Who sold their soul to write this? Goddamn. It’s not often that guitar-pop really hits the nail on the head enough to stick around, but Tell does just that. Vocals cut through enough to hook you in but not enough to dominate, and the hazy guitar feels as bright – but perhaps not as shimmering and luminescent – as a Wild Nothing track. Redspencer aren’t asking you to dance, but that’s exactly what you’ll wanna do. They aren’t asking to get stuck in your head either, but just try and kick ’em out. The Melbourne-based lads (previously of the Gold Coast) have written one of the most charming songs I’ve heard in a long time, and the video for it only bumps that charm up another level.
You can download Tell (plus some of their other tunes) for free from <a title="Redspencer - triple j Unearthed" href="https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/redspencer" target="_blank">their triple j Unearthed page</a>.
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Introducing: Redspencer

For those of you that missed it, Twin Shadow jumped on the GTA V soundtrack last year with the excellent <a title="Old Love / New Love - Twin Shadow - YouTube" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFiDnErxU_A" target="_blank">Old Love/New Love</a>, and in the process, he set the bar pretty high for melancholic, beat-driven dance tunes. This time he’s back with the anthemic To The Top, which could be as close to an ’80s power ballad as you’ll get this year.
To The Top is a free download, so jump on that. Word is, he’s also currently spending time in the studio working on the follow up to Confess. It’s time to get excited.
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New: Twin Shadow – To The Top

Girl is the first single from the new EP Melbourne-based musician Yeo plans to drop in 2014, and it’s like he’s captured the pulse of a city in three and a half minutes.
With a soft fuzz and smooth, lofty synth hook, the track suddenly drops into a chasm of trembling, anxious bass. Yeo softly croons: ‘Don’t you know my heart can be broken?‘ It sounds less like a cathartic, forlorn plea, and more like a gentle reminder. Here, Yeo is like a mix of James Blake and Toro Y Moi, sans the desperation of the former and the occasional sonic brashness of the latter. In general, he has more than enough potential to match either in talent.
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Crack in the Road

Introducing: Redspencer

Twin ShadowTo The Top

Introducing: Yeo