Josaleigh Pollett - Bywater Call - Lynn Hollyfield - Rusty Shackle - Black Bordello - Bri Fletcher

Josaleigh Pollett - If I Let It Quiet (Album).

Salt Lake City-based singer-songwriter Josaleigh Pollett has issued their fourth full-length album, ‘If I Let It Quiet.’ Produced by long-time collaborator Jordan Watko (Crowd Shy), the record is released via Audio Antihero (Frog / Tiberius / Avery Friedman / CIAO MALZ / Darren Hayman) and Lavender Vinyl on digital and vinyl. A tour of the Pacific Northwest and West Coast accompany the album's release. The work of Pollett and Watko has received a slow burn of recognition over the years, reaching a broader audience with 2023’s electronics-infused ‘In the Garden, By the Weeds,’ thanks to support from notable outlets, including NPR Music’s All Songs Considered, as well as awards and end-of-year lists.

Pollett went on to share bills with St. Vincent, Torres, Deep Sea Diver, DeVotchKa, Mini Trees, and Hibou, as well as performing at Kilby Block Party. Outside of their work with Watko, Pollett’s output included a prolific run of collaborations that included Ekko Astral in 2024 and 2025, in addition to writing a song a day in January 2025 (released as ‘bro’s bad january’). 

“This album is an exploration of what it takes to quiet the noise of geographical and emotional distance in order to hear ourselves and the ones who see us. In true independent DIY fashion and similar to 2023's In The Garden, By The Weeds, If I Let It Quiet is recorded mostly at home between my Salt Lake City makeshift home studio and Jordan's apartment in Japan. The difference this time is that we're bringing in more collaborations. In particular, Andrew Goldring, who in addition to mixing and mastering, brought deeper instrumentation to If I Let It Quiet.” – Josaleigh Pollett. 

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Bywater Call - Broken Souvenirs (Album).

A powerhouse seven-piece Southern soul, roots rock outfit from Toronto, Canada; Bywater Call was nominated for the 2025 UK Blues Award for International Blues Artist of the year for the second straight year, alongside artists such as Beth Hart and Walter Trout.

The band has also received multiple Independent Blues and Canadian Maple Blues Award nominations including Entertainer, Electric Act and Best Female Vocalist for the 2024 Awards Season.

Bywater Call’s music is an exploration of life’s highs and lows. From intimate ballads that lay bare the complexities of human emotion to electrifying anthems that demand to be played at full volume, their catalogue is a journey through human experience, featuring influences from the likes of The Band, The Wood Brothers, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Otis Redding, Little Feat, Sly and the Family Stone, and many more.

Often transcending genres, Bywater Call is known for their dynamic, emotional live shows, featuring powerful vocals and exciting interplay between all band members. And now, on the heels of a highly successful European tour and in the middle of their American tour here is their new album. 

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Lynn Hollyfield - Diving In (Album).

We have the new folk album Diving In from award-winning singer-songwriter Lynn Hollyfield. The album was produced by Grammy-nominated Seth Glier and 
is a stunning collection of songs that reveal the twists and turns in life, our humanness, loss, love, the times we are in, and the path we choose to go through. The range of styles on the album can mostly be called contemporary folk, with a few having a traditional feel and a timeless vibe.

Blend a beautiful alto voice, crisp acoustic guitar, and a heartfelt perspective on the world, and you have Lynn Hollyfield. Known for her warm stage presence and emotionally rich songs, she connects effortlessly with audiences. Writing in a contemporary folk style, Lynn weaves in jazz-influenced chords and bluesy guitar alongside passionate vocals, think Mary Chapin Carpenter meets Bonnie Raitt with a touch of George Gershwin. The result is her own distinctive voice, witty, soulful, and reflective.

Lynn has been writing songs since her teenage years, growing up on Staten Island, NY, surrounded by a wide range of musical influences, from jazz greats like Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra to artists like The Beatles and Neil Young. She began performing locally at a young age and later gained recognition as part of the duo Hollyfield & Spruill, appearing at festivals such as the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.

