Happy New Year and welcome to the return of “F Yeah Fridays,” with FLOOD FM host Aaron Axelsen delivering the 15 must-hear new tracks of the past seven days. Listen to the 27th episode of the podcast now.
This week’s episode features Irish post-punks and guitar heroes Fontaines D.C. with the first taste off their forthcoming third album “Skinty Fia,” as well as acclaimed indie singer-songwriter Mitski continuing her affinity for the ’80s with another synth-soaked track “Love Me More”; British duo Let’s Eat Grandma welcome 2022 with a brand new electro-pop dance floor banger “Happy New Year,” while NYC garage-punks Parquet Courts delight fans with the surprise-released “Watching Strangers Smile,” the follow-up to 2021’s beloved Sympathy for Life, and New Zealand folk fave Aldous Harding shares the gorgeous twee-pop gem “Lawn” as she gears up for the release of her upcoming 4AD album Warm Chris.
Listen to episode 27 of “F Yeah Fridays: FLOOD’s Fave 15” via Spotify, and check out the full list of all of this week’s top tracks below:
1. Fontaines D.C. — “Jackie Down the Line”
2. Mitski — “Love Me More”
3. Let’s Eat Grandma— “Happy New Year”
4. Parquet Courts — “Watching Strangers Smile”
5. Guerilla Toss — “Cannibal Capital”
6. Aldous Harding — “Lawn”
7. Belief — “I Want to Be”
8. Spoon — “Wild”
9. Yumi Zouma — “Present Tense”
10. Oliver Tree — “Cowboys Don’t Cry”
11. Midlake — “Bethel Woods”
12. Barrie — “Quarry”
13. Kae Tempest feat. Kevin Abstract — “More Pressure”
14. Lucius — “Next To Normal”
15. Christian Lee Hutson feat. Phoebe Bridgers— “Rubberneckers”
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Don’t forget to tune in every Sunday for “FLOOD Flashback Sundays,” where we’ll take listeners on a 24-hour musical journey showcasing iconic indie and alternative artists from the ’80s, ’90s, and early aughts.
