RRP Recommends - page 16

Doubt is a superb follow-up to Reykjavik. Mostly sailing a less frenetic course, it's nonetheless full of rise and fall, swells and calm, and should put Shallou on your "ones to watch in 2015" radar....

Nine Matches is a crisp, soulful debut that strides out confidently into a crowded field and demands your attention. And you will give it, whether it's the production that draws you in or the sheer...

London, Ontario's First Ghost self-identify rather modestly on their Facebook page as "Rock/Pop/Emo". Judging them on the basis of Shaking alone, I'd say they were more "indie-rock/college rock/good times and fun riffs".

Out of Horizon is the first offering from Icelandic act Bang Gang's first album release in over 7 years. Full details of the album are still being kept under wraps, but expect a release sometime...

Sometimes you just gotta wind down with some beautiful vocals, smooth flowing synths and piano and heavenly harmonies. And when those times come, Folly Rae's latest single Someone I Don't Know is just the ticket....

'Still Chasing Nothing has energy and hooks to spare, and is more than capable of skipping nimbly through the rubble of the old genre divisions.'

The air weighs heavy with Violence, but Elin Berlin's voice is so beautiful, so Scandi-pure, and Johan Angergard's production throws in layer upon layer of gorgeousness to wrap around you like so many 20-tog duvets...

Lazy Salon produce atmospheric instrumentals of all stripes. Halo Hand is a seven-minute psych-out, noise-pop and drone affair, best enjoyed staring up at the sky

'Count on Me is the second single from Falmouth-based Lost Dawn: a powerful concoction of raw garage-rock infused with a touch of glam.'

The thundering drums that burst in after Wolf's synthtro might surprise at first, but when it all kicks together and Abrahamson is into the chorus mantra of "you're a wolf, I can't read you" it's...

Turning Tides is a cool confection of shifting electronic beats and instrumentation and Drew York's delicate falsetto, which floats effortlessly through the song's phalanx of sounds.

Simple but oh so very effective, Wonderlust hits hard from the first fuzzy notes and doesn't let up

Parrot Dream's new video for Come Home works well with the song's isolated / isolating feel and dream-pop sound, but of the whole composition it's a brain-meltingly wonderful chorus that wins the day.

Remember The Highs forges a character of its own, from its confident bass-less opening and simple hook, through its repeated lyrical preoccupations and the guitar lines that punctuate them. It's got the feel of something...

All the over-excitement on hearing of a new East India Youth album in 2015 turned to becalmed awe on first hearing the quiet magnificence of CAROUSEL.

Two minutes of Fake Spit is all you'll need to be convinced you need more spiky punk / garage from the Sheffield foursome.

The wildly energetic Ocean of Tears is from the French singer's intriguingly titled **My Dreams Dictate My Reality**, due for release on March 3rd on Babycat Records.

Mongolian Hunters is taken from 17th Century Japanese Aviary, the debut album from Inti Rowland. The album, on which Rowland is accompanied by a string quartet, brass and percussion, was recorded in six days in...

Love Is On The Way is addictive and slinky, reminiscent of the finest of guitar pop/rock.

I Don't Want You is a shiny burst of electropop - perfect for the soundtrack to an as yet unwritten future 80s period masterpiece