Every week 10 new rad tracks added
In order to not miss a beat Turn Up The Volume scans the musical
horizon daily (doing it for years now, actually) to stay in touch with
all new things sonically great and shares the results on a weekly
basis.
Check the 10 new rad cuts just
added to this rad 2023 playlist.
TRACK-BY-TRACK
1. ‘Tears On The Underground’ by MOSAICS (UK)
📸 Luke Jones
“This song was inspired by the awkward silence of passengers towards an individual visibly struggling on the tube. Is everyone too busy, or do they just not know what to say? Maybe this person wants to be left alone? Who knows. Everyone at one moment in their life at least has had their own struggles whilst on public transport.”
Tears On The Underground is not a happy piece story-wise but musically it’s a ravishing and captivating pop gem with emotive vocals, upfront and in the back, subtle piano play, riffs left and right and a big-time chorus.
Top!
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2. ‘Spirit’ by THE KILLERS (Los Angeles)
Last week, the Californian power pop darlings released a ‘best of’ album, named Rebel Diamonds. A 20-track jukebox containing one new song, titled Spirit. A 24-carat killer.
Go.
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3. ‘Evie’ by HIGHWAYVES (North West England)
This full-impassioned belter thrives on torrid emotions inflamed with
psych-crazy guitars, expressive vocals and a titanic chorus. The ongoing
vitality is overwhelming. It’s the title track of Highwayves new excellent
5-track EP
Check in.
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4. ‘Singerman’ by NEIL LEYTON (Lisbon/Toronto)
Leyton is a seasoned musician who’s been around for a while, playing
in bands and solo later on. Singerman is a supersonic projectile.
About the song: “I wanted to send a shout-out to a great friend and life-long rock ‘n roller, Robert Singerman, who I met at MIDEM and helped us out at CMW back in 2012. He used to be the manager for The Fleshtones from NYC and is just an amazing person – he deserves a song!”
Singerman is a supersonic rocket pushed by hungry guitars/drums,
fervent vocality and a roasting refrain. Near the end, Leyton takes
a breather before heading towards the blustery climax.
Wow.
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5. ‘Love To Walk Away’ by THE VACCINES (UK)
Another ecstatic earworm from the British tunesmiths’ sixth full-length,
baptized Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations out on 12 January 2024.
Press play.
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6. ‘Bartleby’ by MODERN STARS (Rome, Italy)
This Italian outfit describe themselves as instinctive and in the same time flickering,
fuzzy, aerial, groovy, bizarre and distor. And they are totally right when you’ll hear this
new mesmeric piece from their upcoming third album “Termination”, set to be released
in March 2024, is out via Little Cloud Records, clostridiumrecords, and Sister 9 Recordings.
The song is inspired by American writer Herman Melville’s famed
1853 narrative, Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street.
Bartleby is a hypnotizing 5.30-minute psych jam that progresses with a puzzling
and darkwavish cadence. The color is black, the tone is sinister, and the male/female
vocals have a creepy timbre. Think British nightdreamers The Underground Youth.
Fascinating.
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7. ‘All I See Is Trouble’ by BEATOWLS (Liverpool, UK)
All I See Is Trouble is part of the band’s brand new, intriguing album Marma.
The Liverpool’s cult synth-noir outfit bewitch with this mystifying slow-moving trip. Meditative male/female vocals and cinematic synths augment the chilling trip-hop vibe. Trance-like sonority. References? Massive Attack and Portishead. I know, big names.
Here’s why.
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8. ‘Grace’ by IDLES (Bristol, UK)
The Bristol indie punk mavericks have album #5, named Tangk out on 16 February 2024.
This new cut is a bittersweet ballad. Idles show their soft side here and it sounds great.
Watch/listen.
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9. ‘Falling Tooth’ by HANGING FREUD (Glasgow, UK)
This darkwave synth duo from Glasgow-based have their
7th album out, named Worship. Stream it here.
Falling Tooth is one of the standout tracks. A synth riff rotates throughout with
an eerie resonance. It boggles your mind and psyche. The vocals accentuate the
obscure atmosphere even more. Striking score.
Watch/listen.
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10. ‘Mood Pills’ by THE DREAM EATERS (Brooklyn, New York)
I love the way these New Yorkers descibe themselves:
The Carpenters meet Slayer. Hilarious.
“At face value our new song “Mood Pills” simply refers to a pill one takes to enhance their mood. The song deals with what that does to a relationship – how it affects the overall dynamic of a relationship when one person is taking a mood-altering drug. Though love and drugs are common songwriting topics, I wanted to take a stab at writing about a different side of that – namely, the sexual dysfunction that comes from taking psychiatric drugs.”
And yes, on Mood Pills I hear echoes of the legendary pop duo The Carpenters‘ musings, but less sugary and them singing about taking mood-changing drugs back in the day is unthinkable. Oh, I think Slayer showed up too late to fuck up this explicit pearl.
Class!
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