WhoOdyssey

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 2026. Last week's results: Gorillaz (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson & Anoushka Shankar) - Orange County [5] Arlo Parks - 2SIDED [4] Charli xcx - Wall of Sound [3] Mitski - Where's My Phone? [3] Ghost - It's A Sin [2] CHVRCHES - Addicted to Love [1] Flea (feat. Thom Yorke) - Traffic Lights [1] Master Peace (feat. Declan McKenna) - F*ck It Up [1] Total votes: 20 Here are this week's contenders: Arctic Monkeys - Opening Night Def Leppard - Rejoice Dermot Kennedy - Funeral Harry Styles - Aperture James Blake - Death of Love Joji - Last of a Dying Breed Poppy - Time Will Tell Snail Mail - Dead End 2026 Indie/Rock/Alt Track of the Week Winners Week 1: Ladytron - Caught in the Blink of an Eye Week 2: Mandy, Indiana - Cursive Week 3: Gorillaz (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson & Anoushka Shankar) - Orange County

+20: Armin van Buuren x Rob Swire - Sound of You +19: Confidence Man x JADE - gossip +18: Danny L Harle x PinkPantheress - Starlight +17: PinkPantheress - Tonight +16: Calvin Harris x Jessie Reyez - Ocean +15: Confidence Man x Eliza Rose - I Heart You +14: Danny L Harle x Caroline Polachek - Azimuth +13: D.O.D x NORTH - Wrap Yourself Around Me +12: Jax Jones x Ado - Stay Gold +11: Rose Gray - April

Their socials have been cleared, looks like new music is on the way!!

They (probably Alex and Matt) will be interviewed on Radio 1 on Monday!

Arctic Monkeys are new in at #33 on Apple. Harry Styles is at #16.

Love the electronic-indie sound - a bit LCD Soundsystem.

Added reasonably high to Apple’s Today’s Hits - so it’s getting a push :)

That was a rumour - but the fairly reliable insiders say it was made end of 2024. Alex’s vocals definitely sound fairly recent.

Arctic Monkeys are new in at #10.

None of them have had much singles success recently - I haven’t thought about A1 x J1 in years!

I wouldn’t be surprised if it does move now, we’ll see though.

Final call for votes!

10th anniversary vinyl out on 27th Feb with a new cover + pink vinyl - https://store.dirtyhit.co.uk/release/570856-the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-anniversary-vinyl No additional tracks unfortunately, but hopefully there's a new album later this year...

It's #1 (for now) on New Music Friday Australia - so it is getting some decent support so far.