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 07th April 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/batch566

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 566

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

AFRICALI - Afrolight Feat. Fela Kuti Mentor Sandra Izsadore
CONSCIOUS ROUTE & SUPERMANN ON DA BEAT - Super Smooth
CRUSADERBEACH - Quietly Unravelling
GRACE ELIZABETH HARVEY - Lullaby For Wasted Time
JOHN BROWN'S BODY - Hard Fight
LU - Keep On It, Keep It On
LA FRENCH - Floyel
LEX VERVAIN - Say It All
MAGNETIC SKIES - A Place On Earth
NATALIE LUCIE - Glue
NX PANTHER FT. G-HERC - Lightning Bolt
PRIINCESS KEMZ - Excuses
PROGRESS IS MADE - Risk Even More
ROB WHEELER - My Nashville Song
SIMON & THE FREQUENCIES - Sunshine On The Dancefloor
SONOPHORIA - Stripes
STAITHE - Flowers
STEADY HABITS - Stay
STEPHEN DURKAN - Today I Quit My Job
TARZAN GRIP - Lobotomy
THE ASSIST - What's Best For Me
THE JOJO MAN BAND - Ghost Train
THIRD ARROW - Work Hard Play Hard
VIGILANTES - Life In The Fast Brain
VIRGINS -'bLOOMS'

Listening Post: Batch 566

Thanks to everyone who came by Fresh On The Net at the weekend to check out Listening Post 566 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 Del Osei-Owusu - and you can read them at http://freshonthenet.co.uk/faves566

Fresh Faves: Batch 566

Mixahulababy 788

Afrolight

Afrolight (feat. Sandra Izsadore)

Produced/ Mixed: Joseph Futak/ Lex Vervain
Art: Jenna Gartner

Splash my face with water, fly to California
Nestle in your creases, pristine white sand beaches
Cut our feet on rocks, water in my shox

Say it all, say it all, say it all for me
Say it all, say it all, baby I'll agree

Needle and an ink cup, that one needs to redux
Eternalise your tenure, permanently for pleasure
Kiss me on my skin, pierce me for my sin

Do it all, do it all, do it all to me
Do it all, do it all, baby I'll agree
Say it all, say it all, say it all to me
Do it all, do it all, baby I'll agree

Say It All

Stay

Super Smooth’ is the third single from Conscious Route and Supermann on da beat upcoming collaborative album, ‘Shadows.’ Opening with a solo piano line before a slow-rolling break drops, Supermann’s production lays the foundation for Conscious Route to deliver his clear and crisp wordplay as he takes aim at trend-following MCs who are on record, ‘trapping for the impact’ and promoting a life they don’t lead for the sake of popularity. 
With verse two, Conscious Route doubles down on the message, taking note of his own past and how he has moved forward in his outlook and responsibilities yet remains true to an old-school aesthetic. This is all highlighted by Supermann layering the beat with some bluesy brass notes as the production fills with keys to bring a relaxed urgency. 
Some soulful notes brings us to the last third of the second verse as Conscious Route takes jabs at the industry for pushing negativity and fakeness for profit without looking at the welfare of artists, before standing firm on his veteran status in UK hip-hop as the production begins to calm for the finale.
Bringing some slick wordplay and memorable couplets might not be uncommon in great hip-hop, but to deliver it with a message to the scene, coupled with production to rival some of the biggest names in the game?
Things are certainly heating up in Scotland ahead of the full-length ‘Shadows’ LP, which is due out in 2025…

Track Produces by Supermann on da beat, 
Lyrics by Conscious Route 
Mixed by Mackenzie 
Mastered by Forest DLG @ KMJ45 Studios
Art by Jon Thompson
Editorial Tom Clover

Shadows LP

Super Smooth (Radio Edit) by Conscious Route & Supermann on da beat

What's Best For Me

Written, Recorded and Produced by Butternut Sweetheart
Mixed by Sam Cromack
Mastered by Isaac Barter
Film Clip by Marcus Coblyn https://youtu.be/lh8looDP-Z4

Cold Modern Life

Experience the end! Now in new forms! An early release of January's Alternative Ends.

Autocannibalism (In Space)

Hard Fight

At ad21, we are delighted to present Piano Whispers 01, a unique compilation celebrating Piano Day 2025 (March 29). This album brings together 51 talented pianists from around the world, each contributing their artistic vision to the neoclassical piano music landscape.

Piano Whispers 01

Quietly Unravelling

Listen

Quietly Unravelling - CrusaderBeach

Depression Session

Third single from the 'single release every month' type effort. We used March's extra days (compared to Feb...) wisely. Yet here we are on the last day of March desperately uploading....

Monster

Attention,
Give me attention
I want this in my mind
Attention,
Give me attention
I want this in my mind
Slowly,
Talk to me slowly
I want you in my mind
Slowly,
Talk to me slowly
I want you in my mind

Coming so close like I've never been before
Holding me tight and I feel like I'll implode
Do I want you? Or am I just a selfish bitch
I don't need anyone, not even myself

You're a fucked-up dictator
You do things against my nature
Philosophical atrocity
Sexual monstrosity
You're educated and delicate
And I am such a dread
Yet you still fucked me on my bed
Cause you so badly needed that

My eyes were empty
Motionless
But you'd still say I'm the worst

Disrespectful, give no affection
And always misbehaving
Call my mother once again
And ask her 'bout the weather then

You're a fucking hypocrite
Praising all the knowledge

Philosophers, lectures and books you've read
And you're still thinking with your dick

released April 4, 2025
Authors:
• Agnieszka Trawczyńska
• Aleksander Kaczmarek
• Simon Velázquez
Producer:
• Aleksander Kaczmarek 
Mixing Engineer:
• Aleksander Kaczmarek
Mastering Engineer:
• Krzysztof Kessler

attention

A sarcastic slap to the face of hustle culture dressed in meme-glazed noise.

A distorted echo of every political cliché you’ve ever heard yelled on a podcast. With lyrics that parody motivational garbage and a sound that swerves between meme and menace, Third Arrow critiques capitalism from the inside.

Out now, Work Hard Play Hard is an ironic anthem tearing into grindset culture and neoliberal sloganeering. Building a community from the ground up, Arrow is committed to using music to challenge the status quo and build solidarity beyond the stage.

Work Hard Play Hard

This is the second single from my debut EP, Other Faith, which is out on the 9th May. It’s a song about the space between love and loss.  Produced, mixed and mastered by Gus White at The Barn.

Lullaby For Wasted Time

“Kiki Is Gone for a While” is a poignant and introspective song that explores the struggle of a transgender woman torn between her true self and the image she presents to the world. The lyrics capture the emotional weight of hiding one’s identity, with the recurring line “Hiding my pride again” symbolizing the internal battle between self-acceptance and fear of judgment. The song also touches on themes of escapism, as seen in references to wine as a temporary refuge. With a deeply personal yet universally relatable message, the track builds toward a powerful question: “For this time, should I try?”—leaving listeners with a sense of longing, hope, and the courage to embrace authenticity.

kiki

i'm writing a song every day for a year (hopefully). this is day 13. it's a song about a baby bird and mortality. 

Stay

Steady Habits