New Music Alert 09.04.21 featuring Beak>, Mog, Jen Athan, GSYBE, Louise DaCosta, Rudebeard, Slippery Trashmouf
Another week of fantastic new music , You can fuind all these songs and much more on our YCTR 2021 playlist here that you should follow or even share if your feeling generous. The more that follow , the more people hear the great music that we discover on YouCallThat.Com and You Call That Radio TV . We update it every week and 2021 has produced some gems already but here is a few below I had to write about .
‘I Love Me, I Love Me Not’ EP by Jen Athan
The queen of ‘Sad Girl Pop‘ is back with a new E.P and sounding better than ever. Some keen eyed viewers of You Call That Radio TV may recognise her from the ‘That’s What She Said: Unviable’ special hosted by Becci Wallace where she joined in the panel discussion and played a stunning live session. The EP is unashamedly pop and probably a bit more pop than you are used to on the show or on this website but the point is I don’t have anything against good pop music and this is certainly top notch. She also writes it all, plays all the instruments and produces it herself whilst also self-releasing it so it fits into a more DIY punk ethos in my book. There is Authentic emotion in this despite self-aware words to the contrary on one of the songs.
I hear similarities to some of Beck’s more electro-pop stuff in there whom I love. The song structures and arrangements are flawless and the heartfelt delivery of the lyrics get the big thumbs up from me. There is three songs to enjoy right now on Spotify , Bandcamp and all the usual places.
‘Stashbox’ by Slippery Trashmouf
One of Scotland’s best new wave rappers returns with a short but sweet track that shows his impressive rhyming schemes and understanding of the craft. It also makes you want to buy psychedelic threads and roll big fat joints. His clothing brand is available from here , you will need to sort the joints out for yourself. So much potential from this guy and he seems to have the skill sets and be hungry enough to make some big moves when normal service resumes. In the memetime, he also has a plethora of self-serving and hilarious memes if you follow his facebook over here . His back catalogue is best listened to on Spotify and best watched on his SpeakSleazy youtube channel here .
‘Oh Know ‘ by Beak〉
I have started making a playlist called ‘First Party after Lockdown’ and this is exactly the kind of thing that I will be needing to play at high volumes to a room full of people. They blew me when I saw them at Doune the Rabbit Hole in 2019 and I can’t get enough of them right now especially this new video / single that appeared on their new youtube channel. Beak> often get the experimental tag thrown at them and I get that because they are doing something so unique and fresh with electronic music that it is hard to explain what they do without use of the word ‘experimental’ . Don’t let that tag fool you. These songs , to my ears at least, are 100% accessible and the structures weave like if this is an experiment then it is obviously an experiment that these mad professors have conducted in secret alchemy, a million times , for thousands of years in a remote mountain cave with huge speakers , In Bristol. Absolute banger. 10/10 from me. If you enjoy this then add yourself to the Beak> fan club over here and check out more of their weird, massive, danceable tunes on Spotify here
‘The Big Yes EP’ by Rudebeard
Frantic, high energy ska mixed with down n dirty rock n Roll , topped off with a razor sharp Scottish wit, The track I added to the playlist is ‘Better Than A Smack in the Puss (Better than a Kick in the Baws)’ but it could easily have been any of the others . Lyrics such is ‘I never used to look after my body but last night I eat a bit of fruit’ on ‘Things are Getting Better’ to the official Scotland Euros theme song ‘Toe-pokes and Tragedies’ lamenting the highs and lows of being a Scottish football fan. Mostly lows lets be honest. I am old enough to remember us going 1-0 up against Brazil for a short while, That McFadden goal and our recent qualification but it’s usually SHITE BEING SCOTTISH. Hopefully the players listen to Rudebeard before they take to the pitch in June. It will certainly hype them up and definitely put them in a good mood. Check the full 5-track EP out now on Spotify here
G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! (FULL ALBUM) by Godspeed You Black Emperor
Continuing on from that happy , high energy humorous theme we have the new album from Godspeed You Black Emperor. Joyous , 2 minute pop classics that bring everyone together in perpetual harmony is the name of the game here. Big hooks, catchy choruses and rhyme-tastic verses. The perfect music to play when your getting ready to go out for your first lockdown-pint . Cheezey, formulaic and radio friendly , you can expect to hear them all over Radio 1 and Clyde FM every day as the sound of the summer. None of the above is true at all . I think I am using sarcasm the way what NME writers used to. To be fair to NME it is how I discovered these guys another lifetime ago. They make the strangest soundscapes perfect for a horror film or high intensity movie soundtrack. There is no rules here. They do what they want and thank fuck for that . It's unflinching, terrifying but somehow reassuring. You can check it out on the youtube video above or on Spotify here or on bandcamp here
‘All For The Disco’ by Louise DaCosta
Someone who is most definitely bringing those high energy danceable vibes is Irish DJ/ Producer Louise DaCosta with her brand new summery anthem ‘All For the Disco’ . This time last year , my band were still expecting to go on a European tour, I was looking forward to festival season and normal life resuming. fast forward 12 months and my expectations have lowered so much that I only dream about getting one pint of draught lager , and a haircut. But today listening to this tune in a semi-sunny day in Glasgow , I imagine an all night nightclub on a Spanish balcony overlooking the beach as this funky house gem blares out the speakers. Let us dare to dream. I was recently introduced to Louise during our St. Patrick’s Day special on You Call That Radio TV where she joined us for a chat and a tune. Check out Louise DaCosta on Spotify and Instagram.
Off the back of his ‘Pot of Frogs’ L.P he recently released made with Konchis, Mog returns with what seems to be a standalone track recorded at S.O.S studios. There is always an element of mystery to a guy who shuns social media but this is one of his most biblical scriptures yet. One of Scotland’s greatest poets who has been criminally overlooked over the last decade or so. Effortless delivery with top tier penmanship means that he has the ability to simplify the most complex philosophies or emotions of the human condition with one killer line. You can download the song on Bandcamp here or check it on Spotify here . Rumour has it he is working on an album with his newest incarnation The Ducks who You Call That Radio was lucky to welcome onto our Halloween Captureworks show which you can watch below .
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