Boomerang, Clare Maguire

Clare’s career might not have gotten off to a great start. After surfacing in 2010 with the outstanding ‘Ain’t Nobody’, she released the overproduced debut album Light after Dark, a record that didn’t flatter her vocal skills. Following her departure from Universal, she has been active on social media, uploading several originals and covers. The latest of these releases is outstanding: her usually sweetly melancholic voice here oozes anger and rides over raw unedited production to create a modern-sounding soul punch. 

Succubus, Demob Happy

Demob Happy are a promising up-and-coming Brighton-based band whose new single ‘Succubus’ will be out on 17 November on their own label. With relentless bass and dual guitars, the cut is instantly infectious. The Queens of the Stone Age-esque tune serves a restless three and a half minutes of sweat drenched garage riffs that accompany lyrics of soul-sucking obsession.

Supernatural, Alunageorge

How do you follow the ultimate career peak of playing Caius May Ball? AlunaGeorge have worked it out, if their new offering ‘Supernatural’ is anything to go by. Riding the wave of last year’s ‘Body Music’ and the Disclosure collaboration ‘White Noise’, the duo haven’t abandoned their familiar ground of electro-RnB but still manage to create a fresh-sounding taster cut. Aluna’s distinctive child-like vocals lend the record a great dose of effortless cool, as does the extremely dance-ready bass line.