Good morning everyone,

HAPPY SUMMER! This has been a great year for music so far so I hope you're looking forward to a newsletter of woman artists I've been jamming on lately, all totally ideal for listening to in a park this evening.

We start with Denai Moore, whose album is called Modern Dread but don't let that put you off, it's amazing spacey R&B and you will love it. Here's the pop song, it's called Fake Sorry:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDssMM0krB4

Here's an interview with Denai too:

“A lot of the sounds on the record were very intentional, but a lot of them also just chose themselves. I wanted to make a record that had urgency about it. There’s a lot of really fast, visceral songs because, in reality, the concept of panic and anxiousness feels like that - it puts you through a whirlwind emotionally. I wanted to capture that feeling, to make it sound very cold and bold but in a very intentional way.”

https://diymag.com/2020/07/10/panic-prevention-denai-moore-july-2020-interview

Are you ready for some more summer funtimes? I hope so because it's always sunny when you are listening to Azana. If you remember the Simmy album from a couple of years back, Azana is from the same group of musicians. Here's Your Love:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV95uzSoh6Y

In case it's not totally clear, I am imagining that you are listening to all of these albums in the park, so maybe now you are heading towards sunset and want to something a bit slower, something to which you can stare into space and feel loads of emotions you aren't ready to categorise quite yet. The new Haim album is superb for this, and here is my favourite song from it, here's Hallelujah:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpfJFotlENk

Finally, if you are ready to categorise at least one of your emotions as at least wistfulness, you've probably guessed what's coming next – it's the astonishing Phoebe Bridgers and ICU:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDGWhJmnack

Have a lovely Friday and a lovely weekend,

A xxx.