Slump's Album Recommendations: Zheani - LONG LIVE THE OLD DEAD GODS It's a firecracker of a record that seems to sum up the definition of hyperpop whilst also taking in trap, rap, metal and industrial overtones. Features guest appearances from Danny Brown and Buttress. youtube.com/shorts/qx6KN...

Top 5 most watched vids on SlumpLife YouTube channel 14th - 20th Nov 2025 #bestnewmusic #alternative #alternativerock #progmetal #artpunk #indierock #alternativemetal #grunge #fdt #nokings youtube.com/shorts/pzF92...

Songs You Must Hear No.810 HEALTH - SHRED ENVY Taken from their upcoming album, 'CONFLICT DLC', which is out on December 11th 2025. It's always nice to have more "cum-metal" in your life. #newmusic #recommendations youtube.com/shorts/U_dEY...

Songs You Must Hear No.809 Zheani - DRUNKEN GODS New album 'LONG LIVE THE OLD DEAD GODS' is out now featuring this banging track. #newmusic #recommendations youtube.com/shorts/NQjrI...

Songs You Must Hear No.808 Sugar Horse - Would You Like Me To Be The Cat? Bristol experimental band SUGAR HORSE second single of the week. ‘Would You Like Me To Be The Cat?’ came out just a couple of days after 11-minute epic ‘What’s Your ETA? Let’s Have A Tear Up’. youtube.com/shorts/EYrMN...

Child of Prague - Grey Hairs (Live in Manchester 15th November 2025) Child of Prague are a Dublin-based but international band who play indie-rock blended with Irish traditional music, Midwest emo, math rock, and folk. #newmusic #livemusic youtu.be/dKGvZ8ovBFI

Songs You Must Hear No.807 GlassTear - Don't Give Up GlassTear describe themself as a "free musical fermentation project". They aim to ferment "the musical ideas of each member, mixing experiences, tastes and skills towards the joint production of songs." #newmusic youtube.com/shorts/jsFvM...

Bleach Lab - My Favourite Game (The Cardigans cover) Manchester 17th Nov 2025 Apart from playing the whole of the new EP, they played a mix of songs from all of their back catalogue, as well as this rather lovely cover of The Cardigans’ biggest and best hit. #livemusic youtu.be/yzXbHBSP8-g

Songs You Must Hear No.806 High Regard - Grow They create some infectious tunes mixing up blasts of guitars and bass, drizzling a little electronic wizardry onto it before adding some vocal lines that have a hint of punk-pop to the proceedings. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/kq9FQ...

Songs You Must Hear No.805 Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Only Girl This new single features some brilliant violin playing by Clio Harwood and one of their most blissed-out choruses, complete with dreamy harmonies. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/1ou6x...

Songs You Must Hear No.804 Asava - Confidence They've just released the impressive 'Mantras' album and this song is my personal favourite.I love the emotion in the song, the beautiful moment of quiet in the song and then how it grabs you by the scruff of the neck. youtube.com/shorts/KAjfW...

Lover's Skit - All Rights Reserved (live at YES, Manchester, 15th Nov 2025) Even more engaging live than on their recordings. Definitely a band I want to catch again. #newmusic #recommended #livemusic youtu.be/I8a6kTtSDU8

Stream 'Sunrise' now on all streaming services Includes the remix by YouTube's best music curator @slumplife.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/yy5g9...

Songs You Must Hear No.803 Centerfold - The Fall Liverpool's Centrefold have released their strongest single yet. 'The Fall' is a brooding piece building gradually as it goes. It's a strong statement that suggests that they could be a band to look out for in 2026. youtube.com/shorts/kh3Gh...

Songs You Must Hear No.802 mercury - Heaven Mercury's latest single, 'Heaven’, is a stunning song, with immaculate production from Alex Farrar, who worked with Wednesday on their excellent 'Bleeds' album. youtube.com/shorts/_hRRb...

Songs You Must Hear No.801 Stoneside - Take a Knee This track starts as a gentle synth-laden piece before growing into something considerably more violent. It's like the aural equivalent of a Cohen brothers film. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/GimJ3...

