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Werner’s Weekly (week 38)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your guide to the best new music, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Cameron Hayes – Own Me
(Wildcard this week) - G Flip – Bed On Fire
(Wildcard last week) - Few Bits – Cobblestones
- David Jane – Story Of A Night
- Navigate (feat. Hunk) – Anytime
- Ora – Limbo
- Olivia Rodrigo & Robert Smith – Friday I’m In Love (Live from Glastonbury)
Listen to each of the tracks via the Werner’s Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Partly selected via input by Musosoup. Submit your music here. #sustainablecreators
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 37)
Not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Cat Burns – Lavender pop
- The Dears – Tears Of A Nation indie | pop | rock
- Few Bits – Cobblestones indie | pop | rock
- Cameron Hayes – Own Me electronic | indie | pop
- David Jane – Story Of A Night folk | indie | pop
- Navigate (feat. Hunk) – Anytime indie | rock
- Ora – Limbo indie | pop
- Olivia Rodrigo & Robert Smith – Friday I’m In Love (Live from Glastonbury) live | pop
- Sunflower Bean – Crashing Highs indie | pop | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
Add it to your library (click ‘+’) to hear the best new music first.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 15)
Especially in an impressively massive release week like this one, we don’t feature all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Anouk – Set This Thing On Fire rock
- Bea & Her Business – Rich pop
- The Beaches – Last Girls At The Party indie | pop | rock
- Dancer – Heart Attack Now indie | pop | rock
- Deacon Blue – Wait On Me indie | pop
- Deep Thrills – She’s On! indie | pop | rock
- Garbage – There’s No Future In Optimism indie | pop | rock
- Grouplove – Colours [Live] indie | live | rock
- Juno – Hot And Talking indie | pop
- Leire Martinez – Mi Nombre
electronic | pop - Navigate – Feel This Way indie | rock
- Lildami & Miki Núñez feat. Black Music Big Band – El Camí indie | pop
- Tyne-James Organ – Worth My Time pop
- CJ Pandit – Wouldn’t It Be Cool indie | pop
- Theresa Rex – Breaking Up The Band electronic | indie | pop
- Seaside – Sick indie | rock
- Guy Sebastian – Maybe pop
- The Sherlocks – Everything Must Make Sense indie | rock
- Stereolab – Aerial Troubles electronic | indie | pop
- Amber Van Day – Double Yellow indie | pop | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
Add it to your library (click ‘+’) to hear the best new music first.
Partly selected via input by Musosoup. Submit your music here. #sustainablecreators
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Wildcard (week 8):
Wildcard (week 8):
Bailen – Call It Like It Is
Twin brothers Daniel and David and sister Julia Bailen were born and raised in New York. The rising indie-pop trio just announced their sophomore album Tired Hearts will be out on 5 May.
While they recorded their debut album after testing the songs on the road tirelessly, they took another approach on this follow-up. This time, many of the songs were honed in the studio as opposed to live. This resulted in 12 original songs that are centred around Bailen’s radiant harmonies and adventurous arrangements. Lyrically, they wrestle with an uncertain future where ethics and morality – both communal and personal – are constantly shifting. In their own words, it’s a set of songs that ‘navigates the space between the heart’s expectation and the head’s sober reality’.
Bailen co-produced their new album with Brad Cook, who worked with Bon Iver, Waxahatchee and Snail Mail before.
Alt-pop anthem Call It Like It Is is the first single off Tired Hearts. It was co-written by Bailen and X Ambassadors’ Adam Levin and Sam Harris. It’s ‘an anthem for anyone who refuses to be taken advantage of’, the band stated. “It unmasks the ugly truth behind shiny veneers.” The beat-driven, bass-heavy track comes with a cult classic thriller style video.
Call It Like It Is by Bailen is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. That means it’ll be featured prominently at the top of the blog for a whole week.
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In the Wildcards 2023 playlist you’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.
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The Last Broadcast (feat. Shannon Farmer) – Daisy
The Last Broadcast (feat. Shannon Farmer) – Daisy
Most music reflects the era it was released in, or the era it was inspired by. But some music has a more timeless feeling to it. The Last Broadcast’s debut single Daisy is such a song.
The Last Broadcast is the band of front man Kyle McGurk and drummer Paolo Lombardo. They call it ‘a coming of age project’ and ‘a vehicle to navigate the rocky transition from youth to adulthood’. On the one hand, their lyrics often contain an element of doubt. On the other hand however, resolve comes in the form of sunny melodies and big choruses. The band is influenced by ‘90s and ‘00s acts like New Radicals, John Mayer and David Gray, and contemporaries such as Wolf Alice.
On the surface, The Last Broadcast’s first single Daisy sounds like an upbeat song with a certain melancholy. This is largely caused by the rollicking drums and uplifting piano melody, while featuring mournful horns at the same time. But underneath this, the track wrestles with grief, trauma, love and validation. The song was written as early as 2018, but it underwent a remarkable transformation under producer Ryan Pinson’s guidance. The final version also features guest vocals from Shannon Farmer, the front woman of alt-pop band Dame. This takes it to the next level.
A wonderful debut!
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For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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Hurry – A Fake Idea
Matthew Scottoline started his musical career as the bassist in Philadelphia band Everyone Everywhere. But there he didn’t get much chance to fulfil his ambitions about singing and writing songs. Inspired by early ‘90s guitar rock and power pop, he spent his free time penning and recording songs on his own.
After forming his own band Hurry in the early 2010s, Scottoline released their debut album Everything/Nothing in late 2014. 25 June, their fourth album Fake Ideas will see the light. Following lead single It’s Dangerous, the quasi-title track A Fake Idea is out now. Its lyrics focus on ‘how to navigate life, love, and mental illness’. Scottoline himself has been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Musically however, it’s a swinging and sunny guitar stomper, including horns and handclaps.
If you dig Lemonheads and I’ll Be There For You-era Rembrandts (count me in!), this is the summer anthem for you.
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For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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Flossy – The Mess You Made
If you liked grungy bands like The Breeders, Sleater Kinney and Veruca Salt in the ‘90s, Flossy might be your new favourites. The band consists of sisters Sinéad (vocals, bass) and Lauren O’Hara (vocals, guitar), and Charlie Smith (drums). Already big in Perth, I wouldn’t know why their success should be limited to Australia.
The Mess You Made is the alt-rock trio’s new single. A hard-hitting tune filled with their signature heavy bass lines, big guitars, catchy hooks and layered harmonies. Lyrically, it’s about the anger and blame that ensues after you lose yourself to someone.
Sinéad explains: “It’s about feeling like you’ve been left a shell of a human after a bad relationship. It’s a reflection on what went wrong, and an exploration of trying to navigate your way through rebuilding after you’ve had your identity taken from you. Sometimes you need to disassociate and sometimes you need to stare it straight in the face and work from there. It’s basically saying ‘fuck you for doing this to me, but I’m going to be OK’.”
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
