I still don’t know how to feel about this one.

As soon as it hit the internet I opened it up and lost myself in that blue and red spiral for 3 or 4 listens. I didn’t love it immediately, but I have found that with new tracks from The Black Keys, I rarely do. They tend to grow on me in secret until one day I’m forced to admit that I love them just as much as everybody else.

I gave it a week. I’m still not sold on that synth, and the chorus seems to lack the usual bombast that makes these blues rockers so much fun. But at the same time, I could groove to that bass all day and not get tired of it. The band has certainly taken a new direction, as they always do, and props to them for continuing to push their boundaries as musicians on their 8th studio album. Based on past experience, it’ll almost definitely be awesome.

Turn Blue is out May 13 - there’s still time for me to jump back on...

I’m not religious, but the spirited ensemble of the footage accompanying Raury’s rousing new single looks like the sort of church I might want to be a part of.

The clip sees Raury waking on a rooftop, and the track starts as soon as his feet hit the ground, with a handclap beat and a chant that instantly lodges itself in your head. It’s there to stay - the song is winningly sincere and hopelessly catchy. Raury and co. mess about with everything from baseball bats to fireworks as they consolidate bonds forged by a shared sense of hope. They’re not prepared to live their lives on their knees, and the chorus of their defiance will be ringing in your ears long after this five-minute fix is over.

Look out for Raury’s Indido Child EP, coming soon.

Piano keys. Glass bottle percussion, a glockenspiel, an upright bass. Two, then three male voices running over and around one another like twisted roots. Then, the strings - and a pressing snare propelling the whole lot ever onwards, climbing higher and higher.

Crown The Pines is a song of layers; the kind you can listen to a hundred times and keep finding new details you missed before. It’s the first single from S. Carey’s brand new Range Of Light LP, available now. You might recognise at least one of those voices - when he’s not doing his own (amazing) thing, Sean Carey is the drummer and supporting vocalist for Bon Iver. As long as he’s making music somehow, it’s fine by me.

Dig in below.