After launching her solo career, Lynn released several acclaimed albums, including LAYERS (2010), IN THE BALANCE (2014), and LOOK UP (2024), earning national and international airplay along with multiple songwriting awards including being listed in the Top Artists/ Top Albums for the International Folk Alliance. During the pandemic, she also published a children’s book, The Tree, The Ship and Me, with its accompanying song recognized as a finalist in the Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest.

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Rusty Shackle - Stand Up Tall.

Welsh Folk / Rock band 'Rusty Shackle' new single 'Stand Up Tall' was released Friday 24th July. Taken from their forthcoming Album 'Mayfield' which is set for release at the end of August. A raw, heartfelt reflection on friendship, self-confidence andperseverance when times are hard. The universal message inviteslisteners to find their own meaning within the song, but at its heart,it serves as a mantra of encouragement for anyone who feels lost oroverlooked in life.Musically, the track embraces a stripped-back folk sound inspired bythe poetic storytelling of Neil Young, the pastoral textures of The Decemberists and Fleet Foxes, and the understated warmth of Wilco.The unvarnished arrangement allows the song's message to takecentre stage, creating an intimate and timeless atmosphere thatreflects its themes of resilience, compassion, and hope

Rusty Shackle are a hard-gigging folk-rock band from South Wales, known for their infectious energy, anthemic songs, and genre-blurring sound drawn from folk, rock, and indie roots. Since forming in 2010, they’ve built a loyal following through relentless touring and a reputation for exhilarating live shows that get crowds on their feet.

The band have released five studio albums to date, each one expanding their sonic palette while staying rooted in rich melodies, heartfelt lyrics, and a love of storytelling. Their 2022 release, Under a Bloodshot Moon, reached number 2 in the UK Folk Albums Chart and was praised as “a winner” by Get Ready to Rock and “their finest album yet” by Liverpool Sound and Vision.

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Black Bordello - Fugue.

Art-rock provocateurs Black Bordello announce their new EP, Midheaven Tempest, due 18th September 2026 via AWAL, and unveil its first offering with the new single 'Fugue' (24th July 2026), a Fitzgeraldian world of sepia-tinted nostalgia. 'Fugue' offers the first glimpse into the immersive world of Midheaven Tempest, a collection that sees Black Bordello deepen their singular dialogue between art-rock, post-punk and cinematic atmosphere. Expansive yet intimate, the EP embraces contrast, where ornate arrangements meet raw immediacy, and gothic romanticism collides with moments of striking clarity.

With 'Fugue', the band continue to blur the boundaries of artistic, gothic and experimental rock, while drawing more openly from the dramatic sweep and melodic ambition of 1970s rock music. Threaded with baroque flourishes and taut post-punk tension, the single unfolds as a richly layered introduction to the conceptual landscape of Midheaven Tempest, hinting at an EP that is both emotionally resonant and sonically adventurous.

The romantic Hammond-organ introduction to ‘Fugue’ evokes 1920s picture houses and travelling carnival calliopes, hinting at a Fitzgeraldian world of sepia-tinted nostalgia. But any promise of reverie is quickly upended by the verse’s psychedelic, buoyant theatricality. Dripping with the weary, eye-rolling detachment of Peggy Lee’s Is That All There Is?, the track instead unfolds in a haze of Velvet Underground fuzz, Black Heart Procession gloom, and Nick Cave–esque refrains. It moves through jarring shifts in tempo and melody, each one underscoring the band’s restless drive to experiment rather than settle into nostalgia.

Speaking on the single, vocalist and songwriter Sienna Bordello says: “Fugue is a joyful stab into the cardboard cutouts on the set of society's stage. It's our gift to music nerds, inspired by Bach.” 

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Bri Fletcher - Salt Water.

Nashville country artist Bri Fletcher releases new single "Salt Water." Bri Fletcher is crying good tears on her new single, “Salt Water,” an R&B-leaning country anthem that cleverly uses the healing properties of salt water as a remedy for heartbreak. While the production embraces a smoother, more soulful sound, Fletcher’s signature storytelling remains at the heart of the track, blending emotional honesty with undeniable vulnerability.

