From the Inbox: 5 Songs You Need To Hear (June 7, 2020)

Surprise! It’s not Sunday!

I had you scared for a day, didn’t I? Thought the Sunday night From the Inbox post was a lost cause.

Good news for you, it isn’t. Instead, you get the chance to browse through five* stellar singles from the past week, including some European artists from Germany, England, and Switzerland.

As always, don’t forget to follow us across social media. You can find Dusty Organ on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Spotify to stay up to date on new releases. Also, you can find tracks from these albums and more on our Monthly Spotify playlist.

And more importantly, if there’s something you love, remember to share it around!

(*One single was removed due to a change in release date)

Bokito – okok

If London-based five-piece Bokito aren’t on your radar already, they should be.

With sonic ties to bands like alt-j, Foals, and Everything Everything, their new single “okok” is a cinematic alt-rock tune that kicks into high gear. Steady bass kicks, sweeping falsetto, and powerful musicality create a track that builds like fire running down a dynamite fuse.

“okok” is featured on my new Starting Line-Up Spotify playlist.

Telquist – Taste

Sebastian Eggerbauer, better known as Telquist, sets out to write really good pop music – a task easier said than done, but fortunately for the German indie artist, he’s on the right rack with his new single “Taste”.

It has the chill, folk-hop vibes of Milky Chance but with the laissez-faire alt-pop of Weezer, encapsulated in a bubble of his own, unique swagger.

It’ll be a welcomed addition to any beach-day chill playlists.

Birdmask – Set Me On Fire

After touring with his experimental death metal band Zeal & Ador, Swiss multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Manuel Gagneux decided to return to his roots and passion project Birdmask. His new single “Set Me On Fire” is the first taste of new music since 2014, moving away from the brash stylings of his other brainchild.

Switching out the intensity of metal for the dreamy synthesizers of alternative pop, “Set Me On Fire” holds onto Gagneux’s ability to draw out intensity from his vocal performance and the song’s choral expansiveness.

Katie Wood – Uh Huh Yeah

For a song written about the confining limitations of agoraphobia, London-based artist Katie Wood manages to keep things light and uplifting with her new single “Uh Huh Yeah”. Mixing together the electronic sounds of drum machines and synthesizers fresh from the ’80s, “Uh Huh Yeah” plays with the influence of new wave and post-punk while incorporating he timeless hooks of pop.

Miramar Drive – Caves

From his bedroom in Orlanda, Florida, Jacob Craddock began writing and recording music at 15. Over the years, his solo project was an outlet of alternative rock as he jumped between SoCal and home. Eventually, his solo work became a full band back in 2017 while living in Orlando once again, and now Craddock leads Miramar Drive. Following up the success of their first album Curtains, Miramar Drive have been in the studio recording new music, including the new single “Caves”.

Elements alternative rock and emo-rock come out in a barrelling chorus which is book-ended by more post-punk verses. It’s hard to resist its explosive energy and crushing melodic power.