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serpentwithfeet – BEG QUIETLY

serpentwithfeet spends a lot of time in bed, and would like to tell you about it. His new GRIP SEQUEL release features six new compositions alongside alternative versions of three tracks from last year’s GRIP: a new version of ‘Lucky Me’ with strings, and remixes of ‘Spades’, featuring Ogi and Destin Conrad, and a ‘Damn Gloves’ remix by Baile Funk featuring Ty Dolla $ign, TH41 & Azzy. “I created GRIP SEQUEL because I had more to say [about sex]*” says serpent “I had more [sexy]* questions about intimacy [and sex]* and this was a fun [and sexy]* way to explore.

*my [sexy] additions

https://serpentwithfeet.bandcamp.com/album/grip-sequel

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Celeste – Everyday

I’m back! Big love to everyone who engaged with TPW in 2024 – we had more of you than ever before, so it’s nice to know that I’m not just shouting into the void everyday.

Strutting into the new year with the first post of 2025, here’s the first single from Celeste’s second album which is due out in April. I still listen to her 2019 EP Lately a lot, so will definitely be checking the new release out when it lands.

https://www.roughtrade.com/en-gb/product/celeste/everyday-rsd-2024

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Jack J – Wrong Again

Korg M1-lead romantic r&b from Australian, Canada-based Jack J who’s one half of Pender Street Steppers and member of the Mood Hut collective.

https://jackj.bandcamp.com/album/blue-desert

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Qendresa – Sweet Lies

I was recently introduced to Qendresa’s brilliantly hazy 2020 album Midnight Request Line which I would highly recommend to any fans of Sade, System Olympia, and lo-fi r&B in general. Her latest single Sweet Lies, co-written, produced and mixed by Jkarri, came out last month and is well worth your time.

https://qendresa.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-lies

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Tinashe – Thirsty

Rolling into Monday like it’s 2015…

https://www.tinashenow.com/home

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Mk.gee – Lonely Flight

Mk.gee’s LP Two Star & The Dream Police is the Take Care of 2024, and his latest single Lonely Flight continues his sadboy reflections in impeccable fashion.

https://mkgee.bandcamp.com

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Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn

Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn first collaborated on 2022’s fantastic Pigments and recently announced a new album, Quiet in a World Full of Noise, which is coming out in October. Breathe Out is the lead single and continues to blend Richard’s r&b instincts with Zahn’s expansive, atmospheric arrangements.

https://dawnrichard.bandcamp.com/album/quiet-in-a-world-full-of-noise

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Fana Hues – Gone Again

American R&B singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Fana Hues describes the process of working through grief on her third album Moth as ““denying the fact that it happened, turning it into shameful pettiness, self-reflection, re-grounding myself and acceptance, and then letting it go”. The drums on Gone Again stand out – purposeful and intricate – with Hues’ airy vocal soaring majestically above them.

https://fanahues.bandcamp.com/album/moth

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Omar Apollo – Be Careful With Me

Apologies for my extended break – it was pre-Glastonbury/Glastonbury/post-Glastonbury, so I couldn’t really engage with anything else. But now I’m back! Lots of interesting albums out recently, but this opening track from Omar Apollo’s new album God Said No is the one I’ve had on loop. So while everyone else is losing their shit about Pedro, we can listen to this low-key banger.

https://omarapollo.com

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John Glacier – Steady As I Am

John Glacier has already released one of the best EPs of the year, and has now announced a second, Duppy Gun, alongside its lead single Steady As I Am. Lo-fi, hazy beats and Glacier’s icy delivery abound, and while it’s perhaps not quite as startlingly brilliant as the tracks on Like A Ribbon, it’s still very good. Looking forward to the EP which lands 20 June.

https://johnglacier.y-r.co/duppygun