Our music editor Adam Humphries brings you the top 5 pieces of music for listening to this week. Make sure to add them to your playlist!
The Foals – Wake Me Up
The Foals’ latest track, ‘Wake Me Up’, is dripping with feel-good indie flavors. The alt-rockers new single is everything you’d expect from a band of their caliber. ‘Wake Me Up’, lyrically, is about the band’s experiences during COVID-19 lockdowns. They express their longing for independence and look forward to the day when they can travel the world once more. It’s a thought-provoking story that many will relate to, especially given the previous unprecedented years we’ve all had to suffer.
Mura Masa ft SlowThai – Deal Wiv It
English talent Mura Masa and the voice of the youth slowthai have teamed up to deliver us a full-on riot pop anthem. “Deal Wiv It” possesses real toss-me-around, so what if I chip tooth energy. The entire song is unapologetically English. Both slowthai’s vocally dramatic presence and Mura Masa’s stellar overlaying ribbed guitar, gritty bass work, and tick-tocking high hats create a realm filled with relaxed chaos. It is the enthralling vision of someone calmy narrating the world around you as it crumbles. This is the new wave. This is post-punk.
Coldplay – Higher Power
Coldplay has never stopped reaching for the stars, and will seemingly not rest until they can find out what it feels like to actually be up there. “Higher Power” received generally positive reviews from music critics.
Kate Nash – Misery
Kate Nash has released a new track called ‘Misery’ and shared details of a “DIY” US tour. The single marks the singer-songwriter’s first material in 18 months, following on from 2019’s ‘Bad Lieutenant’ and ‘Trash’, and reflects the feelings Nash experienced throughout the coronavirus-enforced lockdown.
Michael Kiwanuka – Beautiful Life
British-born soul singer Michael Kiwanuka dropped “Beautiful Life.” The song is featured on the new Netflix documentary Convergence: Courage in a Crisis, which is also out this week and directed by Oscar-winning director Orlando von Einsiedel.