Songs You Must Hear No.800 Ebinum Brothers - fade away ‘Fade Away' reminds me of the massively influential but underappreciated A.R. Kane. Winners of Best Music Video in the SlumpLife 2024 End of Year Awards with 'a better world' - see www.youtube.com/shorts/7Fw16... youtube.com/shorts/0QeUF...

Songs You Must Hear No.799 Moon Walker - The List So you can say the message is blunt and simplistic but I think that there is a time and a place for being blunt - and that time is right now. So enjoy this tune. #newmusic #recommendation #fdt #nokings youtube.com/shorts/6wArW...

Songs You Must Hear No.798 The Ocean - Even Deeper (NIN cover) This is the first cover that the band has done in their long history. It's also particularly poignant for The Ocean fans as it will be the last release featuring long-term vocalist Loïc Rossetti youtube.com/shorts/Po-VG...

Songs You Must Hear No 797 Ecca Vandal - MOLLY Playing lots of the world's big festivals, opening massive shows for the likes of Limp Bizkit and Pierce The Veil and selling out the entire UK headline tour all point to a star in their ascendancy. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/0obBb...

Classic Songs You Must Hear No.24 Boy Hits Car - I'm a Cloud Boy Hits Car were one of the great alternative rock / metal bands that appeared either side of the millineum. Mixing up crunching riffs, with acoustic guitar flourishes and eastern motifs youtube.com/shorts/dLx2b...

Slump's Album Recommendations: Anna von Hausswolff - Iconoclasts This is definitely in the running for album of 2025, it's an intelligent and moving record that rewards you more with every listen. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/gRPOw...

Songs You Must Hear No.796 Blackwater Holylight - Heavy, Why? It's the band's first album since relocating from Portland, Oregon, to the LA underground music scene. The separation from the familiar has helped the band continue to explore new sonic possibilities. youtube.com/shorts/wQWIH...

Songs You Must Hear No.795 Anna von Hausswolff - The Iconoclast Her new album has been showered with critical praise and features guest apperances from Iggy Pop, Ethel Cain, Abul Mogard and her sister, Maria von Hausswolff. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/1twXN...

Slump's Album Recommendations: Astronoid - Stargod This is just the sound of a band having fun and producing something that feels natural to them at this time. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/ZHyWc...

Songs You Must Hear No.794 djank - Robbing 5 Points djank are the artists formerly known as Cosmorat. 'Robbing 5 Points is a brilliantly inventive tune. The best way I can describe it is - imagine Tune-Yards and Beck jamming with Wednesday. #music #recommended youtube.com/shorts/glu3N...

Songs You Must Hear No.792 Sean Solomon - Shooting Star 'Shooting Star' is a wonderful song but I advise you go to his YouTube channel and watch the video too for the maximum enojoyment. Follow him at @foreversean.bsky.social #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/lgWvB...

Songs You Must Hear No.791 Chloe Slater - War Crimes Chloe is rounding off a highly successful year by supporting Role Model on Uk & European dates and releasing this song that, I think, is her best so far. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/ZfjUi...

Songs You Must Hear No.790 Vixsin - Fawning Vixsin is the one-girl shoegaze band of 18-year old Lotta Thomése from Groningen in the Netherlands. This is her third single, following on from the previous releases 'Swallow' and 'Drift'. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/zhcfa...

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Slump's EP Recommendations: Terminals - Awake Terminals serve up some thick, dirty riffs and grooves, and then top it all off with some fantastic vocal melodies. Imagine Helmet playing as Jeff Buckley's backing band, and you'll be in the right ballpark. #newmusic youtube.com/shorts/EAoET...

Songs You Must Hear No.789 Jack Harlon & the Dead Crows - Dave Is Done The first single from this album is a signal that this is likely to be their best work yet. It's a brilliant journey into their world of psychedelic, western tinged fuzz rock. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/aWXqk...

Songs You Must Hear No 788 Augusta - She Begs The more I listened, the more I became captivated. Not just by the lilting sounds and beautiful vocal delivery, but the lyrical content, which brought tears to my eyes. Hauntingly beautiful / Beautifully haunting? #newmusic youtube.com/shorts/SphIx...

