Every week the team individually pick tracks that make up the listening post but there are always “ones that got away”.
These are the alternative picks and some words by our moderators on each one. You can find the tracks in one playlist here.
Artists featured this week:
HOUSE OF LAZARUS
MOLTENO
TOM GUI
LEG PUPPY 2.0
NEVER THE BRIDLE
POCKET LINT
MY BEST UNBEATEN BROTHER
LIFE COACH
ANYA VINCENT
HARBOTTLE AND JONAS
DIS CORA
KID SCARAMOUCHE
ALAN DREEZER:
HOUSE OF LAZARUS – Mrs Brown
“Mrs Brown” is a cool blend of disco, hip-hop and jazz, bringing those three influences together in a way that feels completely natural. It’s got groove, personality and enough musicality to keep revealing something new with every listen.I love discovering artists who aren’t afraid to blur the lines between genres, and House Of Lazarus have definitely done that here.
MOLTENO – Daydream
“Daydream” is a hypnotic piece of alternative pop that creates an almost dreamlike atmosphere from the very beginning. The arpeggiated synths are a big part of that, constantly moving underneath the track and giving it a beautifully immersive quality.There’s something really captivating about this song — it’s the kind of track that pulls you into its world and makes you want to stay there.
CHRIS INGRAM:
DEL OSEI-OWUSU/PLATINUMMIND:
TOM GUY – Always An Angel
Tom Guy has quite an interesting background – he has played bass for Labrinth! This is a strong contender for one of my favourite tracks, I’ve featured it on my show, and the thing that sold me on this track is the string arrangement and harmonies… Yep definitely a favourite.
LEG PUPPY – Sorry Won’t Make It
Leg Puppy combine electronica and breakbeats with this track. In order to understand Leg Puppy you have to understand their sense of humour and they do have a sense of humour contained within their music and their social media intereations.
NEVER THE BRIDLE – Funny Bizarre
Lara, aka Never The Bridle, always writes intelligent, interesting and unique songs. Funny Bizarre sees her mixing up some cool rhythmic configurations and multi-tracked harmonies around a clever lyric and striking hook. So striking that it keeps replaying in my head when I’m walking around!
POCKET LINT – Nyx
Pocket Lint is our good friend Mark Heffernan and Nyx is the latest single to he taken from his fine album Wunderkammer. It blends Mark’s voice (recently compared, by listeners to my radio show, with Phil Oakey, Glenn Gregory and Marc Almond) and melodic flair with characteristically cinematic synths and reverberant production.
PAUL KERR:
MY BEST UNBEATEN BROTHER – Clubber Lang
Imagine David Gedge getting cornered in an alleyway by Slint, handed a steaming cup of cocoa, and told to write a pop song before the beat drops. That’s the beautiful, slow‑motion collision of Clubber Lang, the latest single from Croydon trio My Best Unbeaten Brother.
It opens with gently‑strummed guitars before slowly contorting into jittery indie‑pop anxiety, anchored by vocal phrasing that feels like neurotic inner thoughts blurted over a fourth pint.
Then the floor drops, the rhythm dissolves, the guitars swell, and the song mutates into a widescreen, nostalgic surge of post‑rock tension. It bridges the frantic, bruised‑heart romanticism of late‑80s UK indie with the instrumental catharsis of late‑90s post‑rock, leaving you both moved and strangely comforted.
LIFE COACH – Subby
Subby, from Scottish poet and musician Jamie Cameron aka Life Coach, begins like ChatGPT suffered a mid-life crisis, bought a cheap synth, and formed an experimental pop band. It’s all glitchy static and a robotic voice barking random words followed by “more”.
Then, the heart beats through the machine.
Lush, flanged Cure-esque guitars edge out the digital noise as the robot gives way to gorgeous dual male and female vocals. It’s like The Beautiful South meeting Deacon Blue in the stairwell of a damp Glasgow tenement to share a flask of tea and plan the anti-robot revolution.
Assembled from seemingly incompatible parts, it somehow smuggles soft, quiet human comfort right into the middle of the racket.
SHARON PEARCE:
ANYA VINCENT – Club Affair
This track combines a strong rhythmic feel with lyrics that tell a story rather than relying on the repetitive minimalist lines often found in dance tracks. An understated backdrop allows space for the vocals to take centre stage, with Anya Vincent’s engaging and punchy delivery.
HARBOTTLE AND JONAS – The Smuggler
A traditional folk song brought to life with a variety of instruments and dual vocals. The story telling and arrangement have an authentic lived-in feel – you can almost imagine sitting in a village pub listening to them perform it live, surrounded by fellow folk enthusiasts.
SHEENA CAMERON:
DIS CORAM – Big Brat Trip
A strong debut from a band intent on reviving trip-hop so there are nostalgic sounds in this track, but it sounds fresh and current. A jazzy opener sets the downtempo groove while the intense beats and sultry vocals bring the trip. The scratch solo and sampled narration – which I hope is a defining feature of their sound – breaks the building lyrical tension. They have also been very creative with an accompanying video which is well worth seeking out.
KID SCARAMOUCHE – Incredible Light
There are football references here, and I can’t pretend to get them (it’s “anti-modern football”; I might speculate that there’s more to it), but I love this song and the character and charm in the voice of Kid Scaramouche. Lovely melody, some classic pop influences and gospel choruses worthy of a crowd.