The song explores the idea that sometimes the first step toward moving on isn’t pretending you’re okay — it’s allowing yourself to feel everything. Fletcher transforms tears into a symbol of hope with the lyric, “Thought I’d never be the one to cry online / But WebMD just said I’ll be alright.”

Its memorable chorus reinforces the song’s central message: “Salt water, it’s good for my skin / I ain’t bothered, it’s got healing benefits / It’ll clean my wounds, rid me right of you / When these tears are running down my face / Salt water, yeah I’ll be okay.”

“Salt Water” marks another step in Fletcher’s evolving artistry, pairing contemporary R&B influences with the heartfelt lyricism that first established her as a country songwriter. It’s a reminder that growth doesn’t always come from hiding your emotions — sometimes it comes from embracing them. With “Salt Water,” Bri Fletcher continues to carve out a lane entirely her own, proving that authentic storytelling can transcend genre while resonating with anyone who has ever cried, healed, and found strength on the other side of heartbreak.

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Nora Stanley - Josaleigh Pollett - RADEMAN - MF Tomlinson - Lauren Minear

Photo - Rachel Andes

Nora Stanley - Red.

Taken from her solo debut album due out on July 31, we have a quote from Nora regarding the latest single. “Red” is the psychic centerpiece of the album, a circular and hypnotic track that begins with the immediate intimacy of voice and guitar alone, patiently adding layers of synths, electric guitars, and flutes as it builds. “Red” is about the comfort Nora finds in the generous nonlinearity of Anne Carson’s work as we hear exactly the ways Nora sees love as an echo of literature’s curious detachment from/demarcation of time, seeking refuge and comfort in Carson’s poetry in the face of romantic loss and healing.

From her work with indie songwriters like Cassandra Jenkins to avant-garde icons such as Fred Frith, Stanley has built a reputation as a versatile and expressive multi-instrumentalist—moving fluidly between woodwinds, synthesizer, voice, and guitar. Drawing inspiration from Anne Carson's writing, the songs on the new album 'Glass' explore reflection and separation—how we see ourselves refracted, held at a distance from the outside world.

Glass is one of those small big words poets most prize. Reflective and transparent, hard and fragile, natural and supernatural, Glass is polymorphic. As a saxophonist, flute player, clarinetist, and synth player, Nora Stanley has accompanied many of our most cherished living songwriters, including Cassandra Jenkins, Beth Orton, and The New Pornographers. She has performed improvised creative music with Benny Bock, Fred Frith, Kenny Wollesen, and Peter Apfelbaum, too. Luckily for us, Glass is not a simple summation of these not-so-disparate paths. The complexity of that giant noun characterizes Nora’s approach to this record’s production as much as it does the variegated career that led to its existence. Glass is a record of subtly devastating songs by a cool headed observer; a mirror and a window.

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Josaleigh Pollett - Bed of Quiet.

"Bed of Quiet is an over-thinker's anthem. A song for the sleepless, and the hours spent playing and replaying scenarios on a loop in your brain where there is no right decision, digging for a yes or a no in a mountain of perhaps. We wanted the production to feel like it belonged in the middle of the night, when you're not quite yet dreaming, but suspended above your body like a projected film of the last few week's events you can't stop watching, playing too loud for sleeping." 

"When Chris Walla sent us some instrumental recordings from the early 2010's he'd yet to use, they fit perfectly into the fitful, crumpled sheets of the bed we were making. The post-chorus vocal "a little doubt-" is also the only time Jordan sings on the record, pitch-shifted all to heaven, of course." – Josaleigh Pollett.

Salt Lake City-based singer-songwriter Josaleigh Pollett issues "Bed of Quiet," which features a guest contribution from Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie), and is the final single from their fourth full-length album, ‘If I Let It Quiet. The new record will be released July 24th via Audio Antihero (Frog / Tiberius / Avery Friedman / CIAO MALZ) and Lavender Vinyl on digital and vinyl.

