Kadhja Bonet has returned with “Don’t Rely On Us,” the lead single and video from her forthcoming EP “Battlewear,” set to launch September 18 through Bandcamp. Premiered by FLOOD Journal, the monitor pairs Bonet’s radiant vocals with a pulsing, guitar-driven beat, delivering a pointy rebuke to company greed and environmental complacency.
“After we use their merchandise and switch a blind eye we ship the message that we don’t thoughts nonetheless they function, whoever they harm.” Bonet stated.
Bonet urges the general public to make aware each day decisions and acknowledge how all of us contribute to this complacency.
“Decolonizing our cash is a really intricate course of and I’m nowhere close to full,” Bonet stated.
“Battlewear” marks Bonet’s first self-release in practically a decade, with digital and restricted vinyl editions obtainable solely through Bandcamp. A full-length album is deliberate for early 2026.
Celebrated for her earlier data “The Customer” (2016) and “Childqueen” (2018), Bonet has collaborated with Anderson .Paak, Infantile Gambino, Khruangbin, Bonobo, and was sampled on Kendrick Lamar’s “Die Exhausting.” After a short hiatus to earn a grasp’s in music expertise, she’s again together with her most politically charged and sonically adventurous work but.
Stream ““Don’t Rely On Us”: https://kadhjabonet.bandcamp.com/monitor/dont-count-on-us
Rising Brooklyn-based artist Anaïs & The Hoops steps ahead at this time with “Rising Pains,” a six-track EP now streaming in all places. Mixing indie-pop sparkle with jazz and people touches, the gathering is playful, nostalgic, and deeply private — three years within the making.
Formed by collaboration, the file options contributions from producer Ben Coleman, Anaïs’ dwell band, her mom (who helped with the French-language monitor “Passe le temps”), and even a poem from a detailed pal woven into “Cool.”
“Principally, each track was touched by somebody in or across the dwell band,” she stated.
At its coronary heart, “Rising Pains” is about identification and self-discovery, capturing the strain of holding onto youth whereas shifting ahead. Written after her transfer from California to New York, they mark a chapter of development that now defines her artistry.
“These songs have been a number of the first I wrote that actually felt like me,” Anaïs stated.
Raised in San Diego and seasoned in jazz golf equipment earlier than discovering her footing as a songwriter, Anaïs Lund has carved out an area together with her retro-tinged indie mission, Anaïs & The Hoops. Identified for her magnetic dwell exhibits, she has already offered out headline gigs, performed NXNE in Toronto, and supported Jade Hen and Thunder Jackson.
To have a good time the discharge, Anaïs & The Hoops will carry out at NYC’s Nightclub 101 on September fifth.
Stream “Rising Pains”: https://ffm.to/anaisandthehoops
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Grownup Leisure dropped their closing pre-album single at this time with “Boy Grows Outdated,” the final style earlier than debut LP “The Issues You Don’t Know But” arrives October 3 on restricted vinyl. The monitor additionally marks the band’s second collaboration with The 1975 / Sam Fender saxophonist John Waugh.
Guitarist David Woolford calls the track a uncooked reflection on youth with out the rose-tinted glow:
“This track is a snapshot of childhood, with the posh of hindsight,” Woolford stated. “It’s a heartfelt message to our youthful selves, recognising we are able to’t change the previous however, we are able to replicate on it and study from our experiences.”
Shaped in Bristol in 2020, Grownup Leisure rapidly discovered their footing with a string of singles that led to their debut EP “The Weekend Ritual” in 2022, which earned early BBC Radio 1 and press assist. A second EP adopted in 2023, drawing consideration from Wonderland and additional nationwide radio play. Alongside sold-out hometown exhibits and a number of UK excursions, the band’s dynamic dwell fame has carried them to festivals and phases throughout Europe, cementing their place as one of the crucial thrilling new names in indie.
With greater than 250,000 streams already on the file’s singles, plus assist from BBC Radio, The Line of Finest Match, and “Made In Chelsea,” their debut full-length arrives with weight behind it. Following the discharge of “The Issues You Don’t Know But,” Grownup Leisure will hit the street for a 12-date UK headline tour kicking off October 9 at London’s Sebright Arms and wrapping November 8 in Liverpool.
