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:

Pulp - Got to Have Love [4]

Elbow - Dis-Graceland 463-465 Bury New Road [2]

Green Day - F*ck Off [1]

mgk - cliché [1]

Richard Ashcroft - Lover [1]

Turnstile - LOOK OUT FOR ME [1]

hard life - OGRE [0]

Twin Atlantic - Salvation [0]

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Total Votes: 10

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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:

BABYMETAL & Slaughter To Prevail - Song 3

The Beaches - Did I Say Too Much
HAIM - Take me back

Kate Nash - GERM
Lorde - Man Of The Year

Pendulum - Save The Cat

Wet Leg - CPR

YUNGBLUD - Zombie

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/Rock/Alt 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

Week 20: Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom

Week 21: Pulp - Got to Have Love

Pendulum this week for me!

My personal rankings for Week 22;

1. Wet Leg – CPR

2. Pendulum – Save The Cat

3. HAIM – Take Me Back

4. The Beaches – Did I Say Too Much

5. YUNGBLUD – Zombie

6. Lorde – Man Of The Year

7. Kate Nash – GERM

8. BABYMETAL & Slaughter To Prevail – Song 3

Kate Nash

1 Pendulum

2 HAIM

3 Wet Leg

Very close this week...

Voted for Lorde and added another song to the tie in the process oops

I voted for BABYMETAL (of course), it's huge and fun metal, but there are good tracks from Lorde and Wet Leg here too, not surprised at the split nature.

Last day to vote!