Although the continuation of Pollett and Watko's collaboration was never in question, the new album's creation faced new challenges due to Watko's relocation to Japan. Despite this separation, the pair opted to make their first cross-continent collaboration more ambitious and exploratory than what had come before.

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RADEMAN - Get Back Up.

All we are going to say on Beehive Candy is this.. "This is one unique and incredible baritone voice, with a song that let's it shine above so many others - fabulous." RADEMAN is a South African-born, Sydney-based country-rock artist. His music combines direct storytelling, a mature dark baritone and guitar-driven production built around resilience, consequence and the battles people carry privately.

RADEMAN creates country-rock, outlaw country and southern rock shaped by direct storytelling and emotional weight. Born in South Africa and based in Sydney, RADEMAN writes about resilience, internal conflict, accountability and the decision to stand up again when life has taken something from you.

The music moves between restrained, vulnerable verses and full-band choruses. Guitars, low-end weight and a mature dark baritone carry the songs without losing the human detail inside them. Get Back Up is RADEMAN’s debut single and the opening chapter of The War Inside, a wider body of work about the battles people rarely speak about.

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Photo - Andrea Zvadova

MF Tomlinson - Heaven Is Other People.

Australian, London-based MF Tomlinson today announces new EP 'Heaven Is Other People' and shares its life-affirming, piano-led title track, marking his first new music since the release of his critically acclaimed third album Die To Wake Up From A Dream (2025). Entering a new creative chapter, Tomlinson describes Heaven Is Other People as "a collection of lo-fi gestural pieces on human connection", written following the birth of his first child and recorded during impromptu sessions at his studio in Poplar, London.

Across its five tracks, Tomlinson embraces a looser, more instinctive approach, balancing patient, spacious songwriting with richly layered instrumentation alongside his regular collaborators (the "MFs"): Ed Grimshaw (drums), Ben Manning (bass), Gail Tasker (flute) and Kayvon Nabijou (keys and saxophone).

Carried by buoyant piano, circling woodwinds and radiant orchestral swells, lead single and title track 'Heaven Is Other People' moves Tomlinson's singular songwriting into unexpectedly joyful territory. Growing from intimate reflection into an expansive hymn to human connection, 'Heaven Is Other People' finds transcendence in the ordinary, celebrating the people who shape our lives.

On the new song, Tomlinson said: "Ten months ago I became a father - not long after, fragments of lyrics and chords assembled themselves into this song. This song is a crystallisation of the sun in the morning, three in the bed, three hours sleep-happiness that’s here now. It’s the sound of a little smile, a release after a long time of quietly hoping, a trajectory that brought on a whole new body of work. We recorded this in our studio, inspired by artists like Tom Waits, Mitski & Ron Sexsmith. Hope you dig!"

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Lauren Minear - Ellie.

New York–based alternative singer-songwriter Lauren Minear returns with “Ellie,” a warm, uplifting, and emotionally resonant new single that explores the complexities of neurodivergence, identity, and self-understanding. Balancing deeply personal subject matter with buoyant, liberating production, the track transforms a moment of recognition into an anthem of compassion for both ourselves and the parts of us we may have spent years trying to understand.

The song was sparked by an unexpected emotional reaction. After listening to a podcast exploring eight different presentations of ADHD in girls, Lauren found herself profoundly affected by one particular profile. Diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, she immediately recognized something familiar in the story.

“I had a very strong emotional reaction to one of the profiles,” she explains. “So I wrote her a song.” Though rooted in a specific experience, “Ellie” ultimately speaks to something much broader: the feeling of growing up without the language to explain who you are. 

Rather than leaning into melancholy, Lauren intentionally chose a more uplifting sonic direction. “For some reason, I always heard ‘Ellie’ as a dance track,” she shares. “The first time I listened to it, I was literally dancing in my closet.” Inspired in part by watching artist sombr build his breakout track “back to friends,” Lauren wanted the production to counterbalance the darkness of the song’s themes with a sense of movement and release.

