Harriet Brown - "Driver's Seat"

Last time I mentioned Harriet Brown on here was when I included Contact on my 2017 longlist. Based on the strength of the "Driver's Seat" single, there's a chance Mall of Fortune will be on the 2019 list.

The full-length comes out next month on Innovative Leisure, but there are already four track streaming on the Bandcamp page and the video for "Driver's Seat" came out last Thursday.

The track is a percussive, insistent JAM that is just pristinely produced. The mix, with echoed vocals, bubbling synth lines and a litany of snaps, claps and taps just pushes the listener forward for a full five minutes. SOOOOOOOOOO GOOD.

 

BADBADNOTGOOD - "I Don't Know (ft. Samuel T. Herring)"

Following on the heels of one of my favourite records of 2016 - and favourite organ lines of all time - Toronto's BADBADNOTGOOD and Future Islands' Samuel T Herring just dropped this triumphant torch song via Innovative Leisure.

The protagonist of the song might not know, but I sure do. This is a a stunner.

Classixx - "Borderline"

I have spent the morning working on UMFM's charts, which really just amounts to adding up spins and transcribing results. It's the kind of mindless thing where what I put on in the background can frequently claim the lion's share of my attention, and today, I have spun this song (and the full-length from which it comes) pretty much non-stop. "Borderline" is not a borderline pick, it's a sure-shot winner. Beautiful.

Nosaj Thing - "Snap"

No, this has nothing to do with that Snap, but ain't no thing like a Nosaj Thing. Nosaj Thing - Snap by Innovative Leisure

Rhye - "The Fall" and "3 Days"

Kudos to the Pro from Dover for putting me on to Rhye. He told me it'd be my jam and he was absolutely right. LOVELY stuff. Rhye by Jennnifer