#4

Tom Williams

Everyone Needs a Home

 

 

Album: All Change

 

Having been familiar with him for many years without absolutely falling for his music, 2017 was the year that Tom Williams finally smashed into our consciousness with his fantastic single "Everyone Needs a Home". It's a song inspired by the refugee crisis, and harks back to 70s rock, and is topped off with lush, string-swept melodies.

#3

Hurricane

Drones Club

 

 

Album: N/A

 

The London based musical collective-cum-cult Drones Club delivered a dark banger in the form of "Hurricane", a politically-charged electronic number with sinister undertones & an earworm-y central hook. If you see them live, it is a pretty arresting sight seeing a room full of people going crazy to this track.

 

#2

Bubblegum

Confidence Man

 

 

Album: N/A

 

And just falling short of the #1 position is the second entry in the top 10 for Australian band Confidence Man, this time with "Bubblegum", the song that made us fall in love with them in the first place.

 

"Bubblegum" is the kind of bonkers, hyperactive, cut & paste pop that we absolutely love to pieces. As well as calling to mind The Go! Team, and Deee-Lite (it's been called by some as a modern-day updating of "Groove Is In The Heart"), it also reminds us very much of The Asteroids Galaxy Tour in how its constituent parts slip and slide out as the song progresses. Ruddy great fun, and even more fun when you see the band performing it live.

 

Previous chart positions:

2017 Better Sit Down Boy - #10

Have to listened to Confidence Man enough but they sound quite quirky and in a good way!

Hurricane is definitely my favourite BJSC winner from this year, not the usual style of dance music but it's really catchy and 100% deserved the victory!

Love "Shine On Me", it's a great song!

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#1

The Garden is Overgrown

Champs

 

 

Album: N/A

 

And so Isle of Wight duo Champs join Vampire Weekend, Empire of The Sun, French Horn Rebellion vs Database,The Vaccines, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Public Service Broadcasting, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Ten Fé & Bears Den in claiming the crown of my favourite song of the year, with "The Garden Is Overgrown".

 

"The Garden Is Overgrown" is a song about the passage of time & the ebb and flow of priorities, which is delivered over a psych-synth-pop backing, with an irresistible chorus.

 

Hurricane !! so glad that tune caught on with people, an instant hit in my mind

Loving your love for Confidence Man, thanks for introducing me to them, they're a great new band. And Drones Club up so high is wonderful to see, that did come out of nowhere to be quite the tune.