Fishes,” the deeply personal new single taken from their forthcoming debut album. Blending ambient electronics, warped tape loops, and dreamy psychedelia, the track captures the band at their most intimate and introspective.

“Fishes” was the very first song Sock Drawer ever wrote together. Michael Baker (Roman Joon) first saw Ebony Grace perform at a gig on Brighton seafront; the very next day, over Ebony’s first-ever Bloody Mary, they sat down to write. The entire track emerged in a single sitting, recorded on a microphone wrapped in cardboard to achieve its distinctive, ethereal texture.

Over the two years spent crafting their debut album, the pair revisited and reworked “Fishes” in countless forms, but ultimately realised the magic lived in the raw immediacy of that early demo. The final version preserves that feeling, with Michael and Ebony recording the vocals live together in the same room, capturing the fragile, unfiltered emotion at the heart of the song.

Lyrically, “Fishes” explores mortality, memory, and the fleeting beauty of everyday life — “death, love, and washing the dishes,” as the band describe it. It has become their set closer, often performed unplugged, where it consistently elicits overwhelming response from audiences. For Sock Drawer, it remains one of the most meaningful pieces they’ve written.

“We wrote ‘Fishes’ the day after we met at a gig on Brighton seafront. To this day it’s one of our favourite songs we’ve ever written, and we still don’t know how it happened. It was written in one sitting, recorded with a mic wrapped in cardboard, and sung live in the same room. We usually play it unplugged at the end of gigs, and the reaction is always overwhelming. We think this song has magic within it, and we hope you think so too.” — Sock Drawer

The release follows a breakthrough year for the duo. Known for their euphoric, unpredictable live shows, Sock Drawer blend hypnotic electronics with warm, lo-fi nostalgia. Their soundscape of ambient textures, nostalgic samples, and glitched guitars will appeal to fans of Tame Impala, The xx, Sylvan Esso, and left-field dream-pop.

In 2024, the band headlined the Hive Stage at Glastonbury and earned support from BBC Radio 6 Music, with Lauren Laverne spinning their single “Bored.”

With “Fishes,” Sock Drawer offer their most vulnerable and transportive work yet — a surreal, shimmering meditation on the moments that slip through our fingers, and the ones that stay with us forever.

FISHES

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