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PETE HANLEY ft. JAKOB HANLEY

The Eternal Sunrise (It’s Time) / 3:30

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Medway DJ and producer Pete Hanley has produced a beautiful track, packed with emotion, narrative and deeply personal connections.

From the outside, The Eternal Sunrise is a chilled house track with relaxing beat and ethereal vocal hooks, befitting any early-evening Balearic sunspot. For Pete, it’s a track that was created in memory of his late mum. It is equally filled with hope and closure - much like the movement of the great star that warms this planet. The whispering vocals were performed by Pete’s 10-year-old son Jakob and set the tone perfectly. Meaningful.

POLO LOUNGE

Paradise / 3:28

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A song that almost all of us will resonate with, Paradise is guitar-led indie-first track that considered those friends who you don’t get to see often enough.

Picking up right where you left off, you can be anywhere and at any time with these friends and nothing changes. Reflected in the stubbornly unyielding Bloc Part-esque riff, this is a friendship that will endure and ride on till the end. Though the group from east Kent do pose the question whether or not something in the relationship has changed, through tough times and rumbling drums, it never does. Lifelong.

JAIME ROSSO

Walk / 4:01

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Margate-based electronic artist and producer Jaime Rosso has announced his new Keep Stepping! EP due for release in September, led by first single Walk.

Whereas previous EP Away has deep connections to Jaime’s home in rural Kent, Keep Stepping! is inspired by his time living in south London, mixing in bright melodies and dreamlike atmospherics to create a sound of his own.

“I started Keep Stepping! spurred on by the simple tonics of everyday life: walking, talking, dancing and dreaming. Over time the EP became an ode to these daily rituals, the sources of optimism that keep us moving through turbulent times,” says Jaime.

An infinitely positive track that just serves to lift the mood, Walk is one for a summer day. Warm.

SOFT

Runaway / 2:45

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Experimental noisecore rockers SOFT have followed up their thought-provoking first single Blame with a new track that will blow your socks, and quite possibly your shoes, off.

Distortion a plenty, hard jagged riffs and piercing guitar screams are paired with abrasive vocals on Runaway. What I already love about SOFT is that they’re taking this sh*t seriously. They’re playing the venues, becoming known for their chaotic live shows and even producing a photo book documenting their grind. Energy plus introspection equals detonation and I can’t wait to see these guys explode onto your radar. Sharp.

ELOISE CARTER

Worrying / 4:04

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Eloise Carter have announced their new single Worrying from the band’s debut EP Balcony House.

With strong links to Kent, what began as a solo project has blossomed into a tight-knit four-piece, with a sound growing in ambition and depth.

Worrying sees Eloise Carter at their most exposed. The track opens with sparse, fingerpicked acoustic guitar and barely-there vocals. A hushed intimacy that feels like overhearing something private. It gradually lets the full band breathe into the arrangement. A slow-burn. Lyrically, the track “captures the spiral of mutual worry and anxiety, two people so attuned to each other’s worry that it becomes the source of the other’s”.

STORM MOLLISON & AARON PFEIFER

Doing Sumthin’ / 4:50

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London-born, Florida-raised and now Margate-based, Storm Mollison has spent the majority of her DJ career showcasing her well-seasoned musical palette - from groovy Chicago house and disco to UK garage. A longtime fixture of the UK underground scene, she’s built a reputation through carefully-crafted selections that move fluidly between dancefloor energy and atmospheric storytelling. Moving into production, her debut EP A.L.T. features four tracks blending house and R’n’B. We picked out Doing Sumthin’ featuring Aaron Pfeifer as an uplifting and bouncy track that feels like it has ‘club hit’ all over it. Stormin!