Fifteen songs to remember (the second half of) 2021 by. A shit year for me, hopefully better for you.
Starts moody with Minotaur Jr and the sick combo of American pop with a glow of PC Music about it, some reflective tinkering thanks to Yes/And (gloriously all-journey-no-destination), pulse-increasing lyrics from the dramatic Famous, a neon nugget from Anna Meredith’s interesting bumper car based project (with textures to die for), a brain scrambling, dancefloor-destroying, electronic hyperpop trio: Feral, Aya and Hyd, my fave no nonsense pop punk rebels The Muslims giving radical politics full welly, sick amen fuckery from Sully and LCY care of hipster jazz sticksman Moses Boyd and weird storytellers Audiobooks, 110% digital vocal fry from artsy post-punkers Squid and beat-making hero Loraine James, slick ‘n’ wonky hip-hop action by the ear tickling (Vegyn produced) John Glacier and Dua Saleh, mega brown note bassbin damage from Zuli and psychotic noisy rave from Fukno to finish.
