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Fresh Juice 9th March 2026

Tiwayo – Up For Soul

To get things going on the good foot this week how about a killer tune with some seriously sharp edged playing and a rough, lived in soul voice taking it out for delivery? This one is from Tiwayo’s latest album ‘Outsider’ which is set for release next month on the Record Kicks label. It is produced by the Black Pumas Adrian Quesada and promises to push this Paris born singer firmly into the spotlight, which he has slowly moved away from in recent years since his 2023 debut on Blue Note. It really is a welcome return from an artist with an incredible voice; even some of the all time greats in soul, blues and gospel did not come as close to a sound so authentically aged and fresh as this. No wonder Tiwayo was once bestowed with the nickname “The Young Old”. Get yourself on the pre-order list for the album via this link: https://amzn.to/4dau3RK

White Rose Motor Oil – Hit In The Face

Of this song, soon to be featured on their long anticipated debut album ‘Spider,’ the band say it is “for all of us who feel the need to punch-dance out our rage right now.” This is a rollin’ and tumblin’ rockin’ rockabilly thunder crack of a tune that revs its engine delightfully with every repeat of the “you’re gonna get hit in the face” chorus line. They are a red hot duo from Denver with a fire lighting zipper of a female vocalist and a love of playing fast and loud. Together they surf the waves between cowpunk and garage rock which is a pretty exhilarating place to be if you can manage to catch it. Find out more about the band this way https://whiterosemotoroil.bandcamp.com/track/hateland-2 and hear them included as part of our first Fresh Juice mix of the year here: https://www.mixcloud.com/dannyneill714/fruit-tree-records-fresh-juice-2026-vol-1/

Hannah Lew – Sunday

You can almost feel the sun rising on the springtime with the gorgeous hazy electro textures on a new track by Hannah Lew. It can also be heard on her self titled debut album due to be released on 10th April via Night School Records. She has a deep background in the US alt-rock underground with Grass Widow and Cold Beat but a new solo project is leaning more into her pop sensibilities, albeit with the sheen of a Numanoid post-punk production aesthetic. She says of this video that it is “a re-enactment of a dream I had, that the song is also based on. It was surreal to embody the subconscious and only then did I divine the meaning of the dream. The whole experience was very ritualistic.” Get the album on pre-order here: https://amzn.to/3NbTR5m

Anna Calvi (feat. Iggy Pop) – God’s Lonely Man

Anna’s latest EP project is titled ‘Is This All There Is?’ in which she purposefully sought out vocal collaborators who would fit perfectly for the role playing task required in each song. She approached Iggy Pop, feeling he would be the ideal personality to recite the destructive inner monologue of the title character in this piece. As you would expect he rises to the occasion and then some, reviving the same energy he pumped into classics like ‘Lust For Life’ and ‘The Passenger.’ The four track EP also features Perfume Genius, Laurie Anderson and Matt Berninger and is available here: https://amzn.to/3NdqwYq

Midnight Rodeo – Desert On The Run (Jenny)

Not exactly a brand new release but this is a relatively new live performance and the band are well worth a heads up for any who have not come across them yet. The song was originally available on their Bandcamp release ‘Thank You For Your Time’ and both that release and subsequent live outings show what a hot proposition this Nottingham based collective are. Their sound sits somewhere in the neo-psych garden although you can hear shimmering influences of Americana and surf rock in there too, all front loaded with a swooning vocalist and a band environment that feels like a proper gang. The vinyl may be long sold out but you can still get hold of the tracks here: https://midnightrodeo.bandcamp.com/album/thank-you-for-your-time

https://youtu.be/h8kRuAN_N7o?si=FELsNatnl7RSlt_Q

Julian Lage – Something More

And finally for this week some superb, masterful musicianship on one of the best Jazz album releases of the year so far. As well as leader Julian on guitar it also features his new quartet of John Medeski on Hammond organ, Jorge Roeder on bass and Kenny Wollesen on drums. It is taken from a new album ‘Scenes From Above,’ which happens to be his fifth record for Blue Note records, which came out in January. Produced by Joe Henry it is a record that feels like a balm amidst the turbulent world we are living in right now, it never hurts to remember that people can still create something beautiful in a time of destruction, division and conflict. You can buy the album via this link: https://amzn.to/4aY9KFN

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Fresh Juice 1st December 2025

