Stream: Sweet Spot - Wild Beasts

Following on from the excellent Wanderlust this new track from Wild Beasts' new album Present Tense has me excited for the album... It's a bit of a build, but the big chords that cut through the track from 3:15 are beautiful.

Present Tense is released through Domino on 24 February.

Wild Beasts - Sweet Spot Buy Sweet Spot at iTunes - http://po.st/SweetSpotiTunes Pre-Order Present Tense at: Domino - http://po.st/PresentTenseDM iTunes - http://po.st/PresentTense UK / EU / US 'Present Tense' Tour Dates - Buy Tickets Here : http://po.st/WBSITE

Video: Be Around - The Peach Kings

Absolutely loving both the video and song for this new track from LA blues outfit The Peach Kings. The layered video feels moody and hot, which totally goes with the sultry tones of the song itself. This is basically what a James Bond title sequence would be like if James Bond was a slightly gawky hipster.

From the Mojo Thunder EP Video by Paul Trillo - vimeo.com/paultrillo‎ GET THIS TRACK FOR FREE HERE: http://thepeachkings.bandcamp.com/track/be-around special thanks to Funkhaus - http://www.funkhaus.us/

Video: Heavy Sea - Thom Cross

"Heavy Sea" is the debut single from new solo artist Thom Cross Available on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/heavy-sea-single/id809992087 https://www.facebook.com/ThomCrossMusic https://twitter.com/thomcrossmusic http://www.youtube.com/user/ThomCrossMusic http://www.thomcross.com/ Produced by Thom Cross & Will Donbavand 'Heavy Sea' video: WRITER/DIRECTOR Phoebe Hartley PRODUCER Tamasin Simpkin EDITOR Ben Hall DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Cesar Salmeron COSTUME DESIGN Holly Preston COSTUME ASSISTANT Heather Smith

Full disclosure: The Thom Cross lead singer is a personal friend, but still, this video and debut single are pretty strong. There's a big Bowie vibe to the song and you can consider my emotions amped...

The video for Heavy Sea was created by WHAM BAM in Melbourne.

You can grab the single on iTunes.

Stream: Look Back In Laughter - Hugh

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This second single from Hugh has a lovely laid-back feel to it and I also totally love the message behind it... The things that stress you out today will almost certainly seem largely irrelevant one day.

Hugh is a new project from Joshua Idehen, who I've covered here both for his work with the excellent Debian Blak and with his other band Benin City. Hugh is a collaboration with Izzy Broox, Andy Highmore and Martin Kolarides that takes a more blissed out form than Idehen's more upbeat Benin City material, but it's just as good. Check out previous track Not Fair Too Far whilst you are here:

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EP Review: WHOWILLLUVU - Frenchfire

WHOWILLLUVU is a haunting and emotive tech-house record that crafts feeling out of layered female vocals and an insistent synth melody. It feels more influenced by dubstep and Burial as anything produced within the confines of the house genre, granting it sense of isolation and urban sadness. The melodies resemble steel drums and it feels like a downtrodden and depressed reimagining of Jamie XX's uplifting Far Nearer. It is positively boiling over with pent up emotion.

Alongside the original is a mix for Lithuania's Vidis. His mix stays very much in keeping with the intent of the original, but with a slightly lifted pace and a greater focus on the rhythm track. That vocal still creates the main focus though, and the remix is just as good as the original.

WHOWILLLUVU is out now on Biologic, available from Amazon.co.uk on MP3 [affiliate link]. Check out a preview of the original in the Soundcloud player below or listen to the whole Vidis remix on YouTube:

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SOFTLY SYSTEMATIC Taste is the only factor. Quality is the only limit. Support the artist: ◊ FREnchfire https://www.facebook.com/FREnchfiremusic https://soundcloud.com/frenchfire ◊ Vidis https://www.facebook.com/vidisofficial https://soundcloud.com/vidis Download: https://soundcloud.com/vidis/flux No copyright infringement intended. Video will be removed if requested by the copyright owner.