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Doctor Blind Chart - 6th July 2025 TW - LW / Artist / “Song” / (Peak- if not current) 01 - 03 james K “Play” ✮New #1✮ 02 - 01 Sofia Kourtesis & Daphni “Unidos” (01) 03 - 02 Nourished by Time “Max Potential” (02) 04 - 07 For Those I Love “Of The Sorrows” 05 - 09 Sudan Archives “DEAD” 06 - 05 Little Simz “Free” (05) 07 - 04 Deki Alem “Fun” (01) 08 - 14 Alex G “Afterlife” 09 - 12 Model/Actriz “Diva” 10 - 08 Pangaea “Manía” (08) 11 - 06 Maruja “Look Down On Us” (03) 12 - 16 Rochelle Jordan “Crave” 13 - 15 PinkPantheress “Stateside” 14 - 19 Ethel Cain “Nettles” 15 - 24 Leon Vynehall & Beau Nox “Cruel Love” 16 - 10 Nilüfer Yanya “Cold Heart” (04) 17 - 11 Dog Race “Return The Day (Colours)” (11) 18 - 35 Annahstasia “Villain” ✮Fastest Climber✮ 19 - 13 oqbqbo & Scandinavian Star “Sun Up” (02) 20 - 30 Smerz “You got time and I got money” 21 - 28 Obongjayar “Not In Surrender” 22 - 27 Florentino “Esto” 23 - 31 Pulp “Spike Island” (10) 24 - 29 The Horrors “LA Runaway” 25 - 17 Miki Berenyi Trio x Lol Tolhurst x Gray “Stranger” (03) 26 - 32 After “Deep Diving” 27 - 20 cell m8 “hƐ>rtburn. x” (13) 28 - 22 Wolf Alice “Bloom Baby Bloom” (22) 29 - 37 Saint Etienne “Glad” 30 - 18 Jenny Hval “The artist is absent (89 seconds rewrite)” (07) 31 - 40 Four Tet “Into Dust (Still Falling)” 32 - 23 Lauren Duffus “N.U.M.T.E.” (01) 33 - 38 GANS “It’s Just Life” 34 - 25 clipping. “Dominator” (25) 35 - 21 TDJ & Clara Kimera “On and On (You Lie)” (16) 36 - 47 Izzy Camina “Neptune Mood” 37 - 41 Squid “The Hearth and Circle Round Fire” 38 - NE Disiniblud “Disiniblud” ✮Highest New Entry✮ 39 - 26 Cheetah + Nia Archives “Get Loose” (06) 40 - NE Nuovo Testamento “Dream On” ✮New Entry✮

Heyy Kath, hope you are having a chilled weekend. Good to see your chart back! Incredible to see the domination of Addison Rae at the top rn, I have slowly been won over by the singles that she has released this era. In particular “Aquamarine”, which in retrospect deserved a higher peak than #7 on my chart but have since grown to adore even more, and I've also v much appreciated the aesthetic and general vibe of “Headphones On” too lately. Resistance is futile I fear.. Also wonderful to see some of my current playlist faves from cell m8, Sudan Archives and james K riding high. Wonderful to see Nilüfer Yanya charting with “Where To Look” - that gorgeous hook in the chorus gets me every time - feel like that (and the whole EP) is going to soundtrack my summer. Too many faves to mention actually but I'm also really enjoying that new Leon Vynehall single, he did a mini sesh on 6Music last night which was sounding good - hope the new album is of a similar standard.

Produced by the absolutely stellar combo of SOPHIE and Faris Badwan (of The Horrors). *.*

Welcome to the first poll of summer '25! Thanks as always to @k👠th for the help in putting this together and for hosting last month. It's congratulations to Austria's HVOB (Her Voice Over Boys) who broke away from the chasing pack to secure the tiebreak victory for April with “Void”, the second single to be taken from their album The Silver Cage. Last month we also had a tie in the monthly poll, but this time just between two tracks - the new summer smash from Pangaea, “Manía”, which features Spanish artist Jazz Alonso, and the collaboration between ETotM stalwart TDJ and Parisian writer, producer and vocalist Clara Kimera on “On and On (You Lie)”. Please vote to break the tiebreak! The contenders for June line-up below and include a good healthy mix of familiar faces to the poll, including Peggy Gou who scored the number 2 ETotY for 2024, along with newer rising producers/DJs such as London DJ Kiimi and Sydney's Willo. The full 20 listed below and linked to YouTube and Spotify. Please take a listen and vote for your fave 3. Many thanks to @jimwatts , @Jade , @awardinary & @RabbitFurCoat for voting and commenting, as well as to anyone else who took the time to listen and participate last month - it is very much appreciated! June 2025 contenders: 1tbsp ft. Cherry Chola “Dolly Destructiva” Bicep “CHROMA 010 BRILLO” Cameo Blush “Here” Daphni “Sad Piano House” DJ HEARTSTRING “Back To My Love” Four Tet “Into Dust (Still Falling)” Fort Romeau “U R My Love” Izzy Camina “Neptune Mood” Jasper Tygner & Art School Girlfriend “Hold You” Kiimi “Pixie” Krystal Klear “Offenbach” Ninajirachi “iPod Touch” Peggy Gou “D.A.N.C.E” Poté ft. Bonobo “Give You Up” Sofia Kourtesis “Canela Pura” SOPHIE “OOH” SWIM “Everything You Need” TDJ & Danny L Harle “Shoreline” Villager “PAUSE” Willo “Go Crimson” 2025 Winners January: DJ HEARTSTRING “Last Time Under Purple Skies” February: HAAi “Can’t Stand To Lose” March: DEBBY FRIDAY “1/17” April: HVOB “Void”

