Dent May – I Remember

Dent May’s latest release ‘I Remember’ is much like a postcard from the wide‑open creative world he built while making ‘The Big One,’ his seventh LP and the first to fully abandon the bedroom for the communal hum of the Honeymoon Suite, a Los Angeles based studio he runs with producer Paul Cherry. With friends drifting in and out, no rehearsals, no fixed plans, the record grew out of pure improvisation, whatever happened in the room became the music. That spirit is heard clearly in this track, a DIY‑ELO daydream that looks back on past relationships with warmth rather than autopsy, folding May’s Elephant 6 scrappiness and ’70s singer‑songwriter glow into an optimistic ode to the people who moulded him. You can pre-order the album via this link: https://dentmay.bandcamp.com/album/the-big-one

Indigo Sparke – There Is A Light On The Horizon Line

This arrives as a standalone transmission for now, though it has enough muscle and depth of well executed ideas that it could easily anchor a future album. Recorded in Bristol with John Parish and an extraordinary ensemble of Adrian Utley, Seb Rochford, Shahzad Ismaily, and Adam Brisbin, Sparke tracked the song while 33 weeks pregnant, its mantra‑like pulse inspired by a moment of profound personal transition. Circling the line “There is a light on the horizon line,” she finds a power in repetition whilst exploring freedom, identity, and the quiet, tectonic shifts that accompany becoming someone new. You can find the song via this link: https://amzn.to/4eLASK1

The Black Wizards – Loose

The Black Wizards’ new single ‘Loose’ lands as the first jolt of energy from their forthcoming album ‘Force Majeure & The Acts of God,’ out September 4th via Hassle Records. The album is named after the legal term for uncontrollable circumstances, and this is the sound of that very thing. The Porto trio of Joana Brito, José Gomes, and Helena Peixoto have shed the doomy, stoner‑rock fog of their earlier work in favour of a leaner, sharper, and more volatile edge with ‘Loose’ being the clearest sign of that shift. Built on garage‑rock swagger, a bluesy stomp, and the band’s first prominent use of wobbly synth, the track channels Joana’s “groovy wandering on anxiety thoughts and feeling trapped inside your own head,” turning everyday pressures like low pay, rough working conditions and the grind of the modern world into a taut, straight‑to‑the‑point chorus with verses that release just enough tension to keep you moving forward. You can pre-order the album here: https://amzn.to/4fnqGGT

Bity Booker – The Owl Song

‘The Owl Song’ opens Bity Booker’s ‘There’s No Song About A Stone’ LP with the kind of folksy magic that makes her such an unexpected and mesmerising discovery. In a field crowded with acoustic singer‑songwriters, Booker stands apart, her music carrying an air of mystery and other‑realm enchantment that resists explanation. The track plays like a call‑and‑response with its titular owl, a delicate, whimsical piece that recalls Joanna Newsom with its spirited eccentricity. It sets the tone for an album drawing on time, dreams, weather, and the living ambience of the room she recorded in. It is a deeply individual work that glides between natural serenity and subtle strangeness, announcing Booker as an artist who follows her own internal weather and casts a spell entirely her own. You can buy the album and other Bity Booker releases via this link: https://bitybooker.bandcamp.com/music

Perennial – What’s New On The Beat Scene

Perennial’s ‘What’s New On The Beat Scene’ is a whiplash‑quick burst of the New England trio’s signature kinetic chaos, an early flare from their forthcoming album ‘Modernism,’ out 18th September via Safe Suburban Home. Built from the band’s crate‑digging obsessions which lead them to Stax/Volt grooves, 60s mod punch, abstract punk angles, fuzz bass and Townshend‑style feedback chatter, the track distils their “20‑minute marathon” ethos into an explosive pocket symphony. It is a statement‑of‑purpose rave‑up: sharp, sweaty, and over almost before you have registered how many ideas are crammed into its tightly wound frame. Be sure to pre-order the album from this link: https://perennialtheband.bandcamp.com/album/modernism

Dermot Henry – Dead Man’s Dog

Finally for this week, some new singer-songwriter action that immediately feels like the work of a real craftsman and a classicist in the form. Whilst this is a live clip from last year, it finds its way to Fresh Juice qualification firstly because I have only just come across it, but secondly as it is is the fourth track on Dermot’s 2026 EP ‘Aiming Torches At The Sun,’ released only recently on May 15th. It was produced by Dom Monks, with Henry writing the songs alongside Oscar Lang. The recording credits show a small ensemble around him: drums by Niall Henry, strings by Henry Rankin, Charlie Schnurr, and Katt Newlon, bass and percussion by Lomax, and background vocals from Eli Torgersen and Lomax. It is a remarkable heads up to the arrival of a major new talent, reminds me a bit of how Jake Bugg first appeared from seemingly out of nowhere armed with a musical gift hinting at decades of wisdom and proficiency, totally at odds with the young age of the artist. One to watch for sure, you can get your hands on the EP via this link: https://dermothenry.com/