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Hecojeni - American Aquarium - Josaleigh Pollett - Tony Fox

Hecojeni - Riding The Merry Go.

Hecojeni contacted us directly with their current single 'Riding The Merry Go' which immediately grabbed our attention for all the right reasons. There is a freshness to their indie rock styling, it's energised and yet melodically engaging which might be a prolonged way of saying it's catchy, but worth the extra  words in our opinion. The background - Hecojeni is an indie rock duo from Greenville, South Carolina creating melody-first songs that move between alt-folk balladry and groove-forward indie rock, with reviewers drawing comparisons to The Breeders, Talking Heads, and David Bowie. Heath Cobb writing, playing and vocals, Jeff Niebuhr writing, playing, and producing. The catalog moves easily between alt-folk balladry and groove-forward indie rock. 

The story behind the band is unusual. In April 2022, Jeff and Heath tracked a single song together on a portable rig in Port Royal, South Carolina — Catch Me When I Fall. The session ended, and Heath disappeared. Not figuratively. He moved onto a boat a mile off the South Carolina coast and stayed there for two years, kayaking in once a week for supplies, running five to twelve miles a day on the mainland with no headphones, no infrastructure, no audience.

Jeff finished the song anyway. He released it in November 2023 — less a debut single than a flare into open space. Heath surfaced in April 2024. What followed wasn't a comeback. It was an eruption. Fragments Jeff had been carrying for years collided with songs Heath was bringing back fully formed, and what had been a band-in-progress turned into a catalog: Catch Me When I Fall, Christmas Lost Today, Human Race, Only in My Mind, Summer's Calling, Riding the Merry Go, with more in the pipeline.

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American Aquarium - Twin Flames.

Amidst the defiant stomp of new album New Ways to Lose, out this Friday, June 26th via Losing Side Records, American Aquarium band leader BJ Barham finds a moment to joyously celebrate a love so strong it could last lifetimes on “Twin Flames.” Over an E Street-style, horn-drenched shuffle, Barham sings an emphatic ode to his wife, declaring “and it felt like we knew each other for the last couple centuries.” Barham has never sounded so happy, and who can blame him. 

“In Plato’s The Symposium, he suggests that human beings spend their entire life seeking their ‘other half’ to complete themselves and this song is my take on that idea,” explains Barham. “Roaming through this realm in search of the kind of love that feels like a missing part of yourself. The kind of love that feels like you’ve known that person forever. The kind of love that leaves you feeling empty and broken when you think of a life removed from them. The kind of love that I think we all yearn for.”

On American Aquarium’s new album New Ways to Lose, Barham and his band of road warriors turn two decades of survival into a driving, deeply-felt rock & roll statement — one built on resilience, reinvention, and the hard-earned clarity that only comes with time. Produced once again by multi-time Grammy winner Shooter Jennings, the album was recorded in Los Angeles over a 10-day session that captured the band at their most immediate and alive. Much of the record was tracked live, with Jennings encouraging spontaneity and instinct over perfection, while a round of overdubs offered the opportunity to add three-part harmonies and horn arrangements to the songs. The result is a muscular, cinematic record that embraces both sides of American Aquarium's identity: the bruised confessionals of a songwriter who's already spent decades sharpening his craft, and the full-throttle release of an anthemic, amplified rock & roll band.


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Josaleigh Pollett - Like a River.

Salt Lake City-based singer-songwriter Josaleigh Pollett issues the "Like a River" single ahead of their fourth full-length album, ‘If I Let It Quiet, and West Coast tour. Produced by long-time collaborator Jordan Watko (Crowd Shy), the new record will be released July 24th via Audio Antihero. The work of Pollett and Watko has received a slow burn of recognition over the years. Following Pollett’s warm and rootsy solo debut 'Strangers,' the duo initially found acclaim together in 2020 with the Indie Rock crunch of their ‘No Woman Is the Sea’ album. They reached a broader audience still with 2023’s electronics-infused ‘In the Garden, By the Weeds,’ thanks to support from notable outlets, including awards and end-of-year lists.

