Edition #135
This week, we recommend the new songs by Dews Pegahorn, Friska Viljor, Yellow Couch Music, yourboykiran, and semiotic sakura & fae.
Let's forget the world for a while and enjoy new music. We have a hip-hop artist dabbling with new wave, a Swedish duo revisiting a song, and a collective driven by a passion for diversity and excellence.
A boundaries-pushing collaboration and a UK producer await you with surprises. Dig in, the Weekly5 are served.
Dews Pegahorn – Son Of A Gun
German rising star Dews Pegahorn presents his next single, Son Of A Gun. Adolescent urge collides with a smoky, raspy voice—sinking into a bed of 80s wave attitude and contemporary beats. It's a far cry from his hip-hop roots but a promising cry nonetheless.
Friska Viljor – Inbreeds (Revisited)
The Swedish duo Friska Viljor is currently revisiting some of their older songs. Inbreeds, originally released on 2022's Don't Save the Last Dance, transforms from a dense composition to a reduced folk song with a poignant highlight by the nostalgic trumpet. An excellent rework.
yourboykiran – Elixir
UK's yourboykiran has a new EP, Out Of Control, out. Taken from the release, Elixir is a thumping masterpiece of breakbeat, lined with thick basses and an oriental-inspired synth hook. Around every corner, there lures something unexpected.
Yellow Couch Music – Locust Walk (feat. H. Alonzo Jennings & Lars Haake)
Hailing from Brooklyn, Yellow Couch Music is a collaborative project helmed by Layton Weedeman. Locust Walk is a fusion of jazz and spoken word, a tribute to the jazz pioneer Sun Ra. It sounds unusual and might take getting used to, yet you can feel the musicians' passion in every note.
semiotic sakura & fae – tes ailes
The collaboration between semiotic sakura and fae that led to tes ailes pushes the boundaries, meandering between sinister ambient and angelic voices, shattering techno beats, and nocturnal synth sounds. Dark yet somehow of haunting beauty.
