With the Brit Awards missing the mark every year in terms of shining a light on the new and exciting, we decided to take matters into our own hands and come up with a compendium of our own. Here are some of mvm’s best albums you need to listen to.
SQUID: Cowards
An experimental record with as much otherworldly pizzazz and off-kilter psychedelia you can shake a stick at. BBC 6 Music listeners are all over this – and rightly so. Just the right amount of quirk.
Rizzlekicks: Competition is for Losers
An enlightening return by the duo which for the most part, has seemingly gone under the radar. The same funk-infused hip hop remains but underneath lies two artists matured in the studio. Nice to see such a return.
Brooke Combe: Dancing at the Edge of the World
The sooner you’re aware of Brooke, the better. One of Scotland’s most exciting artists, Brooke Combe released her dazzling debut earlier this year. Lush rhythm, soulful arrangements and an intoxicating voice at the forefront – the perfect myriad to an opening statement.
Sam Fender: People Watching
While folks may not be comfortable with him not necessarily being “working class”, you can’t ignore the fact that the boy can sing. I don’t care what anyone says – this is a bonafide masterpiece. A glazed record shining of human experience, it’s alternative spliced with a little bit of Springsteen magic.
HEARTWORMS: glutton for Punishment
The solo project of Jojo Orme is the best thing in alternative rock right now. Her debut is a display of trudging through the swamp; an unnerving presence of something murky under the goop. While it’s stuck to an alt-rock tag, it’s remarkably enigmatic in sound.
The Murder Capital: Blindness
A uniquely fresh and intense project in Blindness comes the Irish groups’ next. It’s classic MC: as dark and distressing as fumbling your way through in the pitch-black for the toilet. Some songs deliver a punch to the face, while others simmer and broil before aforementioned punch to the face.
Mandrake handshake: Earth-Sized Worlds
Art-pop Londoners Mandrake Handshake is a proper chowing down on the post-genre. Improvisations and grooves abound; it’s a funky hello from the collective who will be grabbing all the headlines this Summer, I’m certain. Their sprawling debut tripping on balls has all the ambition to get them there.
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