Although the continuation of Pollett and Watko's collaboration was never in question, the new album's creation faced new challenges due to Watko's relocation to Japan. Despite this separation, the pair opted to make their first cross-continent collaboration more ambitious and exploratory than what had come before. 

“Like a River is about an attempt at quieting the noise of my own thoughts and of a chaotic world around me in order to try to be more resilient. A too-late-coffee-fueled yellow-light-lit silent moment - having arrived at myself just in time to feel my pulse speed up and the news of the day sweep me away into frothing rapids. Hoping for the peace of a quiet river bank, only to remember that a river is swift, chaotic, and ever-changing the earth beneath it. Inspired by Paul Simon's Peace Like a River- a song I've always held in my heart as a beautiful protest song." – Josaleigh Pollett. 

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Tony Fox - Rising.

Tony Fox describes "Rising" as: "A song about rising above darkness and difficulty. It’s about shining even when times are hard, inspiring people to rise, inspiring people to shine, and reminding them that they are beautiful." Tony Fox is a female-fronted 3-piece band from Cornwall, creating pagan-punk rock & roll, psych-poetry music. The songs and performance blend raw energy with passion & spirit.

Tony Fox is an enigma - an androgynous, mysterious character and the musical alias of Jessica Cox. Jess grew up in the depths of West Cornwall, where post-industrial economic deprivation meets the seaside holiday village, where alternative thinkers and artists came to seek solitude from materialistic society, meeting farmers and fishermen. The band’s music portrays this landscape, with tones of punk through powerful, poetry-led lyrics about the life's hardships.

Currently working as a three-piece Tony Fox drives performance with costume, mixing pagan masks with big dresses, adding guitar feedback and crowd dancing to connect with the audience. The band met through a love of surfing and music; things that keep young people alive in Cornwall. They wanted to create a sound of their own, a step away from over-engineered bands and technical perfection. This music is about heart. It's about taking rock & roll back to where it began. The project is a DIY collaboration that has been helped along through friends and favours, and for the most part self-funded by Jess (a single mother who experienced a period of homelessness with her daughter during the making of the album). The grit and determination of her story – economically and emotionally – are present in the album which fizzes with soul and heart.

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The Blue Fiddles - Josaleigh Pollett - The Songs of Butler & Cupples - POMELO

The Blue Fiddles - Boundless Desire.

The Blue Fiddles return with "Boundless Desire," a new single that embraces the passion of Southern rock and Americana while carrying the weight and reverence of a sacred hymn. Composed and written by looping artist Victor Vas, the song draws its lyrical foundation from George MacDonald's devotional poem Diary of an Old Soul, translating its meditation on spiritual perseverance into an affirming anthem for all.
 
At its heart, "Boundless Desire" reckons with the enduring struggle MacDonald named more than a century ago, those moments "when I can no more stir my soul to move, and life is but the ashes of a fire." Vas takes that stillness and answers it with sound: the slide of an overdriven guitar, the force of a fiddle built for the leads, and a chorus that is equally at home in the church pew as it is on the back porch.

“The first time I encountered MacDonald's writing, I felt the words he wrote almost 150 years ago hit me straight in the heart.” says Vas. “I immediately imagined his poem as a song, and thought it was so well fit for music and our moment that someone must already have done it. I couldn't find a song that was a match though, so I just had to write it myself.”

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Josaleigh Pollett - The Witness.

Salt Lake City-based singer-songwriter Josaleigh Pollett has announced their fourth full-length album, ‘If I Let It Quiet, and West Coast tour with new single, "The Witness." Produced by long-time collaborator Jordan Watko (Crowd Shy), the new record will be released July 24th via Audio Antihero (Frog/ Tiberius/Avery Friedman/CIAO MALZ) and Lavender Vinyl on digital and vinyl.

