Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue #12

 Child's abandoned welly, Stockport

Kirsty MacColl's 'Free World' seems a good tune and good attitude to approach 2016 with. It has a grittiness and barely contained anger to it that feels apt at the moment, and like a lot of Kirsty's songs, it is timeless.

There's a restlessness to Georgia's 'Kombine' as well, and an almost pent up anger that sits well with the glitchy, stop start, sample-y music. I really hope she does well in 2016.

Santigold's 'The Keepers' is probably not the only song to borrow the distinctive drum patterns from Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' (indeed, Florence + The Machine's 'Spectrum' also features drums that sound as though they owe a slight debt to 'Running Up That Hill') but, as with 'Oh Superman', the source material is utterly transformed, leading to one of the strongest singles from Master Of My Make Believe. New album soon please.

We end today with Zohara and 'Lost', a song I took a lot of comfort from post General Election in May. 

Image of child's abandoned welly, Stockport, by Cazz Blase. Copyright Cazz Blase, all rights reserved.

An intriguing and heartbreakingly atmospheric listen

Brooding and slightly offbeat singer/songwriters are not in themselves unique, but there is something very special about Zohara's new track 'Lost'

From Tel Aviv and London, Zohara has recorded a bedroom album of songs, and while I wasn't bothered about the earlier track, 'Bass and Drum' I do find 'Lost' to be gorgeously bleak and beautiful.

She's been compared to both Bjork and Stina Nordenstam, but she reminds me more of Regina Spektor if anything. Regina Spektor with a virtual orchestra on her laptop. Have a listen, 'Lost' is well worth five minutes of anyones time.