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.

Sleep Token - Even In Arcadia [5]

CMAT - Take A Sexy Picture Of Me [2]

Royel Otis - moody [2]

Elbow - Sober [1]

Garbage - Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty [1]

Halsey & Amy Lee - Hand That Feeds [1]

Moses Sumney & Hayley Williams - I Like It I Like It [1]

Avril Lavigne (feat. Simple Plan) - Young & Dumb [0]

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Total Votes: 13

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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:

Black Honey - Insulin

Damiano David - Zombie Lady

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Grow Wings & Fly

Linkin Park - Let You Fade

Lola Young - One Thing

Nova Twins - Piranha

PRESIDENT - In the Name of the Father

Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom

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

Week 8: Fontaines D.C. – It's Amazing To Be Young

Week 9: Doves - A Drop In The Ocean

Week 10: Black Country, New Road – Happy Birthday

Week 11: Sleep Token – Emergence

Week 12: SOFT PLAY feat. Kate Nash – Slushy

Week 13: Linkin Park - Up From The Bottom

Week 14: Wet Leg - catch these fists

Week 15: Lana Del Rey - Henry, come on

Week 16: Lana Del Rey – Bluebird

Week 17: Lorde – What Was That

Week 18: Nilüfer Yanya - Cold Heart

Week 19: Sleep Token - Even In Arcadia

My personal rankings for Week 20;

1. Damiano David – Zombie Lady

2. Nova Twins – Piranha

3. Linkin Park – Let You Fade

4. PRESIDENT – In the Name of the Father

5. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Grow Wings & Fly

6. Lola Young – One Thing

7. Wolf Alice – Bloom Baby Bloom

8. Black Honey – Insulin

Nova Twins

Also added to playlists this week -

Dog Race - Return The Day (Colours)

Delilah Bon - PRINCELESS PRINCESS

Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom

Lorna Shore - Oblivion

Edited May 17May 17 by Severin

Wolf Alice for me!

Lola took my vote but damiano is in close second, brilliant song and brilliant album

Team Wolf Alice this week!

I enjoyed this selection - more than half would come above my favourite from the pop list!

1 Wolf Alice

2 King Gizzard

3 Nova Twins

But I’d be happy for Lola to get another hit with that.

1. Wolf Alice

2. King Gizzard

3. PRESIDENT

4. Damiano David

5. Black Honey

6. Linkin Park

7. Nova Twins

8. Lola Young

Last chance to vote!

In theory, this would have been a slam dunk for my vote going to Wolf Alice, because they're brilliant, and their last album was brilliant, and this new song will be brilliant probably once it's grown on me a bit more which it is doing, but I also like the Black Honey song a lot and that's grown on me too - so I've given them a vote. Wolf Alice were always going to walk this poll anyway!