The work of Pollett and Watko has received a slow burn of recognition over the years. Following Pollett’s warm and rootsy solo debut 'Strangers,' the duo initially found acclaim together in 2020 with the Indie Rock crunch of their ‘No Woman Is the Sea’ album. They reached a broader audience still with 2023’s electronics-infused ‘In the Garden, By the Weeds,’ thanks to support from notable outlets, including awards and end-of-year lists.

Pollett went on to share bills with St. Vincent, Torres, Deep Sea Diver, DeVotchKa, Mini Trees, and Hibou, as well as performing at Kilby Block Party. Additionally, they collaborated with Ekko Astral in 2024 and 2025. Although the continuation of Pollett and Watko's collaboration was never in question, the new album's creation faced new challenges due to Watko's relocation to Japan.

Despite this separation, the pair opted to make their first cross-continent collaboration more ambitious and exploratory than what had come before. The first single from this effort, October's "Radio Player" was praised for its atmosphere, melody, unconventional structure, evocation of VHS horror, and Pollett’s “career-best vocal performance.”

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The Songs of Butler & Cupples - Frequency.

Following the momentum of their first two 2026 releases, The Songs of Butler & Cupples return with ‘Frequency’, a vibrant and genre-fluid new single that further establishes the project’s songwriting-first ethos. Rooted in collaboration, musicianship, and substance over spectacle.

The release continues to position the duo as one of the more creatively ambitious emerging songwriting projects operating outside the constraints of traditional band structures. Conceived as a platform where the song itself remains the central focus, The Songs of Butler & Cupples was formed in response to a modern music landscape often driven more by perception than composition.

Helmed by two experienced industry songwriters, the project allows ideas to dictate direction, unrestricted by genre expectations or commercial formulas. With ‘Frequency’, the pair step into jazz-infused R&B and alternative pop territory, showcasing yet another dimension to their increasingly diverse catalogue.

Thematically, ‘Frequency’ explores the emotional unpredictability of club culture and human connection. Built around the idea that being on the “right frequency” can create euphoric, transcendent experiences, while being out of sync can spiral into something disorientating and surreal, the track embraces both chaos and beauty in equal measure. Drawing comparisons to the unsettling allure of a David Lynch narrative, the single balances tension with warmth, creating an atmosphere that feels hypnotic, immersive, and emotionally charged.

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Photo - Dan Hennessy and Stevie O'Neill

POMELO - Nasty Sauce

POMELO is the duo of Luke Elliott and Wynnm Murphy. Together they make seductive and engaging art-pop that displays evident awareness of its antecedents but feels very much like forward-facing music for today and tomorrow. LORELESS is their debut, which we announced last month. Second single, "Nasty Sauce" is out today. It reminds me a bit of Tirzah, maybe some echoes of Martina Topley-Bird. Like much of the record, it smolders but also, it stuns.

Vulnerable and personal and baked with humanness, LORELESS is an album about being. A genuine trip, and if we are living on a shopping strip mall mode towards oblivion, LORELESS accesses the tangible magic of the mundane. Paying attention to where you are and not where you will be. The album is raw and careful - the kind that pulls a curtain, applies arnica oil, and tenderises a muscle with a kitchen timer on 60 minutes. It’s listening to an open wound, from this life or the last. LORELESS is an honest reckoning with purpose, histories, influences and sad magic that’s cathartic, acknowledged, satisfying.

POMELO is the Amsterdam-based art pop duo of Wynnm Murphy and Luke Elliott. Together they craft a sonic world of sonar on solid ground, where avant-garde electronic techniques meet watery, resonant textures and sexy storytelling. The duo's debut, LORELESS is a hypnotic, kinetic blend of pop, ambient, and electronic music; distinct, otherworldly, and oddly familiar, like an uncanny encounter.

"Unlike earlier projects in our respective careers that often felt like labors of love," the duo says, "this album felt like pure flow. There have never been timelines, goals, marks to make or expectations, and it has come alive on its own."

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