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single trackRoyal & The Serpent – Phuckboi Rejects
Royal & The Serpent – Phuckboi Rejects
2022 marks the fifth anniversary of Ryan Santiago‘s debut release as Royal & The Serpent. Her first real success however came in 2020, with the major label debut single Overwhelmed. It would also show up on her first EP get a grip. Sophomore EP searching for nirvana followed a year later. She could also add a collaboration with The Knocks and Weezer‘s Rivers Cuomo, and a remix of Gayle‘s abcdefu to her résumé.
This year, Royal & The Serpent will release their third EP If I Died Would Anyone Care. The 6-track collection will drop on 28 January. It’ll feature most recent single I’m Not Sorry and its follow-up, the punk-rock influenced track Phuckboi Rejects.
Never the one to wear her heart on her sleeve, the latter deals with falling for the wrong guys. In Royal & The Serpent’s own words: “We’ve all got a type. Deny it if you want but we like what we like. I just happen to like heart-breaking, vape-puffing, chain-wearing rejects. This particular breed of ‘phuckboi’ is what got me into this whole mess in the first place.”
Recommended as well:
I’m Not Sorry
MMXX
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Werner’s Weekly (week 50)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your compass to the music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Miles Kane feat. Corinne Bailey Rae – Nothing’s Ever Gonna Be Good Enough (Wildcard this week)
- Coral Palms – Something In The Air (Wildcard last week)
- Alta Falls – The Fire
- Buffalo Paradise – Buffalo Paradise
- Render Ghosts – Eye Rhyme
- Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers – Miss Your Birthday
- Wilsn – You Know Better
Click the links for more info and 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. Also added last week: Bad Suns, GG, and more.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
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Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers – Miss Your Birthday
Anna Ryan (vocals), Scarlett McKahey (guitar/vocals), Jaida Stephenson (bass) and Neve van Boxsel (drums) met in high school. There, they formed the most likeable of female punk-rock bands: Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers. 10 points for that name alone.
They are not too prolific. Their 2017 debut single was followed by two singles in 2019, one in 2020 and two in 2021. But, in a good old-fashioned case of quality over quantity, every track they put out is a banger.
Their latest tune is no exception. On the contrary. Miss Your Birthday was co-written with Alex Lahey and produced by Violent Soho guitarist James Tidswell. It combines rough and rugged riffs with ultra-bright melodies and a soaring hook. Packing a punch both musically and thematically, the track touches on the idea of being comfortable in your parents’ home yet yearning for freedom out of home.
Speaking of the release, Scarlett McKahey shares: “Miss Your Birthday was written during the first COVID lockdown, when I was staying in Melbourne and really homesick. I wrote it with Alex Lahey (which was an absolute dream) and we wanted to write something relatable, referencing share house couches and dirty bathrooms. It’s about the internal battle of wanting to be back at your Mum’s cosy house without abandoning your new ‘grown up’ life. Sometimes going home is the only option!”
Recommended as well:
Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers – Ahhhh!
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Werner’s Weekly (week 42)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your compass to the music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Jaguar Jonze – Who Died And Made You King? (Wildcard this week)
- Youth Sector – Self Exile (Wildcard last week)
- Aloe Blacc – Made From The Stars
- Ida Laurberg – Personal Letters
- Wyn Starks – Black Is Golden
Click the links for more info and 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. Also added last week: David Bowie, Foo Fighters, The Wombats, They Might Be Giants, and more.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
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Werner’s Weekly (week 41)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your compass to the music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Youth Sector – Self Exile (Wildcard this week)
- Foxes – Sister Ray (Wildcard last week)
- David Bowie – You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving [2000 Version]
- IndyAnna Baby feat. Amy Shark – I’m Not Giving Up
- Julie Zenatti – France Et Jojo
- Paloma – Fever
- The Cat Empire – Into The Night
Click the links for more info and 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. Also added last week: Richard Ashcroft, Tears For Fears, We Are Scientists, and more.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
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Wildcard (week 40):
Youth Sector – Self Exile
Are you (like me) old enough to know and appreciate bands like Devo, Talking Heads and Tubeway Army? Then you might want to check out Brighton five-piece art-rock outfit Youth Sector, who combine the best of these bands.
Speaking of their new single, the band’s Nick Tompkins says: “Self Exile is about feeling self-destructive, cutting your nose to spite your face, and wanting to push yourself away from those around you as punishment. The lyric ‘That should do it this time’ is written in the mindset of thinking you’ve finally hit someone’s final nerve.”
Clocking in at [3’02], Self Exile is an energetic, well-crafted post-punk track. Exciting and catchy; playful and punchy. What more does a good song need? ‘That should do it’, indeed.
Self Exile by Youth Sector is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard, so it’ll feature at the top of the blog for a full week!
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In the Wildcards 2021 playlist you’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
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Werner’s Weekly (week 37)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your compass to the music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Clara Luciani – Respire Encore (Wildcard this week)
- Self Esteem – How Can I Help You (Wildcard last week)
- Breakaway – I’m Feeling Dead
- Certain Animals – Younger Than Now
- Halsey – Honey
- King Stingray – Milkumana
- Louis Berry – Are You Alone?
Click the links for more info and 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. Also added last week: Andy Grammer, Royal Blood, The Vaccines, and more.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
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Breakaway – I’m Feeling Dead
TikTok users say they discover a lot of ‘new’ music on the platform. But when you’re young and you hear Fleetwood Mac for the first time, that’s new to you as well. Meanwhile, some brand new songs have a very old-school sound to it. That’s completely fine as far as I’m concerned.
Take the new single by Breakaway for instance. I’m Feeling Dead sounds like a classic emo/punk-pop song. Except for the first 10 seconds, when the Australian five-piece put you on the wrong track. With a marching snare line and a subtle piano, it opens deceivingly as a mellow song. Soon enough however, all the stops are pulled out. They up the tempo, and introduce kicking drums and heavy guitars. All of a sudden a potential tear-jerker turns into a stadium-ready banger.
The band’s new EP Death Valley will be out on 24 September.
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I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
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Werner’s Weekly (week 32)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your compass to the music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Parcels – Comingback (Wildcard this week)
- Torres – Thirstier (Wildcard last week)
- Bakers Eddy – Space Is Nothing
- Hollie Col – Forgot To Love You
- Kirsten Salty – Lucy
- Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers – Ahhhh!
- Wave Racer – Look Up To Yourself
Click the links for more info and 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. Also added last week: Adam Levine, Moon Taxi, Red Rum Club, and more.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
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Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers – Ahhhh!
*SONG SNACK*
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For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