Well this is just absolutely gorgeous. The attention to detail in the production too, a towering accompliment to Polachek's immense vocals. *.*

This is the strategy that I have the most deep concern over, it's essentially the one adopted by Cambridge Analytica in the 2016 referendum where you can quite effectively adapt your message in order to play to all crowds, taking whatever opinion you know will play the most favourably with a particular slice of the electorate even if it would really put off another. Reform are playing on the apathy that grows stronger in the political vacuum that we find ourselves in. They need to be called out for what they are: grifters. As for the death penalty, I don't believe that there is a strong consensus for it here in the UK - indeed it's a fairly polarised discussion, especially by those who have been the victims of or impacted by horrific crimes, clearly. However, I feel incredibly strongly opposed to it and furthermore feel that there is no place in a civilised society for it. Tell me why has Ian Huntley tried to take his own life many times? Could it be that rather than giving in to our very basic and reactionary instincts of revenge, that the ultimate justice is having to live with what you've done for the rest of your life.

I voted 'Left-wing'. I definitely haven't always been in that category throughout my life, though I've always had strong liberal views and beliefs. When I was younger I would have put myself in the more centrist category on economic issues, but I think that changed significantly after the 2010s and I've gradually drifted more left on that area over time. I now firmly believe that critical assets (water, energy, rail/public transport/major infrastructure) that are a public good* - should be owned by the public and ran not for profit, but for the benefit of wider society with investments to safeguard their operation into the future. I do think that the wealthiest should pay more towards improving the outcomes for the wider community (be it public third spaces, health outcomes, or education), and those who are able to, pay toward providing a robust safety net for those who are unable to work. Honestly, the 2017 Labour manifesto was the first that has ever chimed so well with my values, and will always be incredibly sad to me remembering how close we came to genuniely getting that. *and natural monopolies.

I wasn't sure which genre to put this new single in, but this new single from Brittney is more of a dancefloor orientated serve compared to her usual flair but I'm loving it all the same. She's described this as orchestral Black dance music and it melds her incredible violin playing and vocals with frantic club beats.

The synth that drives through this reminds me of Boards of Canada or Aphex Twin's “Rhubarb”, gives a real melancholic vibe to the whole thing. <3 So many great touchstones of early 90s shoegaze and artists like Cocteau Twins in all of her work. Really looking forward to this album!

Doctor Blind Chart - 8th June 2025 TW - LW / Artist / “Song” / (Peak- if not current) 01 - 01 Deki Alem “Fun” ✮3 weeks @ #1✮ 02 - 02 oqbqbo & Scandinavian Star “Sun Up” 03 - 06 Miki Berenyi Trio x Lol Tolhurst x Gray “Stranger” 04 - 14 Sofia Kourtesis & Daphni “Unidos” 05 - 03 Lauren Duffus “N.U.M.T.E.” (01) 06 - 07 Cheetah + Nia Archives “Get Loose” 07 - 04 yeule “Evangelic Girl Is a Gun” (04) 08 - 12 Nilüfer Yanya “Cold Heart” 09 - 15 Jenny Hval “The artist is absent (89 seconds rewrite)” 10 - 13 Pulp “Spike Island” 11 - 05 caroline “Total euphoria” (02) 12 - 08 Addison Rae “Headphones On” (08) 13 - 16 Maruja “Look Down On Us” 14 - 10 Joon Gloom “Jinx!” (10) 15 - 19 Little Simz “Free” 16 - 09 Avalon Emerson “Treat Mode” (05) 17 - 24 Nourished by Time “Max Potential” 18 - 21 akiaura, LONOWN & Baby Jane “Deathwish” 19 - 26 cell m8 “hƐ>rtburn. x” 20 - 11 FKA twigs “Striptease” (04) 21 - 29 Pangaea “Manía” 22 - 27 TDJ & Clara Kimera “On and On (You Lie)” 23 - 34 For Those I Love “Of The Sorrows” 24 - 17 The Itch “The Influencer / Co-Conspirator” (17) 25 - 28 Jorja Smith “The Way I Love You” 26 - 31 Effy “2011” 27 - 39 Dog Race “Return The Day (Colours)” 28 - NE James K “Play” ✮Highest New Entry✮ 29 - 38 Mount Palomar ft. Karla Chubb “L'Aliment” 30 - 18 Maria Somerville “Garden” (03) 31 - 22 Model/Actriz “Cinderella” (01) 32 - 46 PinkPantheress “Stateside” ✮Fastest Climber✮ 33 - 30 Baxter Dury “Allbarone” (30) 34 - 20 Sarah Nimmo “Underground” (15) 35 - NE Sudan Archives “DEAD” ✮New Entry✮ 36 - 41 Nick León & Ela Minus “Ghost Orchid” 37 - NE Rochelle Jordan “Crave” ✮New Entry✮ 38 - 23 HVOB “Void” (14) 39 - NE Model/Actriz “Diva” ✮New Entry✮ 40 - NE Wolf Alice “Bloom Baby Bloom” ✮New Entry✮

