Imagine you’re a DJ and happy enough to be able to announce Lauran Hibberd’s new single Bleugh. Wouldn’t that just make your day? Alas, not many radio stations nowadays are brave enough to program the kind of music Hibberd makes. Especially since her output is getting louder and louder with every release. It just so happens however her songs are getting stronger and stronger at the same time. So, these unadventurous radio stations are in fact depriving their listeners of some damn fine music, which they’d deserve to hear.

Bleugh is Hibberd’s new single, which sees the 23-year-old musician from the Isle Of White switch between singing and speaking. It’s an explosive, ferocious track that allows her to kick out her frustrations about falling for people that you soon realize are the kind of folk you don’t particularly want in your life. Yet, you still find yourself getting sucked in.

She explains: “You’ll probably find these people in bands called something like ‘broken cyclists’ or better yet in moody solo projects called something pretentious like ‘bora boring’. It’s my favourite track of mine, and I’ve been sitting on and incubating this girl for a while. It feels really good shouting ‘Bleugh’ btw, I recommend you try it out.”

The single is released ahead of Hibberd’s sophomore EP Goober, set to be unleashed in July. It’s her first body of work since her debut EP Everything Is Dogs, which came out in 2019.

This week, Lauran Hibberd’s new single will feature prominently at the top of the Carte Blanche Music blog as our new Wildcard. Bleugh!

Recommended as well:
Boy Bye
Bang Bang Bang
Sweat Patch
Hoochie

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In the Wildcards 2021 playlist you’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.

Werner Schlosser

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.