BooOdyssey

Yes, and an EP!

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: Dry Cleaning - Hit My Head All Day [4] Artemas - Superstar [2] Fickle Friends - Joe [2] The Last Dinner Party - Second Best [2] The Charlatans - Deeper And Deeper [1] Good Neighbours - Walk Walk Walk [1] Megadeth - Tipping Point [1] Vance Joy - Fascination in the Dark [0] Total Votes: 13 Here are this week's contenders: David Byrne & Hayley Williams - Open The Door Gorillaz (feat. Trueno & Proof) - The Manifesto HAIM & Bon Iver - Tie you down Ice Nine Kills - The Laugh Track Jake Bugg – Oblivious Of Monsters & Men - Fruit Bat Oklou & FKA twigs - viscus The Pretty Reckless - Where Are You Christmas? 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 Week 22: Pendulum - Save The Cat Week 23: Ethel Cain - Nettles Week 24: Twenty One Pilots - The Contract Week 25: Muse - Unravelling Week 26: Lorde - Shapeshifter Week 27: Ethel Cain - F*ck Me Eyes Week 28: Wolf Alice - The Sofa Week 29: The Last Dinner Party - This is the Killer Speaking Week 30: Tame Impala - End Of Summer Week 31: Fat Dog - Pray To That Week 32: Wolf Alice - White Horses Week 33: Steve Lacy - Nice Shoes Week 34: Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream Week 35: Hayley Williams - Parachute Week 36: Tame Impala - Losers Week 37: Gorillaz (feat. Sparks) - The Happy Dictator Week 38: Nine Inch Nails - Who Wants To Live Forever? Week 39: Tame Impala - Dracula Week 40: Dry Cleaning - Hit My Head All Day

The Pretty Reckless are releasing a Christmas EP! 'Taylor Momsen’s Pretty Reckless Christmas' is out on 31st Oct. 'Where Are You Christmas' released yesterday - it's from 2000's How the Grinch Stole Christmas which starred a young Momsen! Tracklist: Where Are You Christmas? I Wanna Be Your Christmas Tree Christmas Is Killing Me Blues On Christmas When We Were Young Christmas, Why Can't I Find You?

+30: 1975 - If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know) +29: Bring Me The Horizon (feat. BABYMETAL) - Kingslayer +28: Bring Me The Horizon - Parasite Eve +27: Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death +26: Gerry Cinnamon - Where We're Going +25: Royal Blood - Trouble's Coming +24: Gorillaz (feat. slowthai & SOFT PLAY) - Momentary Bliss +23: London Grammar - Baby It's You +22: Everything Everything - Violent Sun +21: Lennon Stella (feat. Charlie Puth) - Summer Feelings +20: Pendulum - Nothing For Free +19: HAIM - The Steps +18: Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto +17: Killers - My Own Soul's Warning +16: Pendulum - Driver +15: McFly - Happiness +14: Declan McKenna - The Key To Life On Earth +13: Fleet Foxes - Can I Believe You +12: Vamps - Married in Vegas +11: Arizona Zervas - Roxanne +10: 24kGoldn (feat. Iann Dior) - Mood +9: Paul Woolford & Diplo (feat. Kareen Lomax) - Looking For Me +8: Powfu (feat. Beabadoobee) - Death Bed (Coffee For Your Head) +7: Waxahatchee - Lilacs +6: Thundercat - Dragonball Durag

I guess a deluxe is on the way - 'Tie you down' is out now!

Tame Impala's Dracula is indeed on Spotify's main Halloween playlist!

Just back from a lovely holiday - the next poll will be up later today.

Last day!

More votes please!

It’s been suggested that Yungblud may play at the Jingle Bell Ball - although that’s still a surprising song of his to playlist.

Ah that's not a bad shout actually. Still strange it's the Aerosmith collab though.

That's a shame - could make it in next week though.

Very surprising! Of all Yungblud's song, it sounds like the last thing they'd playlist. Surprised it's not 'Zombie', that's all over my TikTok feed currently.

Hard to say - I feel like her hype is at its peak right now though.

Taking the winners from Week 27 to Week 39 simply vote for your THREE favourites to proceed to the final stage. The five songs with the most votes will proceed to the grand final. You have two weeks! Here is a reminder of all the winners from this quarter of 2025; Week 27: Ethel Cain - F*ck Me Eyes Week 28: Wolf Alice - The Sofa Week 29: The Last Dinner Party - This is the Killer Speaking Week 30: Tame Impala - End Of Summer Week 31: Fat Dog - Pray To That Week 32: Wolf Alice - White Horses Week 33: Steve Lacy - Nice Shoes Week 34: Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream Week 35: Hayley Williams - Parachute Week 36: Tame Impala - Losers Week 37: Gorillaz (feat. Sparks) - The Happy Dictator Week 38: Nine Inch Nails - Who Wants To Live Forever? Week 39: Tame Impala - Dracula

Lainey Wilson & Bing Crosby have a "collab" out today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8tog9UjgBA

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: Tame Impala - Dracula [5] Florence + The Machine - One Of The Greats [4] Circa Waves - Old Balloons [2] FKA twigs - Cheap Hotel [2] Reverend And The Makers - UFO [1] Kasabian - Hippie Sunshine [0] Miles Kane - Without You [0] PRESIDENT - Dyonysus [0] Total Votes: 14 Here are this week's contenders: Artemis - Superstar The Charlatans - Deeper And Deeper Dry Cleaning - Hit My Head All Day Fickle Friends - Joe Good Neighbours - Walk Walk Walk The Last Dinner Party - Second Best Megadeth - Tipping Point Vance Joy - Fascination in the Dark 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 Week 22: Pendulum - Save The Cat Week 23: Ethel Cain - Nettles Week 24: Twenty One Pilots - The Contract Week 25: Muse - Unravelling Week 26: Lorde - Shapeshifter Week 27: Ethel Cain - F*ck Me Eyes Week 28: Wolf Alice - The Sofa Week 29: The Last Dinner Party - This is the Killer Speaking Week 30: Tame Impala - End Of Summer Week 31: Fat Dog - Pray To That Week 32: Wolf Alice - White Horses Week 33: Steve Lacy - Nice Shoes Week 34: Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream Week 35: Hayley Williams - Parachute Week 36: Tame Impala - Losers Week 37: Gorillaz (feat. Sparks) - The Happy Dictator Week 38: Nine Inch Nails - Who Wants To Live Forever? Week 39: Tame Impala - Dracula

A new album is finally on the way! It's self titled, and out on 7th November. 'Joe' released yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcD2IHlKqqY

Interesting - when was that?

I don't think it’s that weird really - it’s rare that anything from his genre charts. It’s similar in Australia and some other European countries.

'Second Best' released yesterday:

Last day to vote!

3 new songs on the way tomorrow in the form of EP 'The Prequel'!

It’s ok - fairly standard pop rock though.

Fantastic to see 'Dracula' potentially being Tame Impala's first UK Top 40 single!