Following on from the fantastic Can't Stop Moving back in February, Ghost Hours (real name Ron Fountenberry) is back with new track Fever. Even more blissed out on Fever, here Ghost Hours delivers a horizontally chilled summer sound with so much heart.
Stream: It's Not Real - Hazel English
Following on from debut single Never Going Home, the California based Australian has just released new track It's Not Real. It's another shimmering slice of fizzy and jangling beach dream pop. Like the end-of-summer, It's Not Real feels like the end of something, the song calling on listeners to stay genuine.
Stream: Promise - MUNA
Promise is the storming new single from LA trio MUNA, comprising of band members Kate, Josette and Naomi. Their second single of the summer, Promise is a dark synth-pop record that talks to the feelings that result from mistaking expressions of passion for expressions of love. Kate sings of girls that sabotage their loves to punish themselves - "They can't believe that they deserve anything else".
Promise is a perfect pop moment and a fab follow-up to earlier single So Special. Check it out below:
Stream: Under Rage - Tep No
Following up his track Pacing from last month, Canadian producer Tep No is back with this new big soulful electronic pop track. There is a bit less of a washed out feel to Under Rage, and instead we get something that sounds like a Balearic take on Prince. Cue big insistent hooks and warm gorgeous melodies.
Stream: Stronger - Say Yes Dog
Say Yes Dog were formed back in 2011 by two Germans and one Luxembourger and they create clever electronic pop music reminiscent of Hot Chip and Metronomy. Stronger, out yesterday, is their latest single and it combines a killer hook with the vocals adding to the appeal here - loving this track!
Look out for album Plastic Love, out 4 September 2015 through Diskodogs Records / Cargo. Listen to Stronger below: