Weekly5 is back after a two-week break, but as your inbox probably shows, I haven’t been sitting lazily on my butt the whole time. Nevertheless, I’m excited to dive into some new sounds together with you once more today.
In this edition, there’s a hotbed of invigorating rock music, creeping post-folk, and haunting cold wave. Come along!
The Queen’s Head
Today
Floating around New Order, some spoken word sprinkled in: Today by The Queen’s Head sounds confident and devastatingly cool. This London-based band demonstrate how effortlessly they manage to morph and iterate on the existing to create something excitingly different.
Marionette
You Always Come First
No apologies, just straight into the face. Cardiff’s Marionette soar between post-punk and garage rock in their new single, You Always Come First. A lo-fi production, rattling and rumbling with untamed energy, kicking and screaming with undeniable passion.
Flying Horseman
Engines
Antwerp’s Flying Horseman build anticipation from the first note. Engines sounds smooth, with a slight psychedelic undercoat, anxious bell play and a palpable urge. And once the band opens the valve with sophistication, it’s an exquisite liberation to fall into.
Ledher Blue
Craic
Two quite different friends set out to be the poster boys of Portuguese indie rock. Ledher Blue’s single Craic is a daring anthem, glowing with the warmth of the Portuguese sun and a Dublin twist. Grand gestures like Oasis, infectious like The Strokes. Definitely a band to watch.
Tamara Qaddoumi
The Murmur
Haunting and sinister is the soundscape painted by Tamara Qaddoumi, an artist born in Kuwait with Palestinian, Lebanese, and Scottish roots. The Murmur echoes in the deep bass, like smoke, taking on new shapes until it flows into a marching groove. Hypnotic, dark, but captivating.
