Songs of the year, number 24: JW Francis - New York (Official Music Video)

A big playlist favourite on BBC Radio 6Music this year, 'New York' was written by musician and New York tour guide JW Francis as an ode to his city. The resulting song is an all too brief slightly woozy slice of lo fi guitar rock that calls to mind both early Badly Drawn Boy and 'Cut Your Hair' era Pavement only with the underlying melancholy of Simon and Garfunkel. His debut album was released in October and he's apparently written shedloads of songs in lockdown so we can expect to hear from him in 2021. 

St. Vincent - New York (Official Video)

From the new album, which is out now.

This song is such an ear worm...