TT - The Dream (Audio)

TT is the solo project of Theresa Wayman of Warpaint, and 'The Dream' is taken from the album LoveLaws, released in 2018. By the look of it, Wayman is still occasionally putting stuff out under the moniker TT in-between her duties in Warpaint, and given that I stumbled across 'The Dream' on Spotify one day as a random recommendation, it seems apt to admit that I was completely oblivious as to the identity of TT until, um, now.

I probably will check out the album though.

JGrrey - Notice

This understated soul single (with a great hook) came out around this time last year. JGrrey is the stage name of Jennifer Clarke, a young singer from South London, and aside from an EP worth of tunes and a couple of interviews (one of which you can read here), I don't know that much about her. But I definitely want to.

Greentea Peng – Ghost Town

An uncharacteristicly political song from rising talent Greentea Peng, 'Ghost Town', the video to the song was filmed on the Aylesbury Estate in South London. At risk of demolition in 2016, the estate is now part of a regeneration area.

Regeneration in London is always a political subject and there is a sense, echoed very strongly by Peng here, that it is not the communities whose houses are being regenerated who gain the benefits. "You won't take my city from me" vows Peng as the high rises disappear to be replaced by unaffordable 'affordable' housing and communities are displaced.

When she performed the song live at the recent 6Music festival in Camden, she segued it smoothly into a high octane take on The Specials 1981 hit 'Ghost Town', which was number 1 in the UK Top 40 at the time of the 1981 riots.

Food for thought in both cases.

Nitin Sawhney - Days of Fire feat. Natty

I'm not entirely sure which particular series of events inspired Nitin Sawhney's thoughtful, reflective piece 'Days of Fire', but such are the times we live in that it could be about any number of events and tragedies to occur in the UK's capital over these past eleven years and earlier.

Stop what you're doing, settle down, take a breath and just... listen.

DELILAH HOLLIDAY - RISE OF THE PHOENIX

Having risen to fame as part of London's sibling punk grrrls Skinny Girl Diet, Delilah Holliday has branched out, musically speaking, over the past couple of years. In 2018 she was one third of experimental musical project B.E.D, also featuring Baxter Dury and Etienne De Crécy, and late last year she released this low key, mysterious slice of sixties influenced psych pop.

It's unclear at this stage as to whether she will settle on a permanent solo career, or if this is merely a diversion from Skinny Girl Diet, but whatever she chooses to do long term, people will be watching.

Kingdom - High Enough (feat. Tiara Thomas)

Following on from yesterdays absolute banger, I decided to keep you on the dance floor with this mesmerising piece of contemporary euphoric house.

'High Enough' was released last summer, possibly to coincide with Pride, and it's a sophisticated piece with an equally slick video that should keep the endorphins rising.

Tiara Thomas' vocals really make it, and it's a fantastic record that I'm very happy to revisit.

Sarah Roston - Eu Incomodo (I Bother)

I don't know an awful lot about Sarah Roston, and 'Eu Incomodo (I Bother)' is only her first single, but... Judging from this excellent slice of latin sunshine, I think we're going to be hearing a lot more from her. She will be enhancing our dance floors for years to come with any luck.