The best new music landing this Friday, from here and across the ditch.
New Music Friday is looking particularly good this week, with The Avalanches back in the mix, Peking Duk finally inching closer to that debut album, and plenty of brilliant local releases in between.
Here’s what we’re spinning.
BIG NOTER – ‘BIG NOTER’ feat. Joe Talbot
BIG NOTER recruit IDLES frontman Joe Talbot for ‘BIG NOTER’, a fairly brutal send-up of loudmouths, big egos and the kind of dude everyone has unfortunately met.
Guitars are filthy, the low end is filthy, and debut album Songs In The Key Of Wrestling is shaping up accordingly.
THE AVALANCHES – ‘Can’t Get Over Losing You’ feat. Portraits of Tracy
The Avalanches are back doing what they do best: making nostalgia sound much better than it probably was.
‘Can’t Get Over Losing You’ throws garage-rock drums, euphoric samples and Portraits of Tracy into the mix ahead of fourth album No Bad Memories, out October 16.
PEKING DUK – ‘Can’t Fit In’ feat. Killer Mike, Nate Husser & Kingstarlight
Peking Duk have somehow got Killer Mike, Nate Husser and Kingstarlight onto the same track, which is already enough reason to press play.
‘Can’t Fit In’ goes full French touch before their absurdly long-awaited debut album Paradise finally arrives August 14.
ROWENA WISE – ‘Unlearning Of Love’
Rowena Wise is busy pulling apart everything we’ve been told love is supposed to look like on ‘Unlearning Of Love’.
The final single from Bad Things Feel Good sits in that messy little space between friendship and romance where nobody really knows what’s going on — which is kind of the point.
ZIPPORAH – ‘White Flag’
ZIPPORAH folds a little country storytelling into her mix of alternative R&B, neo-soul and jazz on ‘White Flag’, and it suits her beautifully.
Taken from the extended cut of NAUNGU URUI, it’s about knowing when to stop fighting for something — harder than it sounds.
MACEY – ‘sad and selfish’ feat. Savanna Leigh
MACEY hands Savanna Leigh the other side of the story on a new version of ‘sad and selfish’, and suddenly the apology gets a little more complicated.
Her verse turns the track from one guy looking back at a relationship into an actual conversation, which does wonders for it.
KITTY OF THE VALLEY – ‘Krautrock’
Kitty of the Valley have called their krautrock-inspired single ‘Krautrock’, so at least nobody can accuse them of false advertising.
Driving guitars, a motorik pulse and plenty of controlled chaos make this one feel built for a small room getting progressively sweatier.
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