Stream “Boy Grows Outdated” and purchase tickets right here: https://linktr.ee/adultleisure
Rising singer-songwriter Avery Lynch has launched her new EP “Glad We Met” through RECORDS/Sony Music. The 9-track assortment options current singles “Rain,” “the boys who don’t know what they need,” “give it some thought,” “Lifeless to Me,” “Lasting Results,” and “Sweetheart,” alongside brand-new materials.
Constructed on lush piano preparations and Lynch’s mushy, expressive vocals, “Glad We Met” is a mission of heartbreak, therapeutic, and renewal. It additionally marks a artistic milestone — her first co-produced file — giving the music a deeper sense of intimacy and possession.
“Every track follows the start of the love story I’ve been residing for over 5 years now,” Lynch stated. “Some songs are about heartbreak and shifting on, and others are about falling in love once more. All of it comes along with the title monitor ‘I’m Glad We Met,’ which tells the story of assembly my important different, the place we’ve gone, and the place we at the moment are.”
Initially from Pennsylvania and now based mostly in Los Angeles, Lynch started writing on the piano at age seven and has constructed a fame as a pure storyteller. Typically described as a “comfortable woman crammed with unhappy songs,” her music has resonated extensively.
To kickoff the discharge, Lynch will tour the West Coast this fall, kicking off November 14 in Portland with stops in Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
Stream “Glad We Met”: https://avelynch.ffm.to/gladwemet
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Manchester’s The Maple State are again. The reunited group will launch their new album “Don’t Take Perpetually” on November 7, 2025 — their first full-length album since 2018’s “The Issues I Heard At The Occasion,” and their first collectively in 20 years.
The band are previewing the file with lead single “Settle Down,” which got here out yesterday on all platforms. Produced by Drew Farrer, the monitor bristles with ‘90s-inspired grit earlier than bursting right into a fuzzed-out, Pinkerton-era Weezer crescendo. Its official video is streaming now.
Frontman Greg Counsell describes the one as a mirrored image on relationships and missed milestones.
“I realised I used to be 35 and all my pals have been married with youngsters and homes and I used to be no nearer to having an grownup, grown up relationship than I used to be at 18,” he stated. “I had spent my life in a sequence of doomed relationships, and the refrain of this track may nearly be utilized to the primary phases of any of them. It’s a track that sits someplace between hope, despair and self-mockery.”
The monitor additionally sparked the band’s reunion. After greater than a decade aside, Counsell and drummer John Goodwin reconnected in 2020 whereas working with producer Farrer. By 2021, all 4 members have been again within the studio collectively, recording new materials for the primary time in 15 years.
The Maple State will mark the discharge with a particular hometown present at Aatma in Manchester on October 24.
Stream “Settle Down”: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/themaplestate/settle-down
Purchase tickets right here: https://themaplestate.bandcamp.com/merch
Cardiff alt-rock six-piece Breichiau Hir have shared a dwell session video for “Syllu Mewn I’r Gwagle” (Staring Into The Void), the opening monitor from their acclaimed second album “Y Dwylo Uwchben” (The Fingers Above).
The efficiency — recorded at One Louder Studios in Newport with producer Phil Smith — is the primary of 5 tracks from a full dwell session set to be revealed October 31. The band’s trademark mixture of cathartic noise, fragile melody, and Welsh-language lyricism is on full show, pairing ferocity with vulnerability.
The discharge follows information that “Y Dwylo Uwchben” has been shortlisted for the Welsh Music Prize 2025, a significant nod for the DIY outfit.
“We’re very proud that Y Dwylo Uwchben has been shortlisted for the Welsh Music Prize,” Frontman Steffan Dafydd stated. “A whole lot of onerous work went into making this album, and we’re already happy with what we’ve created. We self-released this album utterly DIY with assist from only a handful of shut collaborators, so it means an enormous quantity to us to have that effort acknowledged alongside such sensible Welsh expertise and heroes.”
Alongside the brand new session, Breichiau Hir will hit the street this autumn supporting Goldie Lookin Chain and showing at Sŵn Pageant in Cardiff.
Stream “Y Dwylo Uwchben”: https://ditto.fm/y-dwylo-uwchben
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