Slump's Album Recommendations: Temples on Mars - The Last Ship Balancing heavy riffs and spacious electronics perfectly to create something melodic, cinematic, and emotional. If you enjoy alternative rock like Esoterica or Starset then you'll love Temple on Mars. youtube.com/shorts/BPNBn...

Songs You Must Hear No.787 Nothing - cannibal world Nothing return with 'cannibal world', the first preview of new album 'A Short History of Decay'. It's an adventurous blend of shoegaze and industrialised beats. It has a stunning video that both disturbs and delights. youtube.com/shorts/mX9hU...

Songs You Must Hear No.786 Fawn Ridge - Eliza Eliza is the third single from the Brooklyn based indie rock band, who are inspired by 60s baroque pop and folk with a modern flavour, plenty of dreamy harmonies playing around Sky Van Cott's gorgeous lead vocals. #newmusic youtube.com/shorts/wwR8Y...

Songs You Must Hear No.785 Puscifer - Pendulum It's gothtastic. Also, check out the director's cut of the music video which shows that Puscifer can manage to be both dour and puerile at the same time. Which is to be applauded. youtube.com/shorts/BypY5...

Classic Songs You Must Hear No.23 Fountains of Wayne - Radiation Vibe Fountains of Wayne ended up being best known for the Mrs. Robinson meet the Cars rock of 'Stacey's Mom' However for me their first single is the one that I have always kept coming back to. youtube.com/shorts/s2Nl5...

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Songs You Must Hear No.784 Temples on Mars - Safeword 'Safeword' is a beautifully constructed tune with an equally engaging video to usher in their new album, 'The Last Ship' which finally came out on Halloween - a definite treat. #newmusic #recommendation youtube.com/shorts/p5yCH...

Daffo - Poor Madeline (live in Manchester UK 29th October 2025) Back in the UK to celebrate the release of debut album, 'Where The Earth Bends'. Daffo was winner of SlumpLife's Best New Act of 2023 - now the rest of the world is finally starting to catch up. #newmusic #live youtu.be/fj7a_omdI-M

Slump's Album Recommendations: Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo - In the Earth Again Hayden Pedigo and Chat Pile’s Captain Ron, Luther Manhole, Raygun Busch, and Stin, show that despite their contrasting genres they share a genuine understanding of each other. #newmusic youtube.com/shorts/LM0_n...

Songs You Must Hear No.783 Port Noir - Redshift Port Noir’s first new track in three years features less of the contemporary pop/r’n’b influences and production, but still has memorable vocal melodies but with added riffage (to keep you regular) #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/WpXUV...

Top 5 most watched vids on SlumpLife YouTube channel 24th - 30th Oct 2025 #newmusic #recommendation youtube.com/shorts/PMbvE...

Songs You Must Hear No.782 Midlake - Eyes Full of Animal They are about to release album no.6 - 'A Bridge To Far'. You can pick it up from the 7th Nov 2025. They still have the ability to soothe, inspire and intrigue after all that time. #newmusic #recommendations youtube.com/shorts/8bN95...

Daffo - Sideways (first time played live with band) Manchester, 29th Oct 2025 Back in the UK to celebrate the release of debut album, 'Where The Earth Bends'. This was the first time Gabi has performed 'Sideways' as a full band number. #newmusic #livemusic youtu.be/pCA10u4uieo

Songs You Must Hear No.781 Brutus - Paradise (Live in Brussels) 'Paradise' is a beautiful spine-tingling song, and the release of the 'Live in Brussels' album gives me a chance to feature this wonderful song that pre-dated the creation of my channel. #newmusic youtube.com/shorts/GX78b...

DREAMWEAPON - Scarecrow Army (Slump's Totally Unofficial Remix) The original version of the Scarecrow Army can be found at www.youtube.com/watch?v=auWf... Slump Remix youtube.com/shorts/5MKLJ...

Songs You Must Hear No.780 Tycho & Paul Banks - Boundary Rider The collaboration I never imagined and never asked for. And it turns out to be majestic. youtube.com/shorts/_xU4Y...

SOM - Youth / / Decay Live in Manchester Rebellion 23rd October 2025 SOM are a band I've featured a lot since starting this channel. I love their mix of heavy tones with shoegaze walls of sound, but always with sweet vocal melodies over the top. #livemusic youtu.be/XHBdJC0ImsM