Category: Song of the Day

A song a day, every day. From brand new tunes to elderly classics. We don’t promise to be constrained by genre, but we promise to recommend brilliant music.

#450 SixToes – Hawthorns

It takes talent to make beautiful music from truly challenging subject matter. That’s what SixToes have managed with Hawthorns, a song about a woman’s abusive relationships with her father and husband. It’s a startling and unsettling introduction to the band’s…

#449 Lotte Mullan – I Hope It Breaks Your Heart

‘I Hope It Breaks Your Heart’ is not simply the name of the lead single from Lotte Mullan’s Claw Marks EP, it seems to be her mission statement. A slightly abrasive tactic for a new artist in trying to win…

#448 Farewell J.R – Held By A Shiver

We’ve talked before about Farewell J.R’s ability to evoke all of the feels, and it’s in evidence here again in new track ‘Held By A Shiver’. It’s mournful and oppressive in the best possible way. Farewell J.R’s new EP And…

#447 Douga – Blue Is Nothing

It’s hard to say exactly what sort of music Douga make, and if this is not necessarily by design, it’s no real accident either. Former Plank! drummer Johnny Winbolt-Lewis has formed this foursome of like-minded experimentalists to explore his love…

#446 Cold Specks – Absisto

Al Spx, aka Cold Specks, will return with her sophomore album Neuroplasticity in August. If the title is a bit more of a tongue twister than debut I Predict A Graceful Explosion, the music has ticked up a few notches…

#445 Khruangbin – A Calf Born In Winter

Texas three-piece Khruangbin may not be kind on spellcheckers, but they are certainly kind on the ears. ‘A Calf Born In Winter’ got a limited Record Store Day release but this week reappeared to a wider audience. Their lovely laid-back…

#443 Ellen & The Escapades – Lost Cause

They’re back! FFS favourites Ellen & The Escapades have revealed their first new single since 2012 debut album All The Crooked Scenes. ‘Lost Cause’ reveals a slight change of gears in terms of sound but we reckon it’s a grower.…

#442 Annabelle’s Curse – Regret, VA

Five years (five years!) on from the release of Sigh No More it’s become all-too-easy to switch off at the first listen to any of the myriad of bands who have followed aping the Mumford & Sons sound. There’s certainly…

#439 French For Rabbits – Goat

New Zealand duo French for Rabbits have this week released new single ‘Goat’, and it was love at first listen for us in FFS towers. The band have a growing reputation after winning the Best Folk Album award and the…