The 5 best songs of the week

The Horrors

The Silence That Remains

A new iteration of The Horrors has returned, with a new album too, their first since Tom Furse left the band in 2021.

The band’s sixth album Night Life, is out March 21st 2025, and was made with core duo vocalist Faris Badwan and bassist Rhys Webb, now joined by Amelia Kidd on keys and Telegram’s Jordan Cook on drums.

‘The Silence That Remains’ heralds the album, with a typically atmospheric metallic rock cut form the band.

““The Silence that Remains” is a 3am insomnia walk through the city, retracing our steps and putting the past to bed…..The Horrors are never-ending.”

The Horrors Live Dates:

Wed 27 Nov 2024, Bedford, Esquires
Thu 28 Nov 2024, London, The ICA
Tue 3 Dec 2024, Manchester, Yes (Pink Room)
Wed 4 Dec 2024, Leeds, Belgrave Music Hall
Thu 5 Dec 2024, Glasgow, Room 2
Thu 12 Dec 2024, Blackpool, Bootleg Social
Fri 13 Dec 2024, Bristol, Strange Brew
Sat 14 Dec 2024, Southend, Chinnerys

Bricknasty, Aby Coulibaly

gas

Prince and D’Angelo meets Dublin from a short and sharp highlight from Bricknasty’s new XONGZ አስቀያሚ ጡብ EP.

‘gas’ is a slinky little track from 9-track EP which captures “the band’s journey through loss, recovery, and the embrace of the unknown. “

Moin, Sophia Al-Maria

Lift You

Understated ’90s alt-rock and slowcore provide the foundation for the latest highlight form Moin’s forthcoming album You Never End, with spoken word by Qatari/American artist Sophia Al-Maria.

The UK trio of Valentina Magaletti, Tom Halstead and Joe Andrews’ album is out October 25th

Hiro Ama

Bon Dance

Music for Peace and Harmony is the new album Hiro Ama, the Japan-born, London-based composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Hiro Ama ( of Teleman).

‘Bon Dance’ reminds me of Beverly Glenn-Copeland, in its stirring minimal Japanese electro-acoustic synth work. An obscure 1980s Japanese synthesiser called the Waraku – the work translated means “peace and harmony”

The album also features collaborations from British singer Keeley Forsyth and flautist Gail Tasker.

“A lot of things are fragile and chaotic at the moment in this world, and I wanted to make music to soothe my mind and heart. Modern music sometimes sounds too pristine and sanitised. I like those spontaneous sounds. “

RÓIS

OH LOVELY APPEARANCE OF DEATH

Róis is a Fermanagh composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and electronic artist who has just-released the Mo Léan EP, EP’s theme of celebrating Ireland’s ancient traditions around death.

RÓIS with additional production from John Spud Murphy (OXN/Lankum), and was inspired by recordings of keening songs, and the combination of electronics, trad and atmospherics is the sound of something really unique and special to these ears.

I covered ‘Caoine’ previously, and today I recommend the stirring synth-trad of ‘OH LOVELY APPEARANCE OF DEATH’.

Live Dates 

Sat 12^th October – Accidental Theatre, Belfast (presented by Moving On Music)

Fri 25^th October – Connolly’s, Leap (presented by Connolly’s of Leap)

Sun 27^th October – Workman’s Cellar, Dublin (presented by Foggy Notions)

Sat 2^nd November – De Barra’s, Clonakilty (presented by De Barra’s)

+ more to be announced soon.

Ticket links.