Following the same structure used in the Dance and Electronic forum, we are going to run the same weekly poll for new indie and alternative releases in 2025. Each week, 8 new releases are selected to go head to head, with one weekly winner which will then go up against future weekly winners later in the year at the end of each quarter of the year, and then again at the end of the year to determine the ultimate winner of 2025.

 

Last week's results;

 

Sam Fender – Remember My Name [ 8 ] ** [33.33%]

Japanese Breakfast – Mega Circuit [ 5 ] ** [20.83%]

Bon Iver – Everything Is Peaceful Love [ 3 ] ** [12.50%]

Lucy Dacus – Best Guess [ 2 ] ** [8.33%]

Self Esteem – 69 [ 2 ] ** [8.33%]

The Amazons – Love Is A Dog From Hell [ 2 ] ** [8.33%]

The Lottery Winners – Turn Around [ 2 ] ** [8.33%]

Daniel Caesar & Rex Orange County – There's A Field (That's Only Yours) [ 0 ] ** [0.00%]

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Total Votes: 24

 

 

Sam Fender is back with new music, ahead of the launch of his studio album this week. The emotive ballad Remember My Name is inspired by his grandparents.

 

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Each week, choose one song only that you feel is your favourite from the selection of releases that week. If you wish to post a rate of the selection of songs in the thread, please feel free to do so.

 

Here are this week's contenders:

 

A Day To Remember – Make It Make Sense

Alien Weaponry – 1000 Friends

Disturbed – I Will Not Break

Fontaines D.C. – It's Amazing To Be Young

Mumford & Sons – Malibu

Sam Fender – Little Bit Closer

Suki Waterhouse – Dream Woman

Those Damn Crows – Dreaming

 

 

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Results of this week's poll will be revealed in next week's thread. The poll will remain open until the following Friday.

 

2025 Indie Track of the Week Winners:

Week 1: N/A

Week 2: Ethel Cain – Amber Waves

Week 3: Mumford & Sons – Rushmere

Week 4: Nova Twins – Monsters

Week 5: SOFIA ISELLA – Dog's Dinner

Week 6: Oklou – blade bird

Week 7: Sam Fender – Remember My Name

istg if y'all make sam fender win again <_<

This week's rankings;

 

1. Those Damn Crows – Dreaming

2. Fontaines D.C. – It's Amazing To Be Young

3. Sam Fender – Little Bit Closer

4. Mumford & Sons – Malibu

5. Suki Waterhouse – Dream Woman

6. Alien Weaponry – 1000 Friends

7. A Day To Remember – Make It Make Sense

8. Disturbed – I Will Not Break

Easily Fontaines for me this week!

Mumford & Sons' and Sam's were OK, but I hope there's better on the respective albums (when I get round to hearing it in full in Sam's case). Suki's I quite liked, but it has to be Fontaines this week!

Don't even need to give anything a second listen this week, comfortably Suki Waterhouse. Fontaines is OK but really far from what they're capable of. Everything else too boring or bad rock to make me contemplate hearing it again.

Suki too

agree Fontaines can do better

Also voted for Suki Waterhouse, 'Good Looking' was the only song of hers I'd loved until now but this is the best I've heard since that

 

Fontaines also good but not quite up there with the best of Romance

Haven’t heard the Suki one yet so went for Fontaines DC

Faintaines D.C for me

nothing I feel strongly about from this batch, voted for the Suki track

Cheekface to make next week's poll, the people demand it 🫶