Drake (feat Black Coffee and Jorja Smith)
Get It Together,
Island
Drake’s patronage of UK talent continues, with this minimal housey groove augmented by rising Midlands singer Smith’s moreish vocal.
Contact Shane O’Neill
shane.oneill@umusic.com
Clean Cut Kid
Leaving You Behind,
Babe Magnet Records/Polydor
Emphatic and imbued with pleasant bounce, this single precedes the Liverpool foursome’s debut album Felt, released April 28.
Contact Susie Ember
susie.ember@umusic.com
HO99O9
United States Of Horror,
Toys Have Power/Caroline
Deranged, horrible and loud enough to induce incontinence (possibly), this is the title-track of the punk pair’s upcoming second record, out May 5.
Contact Sarah Maynard
maynard@majortransmission.com
Weirds
Phantom,
Alcopop! Records
Have this dirgey Leeds band come up with the best album name of 2017? It’s called Swarmculture and, going by this unruly mess, it’ll be pretty great.
Contact Angela Owen
angela@devilpr.co.uk
Feist
Pleasure,
Polydor
Large swathes of it may be plinky and minimal, but Feist’s comeback rocks harder than a massive mountain. From fifth album, Pleasure, due April 28.
Contact Chris Latham
chris@swellpublicity.com
Kelsea Ballerini
Yeah Boy,
Sony Music CG/Black River Entertainment
Country’s Next Big Thing released debut album The First Time in the UK this month, and this latest single backs up all the ‘next Taylor Swift’ chat.
Contact Barbara Charone
bc@mbcpr.com
Milk Music
Crying Wand,
Dom America
These long-haired disciples of Neil Young and strong weed are making some of the best rock’n’roll around. Seek out new album Mystic 100s now.
Contact Chris Hansell
c.g.hansell@gmail.com