“Out Of The Blue” entered the UK singles chart the same week as “Windowlicker”, just 2 places apart (14 and 16). It was also the week that I went to Our Price to buy the New Radicals single “You Get What You Give”, I only had enough money for 1 CD single, and I've still got it.. that kick started my love of the charts and I started my own personal chart later that year. Sadly most of the charts 1999-2006 are lost to time as my Dad threw away all the paper copies I had when they moved house. 😥 Just over a month later Veracocha (another Corsten alias) came out with another of my 1999 favourites “Carte Blanche” which peaked at #22 - joining the absolute classic #22s of the 90s like “Papua New Guinea” and “LoveShy”. As for my favourite single, it's probably Joy Division's “Love Will Tear Us Apart” - it was introduced to me by my Dad singing "Giggs, Giggs - will tear you apart" in the early 90s. I've been lucky enough to see it performed live by New Order at Latitude festival in 2016 and it was an absolutely amazing moment. I also have the 40th anniversary 12” vinyl of the single released in 2020 framed. That makes it.. 45 years!

James K has announced her new album Friend which is due out 5th September on AD 93. Last year she spoilt us with the spellbinding “Blinkmoth (July Mix)” and “Hypersoft Lovejinx Junkdream” - this following up 2023s wonderful collab with hoodie “Scorpio”. The two singles from 2024 are on the new album, along with this brand new single “Play”. So pleased that she's finally got the album announced as I've pretty much been obsessed with everything she has released over the last few years. <3

There's another new single out today called “Where to Look” and she has confirmed that both tracks are from a new EP called Dancing Shoes out next month (2 July)! I think she's supporting Lorde in the autumn if anyone is going to those tour dates in Europe. Video appears to glitch out a bit in the middle for me. Gorgeous hook-y chorus on this!

TDJ/Clara Kimera, Sofia Kourtesis/Daphni, Pangaea, cell m8 - BuzzJack's Queen of electronica serving up some absolute summer belters this month. Oh my at the tie last month being so big that it needs its own playlist!

Doctor Blind Chart - 1st June 2025 TW - LW / Artist / “Song” / (Peak- if not current) 01 - 01 Deki Alem “Fun” ✮2 weeks @ #1✮ 02 - 03 oqbqbo & Scandinavian Star “Sun Up” 03 - 02 Lauren Duffus “N.U.M.T.E.” (01) 04 - 07 yeule “Evangelic Girl Is a Gun” 05 - 04 caroline “Total euphoria” (02) 06 - 09 Miki Berenyi Trio x Lol Tolhurst x Gray “Stranger” 07 - 11 Cheetah + Nia Archives “Get Loose” 08 - 08 Addison Rae “Headphones On” 09 - 05 Avalon Emerson “Treat Mode” (05) 10 - 12 Joon Gloom “Jinx!” 11 - 06 FKA twigs “Striptease” (04) 12 - 18 Nilüfer Yanya “Cold Heart” 13 - 16 Pulp “Spike Island” 14 - 23 Sofia Kourtesis & Daphni “Unidos” 15 - 22 Jenny Hval “The artist is absent (89 seconds rewrite)” 16 - 24 Maruja “Look Down On Us” 17 - 21 The Itch “The Influencer / Co-Conspirator” 18 - 10 Maria Somerville “Garden” (03) 19 - 25 Little Simz “Free” 20 - 15 Sarah Nimmo “Underground” (15) 21 - 29 akiaura, LONOWN & Baby Jane “Deathwish” 22 - 13 Model/Actriz “Cinderella” (01) 23 - 14 HVOB “Void” (14) 24 - 37 Nourished by Time “Max Potential” ✮Fastest Climber✮ 25 - 20 Djrum “Waxcap” (20) 26 - 36 cell m8 “hƐ>rtburn. x” 27 - 38 TDJ & Clara Kimera “On and On (You Lie)” 28 - 34 Jorja Smith “The Way I Love You” 29 - 40 Pangaea “Manía” 30 - 32 Baxter Dury “Allbarone” 31 - 35 Effy “2011” 32 - 17 Digital Crush “Far and Away” (05) 33 - 19 After “300 Dreams” (10) 34 - NE For Those I Love “Of The Sorrows” ✮Highest New Entry✮ 35 - 27 Marie Davidson “Fun Times” (05) 36 - 26 Debby Friday “1/17” (03) 37 - 28 Georgie & Joe “Pacemaker” (28) 38 - 50 Mount Palomar ft. Karla Chubb “L'Aliment” 39 - NE Dog Race “Return The Day (Colours)” ✮New Entry✮ 40 - 31 Chalk “Pool Scene” (01)