May 16 2014 - Hot Top Ten

INVISIBLE HANDS - JUST
Split 7" single (with Fold - see below) from the lo-fi guitar-driven five-piece out on June 23 thru new Leeds independent label All My Friends.







FOLD - BE WATER MY FRIEND
Split 7" single (with Invisible Hands - see above) from the experimental Leeds trip hop foursome using speech samples to create this original track which even includes a three-piece horn section.







RHODES - MORNING
Bliss-washed minimalism in this title track from second EP released this week, the follow-up to his acclaimed debut 'Raise Your Love' of last October.






BEAR TRADE - BLEEDIN HEART TROUBLE
Taken from the North East outfit's debut album 'Blood And Sand' released on May 5. The cute kids in the video are bassist Lloyd Chambers' children. Catch them live tonight (May 16) at Leeds Santiagos.






PALE FIRES - COME CLOSER
Taken from the Camden psych rock four-piece's just released 'Louring Skies' debut EP. Combining big ambient shoegaze vibes with psychedelic overtones.







A DEAD FOREST INDEX - CAST OF LINES
Title track from the EP of minimalist sounds released on Savages' Jehnny Beth's Pop Noire label on June 2 by London-based New Zealanders, brothers Adam and Sam Sherry.







SLEEP THIEVES - YOU WANT THE NIGHT
Dark disco noir from the Dublin trio who made our Track Of The Day this week with this throbbing piece of electronica from the album out on June 17.






SUN MACHINE - WILD HEART
Released beginning of May as double A-side debut single (w/'Have You Seen It, It's Alive') of 60s psych. This and recent Liverpool Sound City appearance have put the London foursome on the 'to watch' list. Catch them next with Pond June 9 at Manchester Academy and June 10 at London's KOKO.







UNKNWN - BBY
Featured as a Track Of The Day here this week, the Irish duo set the seal on electronica with this exquisite track from their upcoming EP. Simply eargasm music.







THE HICS - ALL WE'LL KNOW
Six-piece mellow, electronic-soul collective from south London who pack a solid punch in this second single out on June 16, followed by a headline date at XOYO on June 24.