Edition #124

After today's edition, Weekly5 will go on an extended summer break for a couple of weeks. It is time to rest, reflect, and regroup—as 2024 shapes up to be the busiest year in Weekly5's history. With 16 more editions planned in the coming months, the glorious number of 200 curated songs seems finally in reach.

Weekly5 will be back on September 1. Until then, I leave you with today's five chosen tracks, our «Anthology», and a teaser that there will be surprises coming your way.

Nebno – Love Is a Special Thing

Counteracting the summer heat, Nebno floats and meanders with an ethereal cool breeze over the vastness of her compositions. Love Is a Special Thing—densely layered and colliding between symphony and electronic avant-garde—is the Swiss artist's latest and most impressive soundscape so far.

SPINN – On & On

If you sit in a fast car, the landscapes start to blur and melt together. The same happens in Liverpool-born SPINN's new track, On & On. With a hasty groove and playful guitar melodies, it's indie rock's blueprint. But you can also taste the flavours of catchy pop and even a hint of post-punk here and there.

Imogen and the Knife – Red (Is My Colour)

The EP Some Kind of Love by Newcastle's singer-songwriter Imogen and the Knife is a striking work of beautiful, comforting melodies and poetic depth—best exemplified by Red (Is My Colour). Dark yet soothing, minimalistic and bombastic, this song is a gripping ballad.

Panik Deluxe – twigs

Harsh, dangerous, and dark, it hails from Austria's capital. Vienna roams the night to Panik Deluxe's new single, twigs. Her voice almost drowns, pushed down deep by the loud synth hook. But there are moments of an almost sonic loveliness in this story about the betrayal of trust.

Neumatic Parlo – carnage

A splash of punkish indie-rock hits the surfboard of Neumatic Parlo, a band that sounds so quintessentially British that the fact they are from Dusseldorf, Germany, hits you like the breathless, die-another-day energy they hurl towards us in their new track, carnage. What a teaser for their debut album!