Lucy Kitchen – The Boatman

The personal circumstances surrounding folk artist Lucy Kitchen’s creation of her forthcoming album were devastating. The loss of her husband to cancer three years ago hangs heavy over brand new ‘In The Low Light’ record, set for a February release and including this heartfelt ode to the departed; it is an impossibly moving song that beautifully evokes the heartache and dark desire to cross over to the other side and reunite with those passed on. But this is also a piece that, amidst the silent sorrow, also connects with the human spirit and survivors instinct to carry life on with dignity and hope. The structure of the music here sounds more like a spiritual folk hymn, especially with that gorgeous underlay of church organ sound rising at the songs end. We have all been knocked about by life’s unfair hand at some point, but while there are artists like Lucy Kitchen creating music to help us through the struggle, there will always be a ray of light breaking through eventually.

Tiwayo – I’ve Got To Travel Alone

There is plenty to like about this one, a killer tune with some seriously sharp edged playing and a rough, lived in soul voice taking it all out for delivery. There are, it seems, already a good number of reasons to anticipate 2026 with enthusiasm. This one is from Tiwayo’s latest album called ‘Outsider’ which is set for release early next year on the Record Kicks label. It is produced by the Black Pumas Adrian Quesada and promises to push this Paris born singer firmly into the spotlight. That the video presented here has a shot in it showing a picture of Prince on the wall is an accurate enough indicator of the kind of talent we are witnessing here. And I come back to that voice again, even some of the all time greats in soul, blues and gospel did not come as close as this to a sound so authentically aged and fresh, no wonder Tiwayo was once bestowed with the nickname “The Young Old”.

Amelia Coburn – Something Wild

Amelia sounds like she has really refined her individualistic gothic fairy tale niche with the release of this latest song. Not only does it carry forward the very promising sounds heard on her Bill Ryder-Jones produced 2024 debut album ‘Between The Moon And The Milkman’ but also, with such an earworm worthy chorus line, she is proving to be a tidy songwriter as well. Endorsements by the likes of Paul Weller will not have done her confidence any harm either, in fact she duets with him on a track from his latest ‘Find El Dorado’ record, but this one is all about Amelia’s own sound and vision. And it is a pretty sympathetic video as well, in which her search for the wildness inside is illustrated with some graphic destruction of civilised engagement. I mean, everyone has, at some point, just wanted to shove their fist into a garishly decorated cake and then smash up some ceramics haven’t they?

Fuzzy Lights – Greenteeth

Moving ever deeper into the quagmire of folk-horror and fuzz drenched freakout friendly sounds, we find Fuzzy Lights getting their ankles wet exploring the mysteries of ‘Fen Creatures’ on their latest psych fuelled album. They are a Cambridge based group of space cadets who have been building a rich back catalogue since 2008 and have, whilst tackling themes of folklore and humanities fractured relationship with the environment, nurtured a love of acid-folk textures into explorative, progressive even, music that does not respect boundaries of genre, tone or tempo. Fuzzy Lights tackle music as an expression and they intentionally deploy a razor sharp edge to their sound that can cause injury to those not paying attention; this is music that demands and rewards immersion.

Anna von Hausswolff (ft. Iggy Pop) – The Whole Woman

I have unashamedly steered us down a very heavy set gothic folk-noir avenue this week and may just have hit the motherlode with this stop on the detour. It is a track from Anna’s new album ‘Iconoclasts’ and as if her pure, caressing vocal were not a winning enough ingredient atop the sweeping cinematic grandeur of the song, when that bottomless Iggy croon joins in the game is well and truly up. It is the sixth album release from the acclaimed organist who has been plotting an increasingly eccentric and deliberate pathway through choppy prog waters for a number of years now, making music that is simultaneously foreboding and enchanting. This new collection though, is being tipped with good reason by many to be her best thus far.

The Melancholy Kings – Bitcoin Elegy

And so we bring things to a close with the jingle-jangle crash and bang of The Melancholy Kings, proudly nailing their vintage college-rock colours to the mast. Of all the song writing forms in the pop world, this is the one that still retains the look of a design classic; key scaling electric guitars, meaty drums, deep bass, intros, verses, choruses, a middle eight and then a mighty thud to end it on a high. Simple but still oh so effective. Just right too for a song bemoaning the state of personal relationships in the digital age. The bands first album in six years, ‘Her Favourite Disguise’, is out now on The Magic Door Record Label.

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