On ‘Dear April’ swaddled by acoustics Frank Ocean makes do and mends, patching over and replenishing the ceaseless ruptures of the heart. On ‘M’errouh’ Emel Mathlouthi issues urgencies swept straight from the soul. ‘Tootsie Slide’ by Drake might be cloying if it wasn’t inevitable, so slip on some socks, find a hard floor, and get ready to roll. A generous Jenny Hval dispenses bonus material, while Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Matt Sweeney warn that you’ll get eaten too. Instrumentals straddle the lines of sustenance and solace, menace and despair, from math rock to Music for 18 Musicians, from empty plazas to an early morning Adriatic blear. Grimes ties rocks but surfaces on a thick wave of bass, Desire figure escape as a means of reconciliation, and Yaeji on ‘Never Settling Down’ hovers mid-air.

Playlists: Spotify

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Frank Ocean – ‘Dear April’

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Nick Hakim – ‘QADIR’

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Superwolf (Matt Sweeney & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy) – ‘You’ll Get Eaten, Too’

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Fera – ‘Stupida’

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Jenny Hval – ‘Bonus Material’

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Moses Sumney – ‘Cut Me’

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Drake – ‘Toosie Slide’

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Baby Plug – ‘My Time’

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Greg Fox – ‘From the Cessation of What’

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Emel Mathlouthi – ‘M’errouh’

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Lorenzo Senni – ‘Canone Infinito’

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Acito – ‘Flatline’

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Karol G, Anuel AA – ‘Follow’

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Kllo – ‘Still Here’

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NIKI – ‘Switchblade’

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Lil Poppa – ‘Misled Us’

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Bill Nace – ‘Both, Part 7’

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BlocBoy JB – ‘Swervin’

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No Age – ‘Feeler’

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Conway The Machine & The Alchemist – ‘Calvin’

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Yves Tumor – ‘Romanticist / Dream Palette’

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Christine and the Queens – ‘Nada’

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Erik Hall – ‘Section IIIB’

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Headie One x Fred again.. – ‘GANG’

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Thundercat – ‘Innerstellar Love’

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Pale Blue – ‘I Walk Alone With Acid’

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Oxlade – ‘Away’

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Pop Smoke – ‘Shake The Room’ (feat. Quavo)

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NAV & Gunna – ‘Turks’ (feat. Travis Scott)

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Psychic Ills – ‘Cease to Exist’

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Grimes – ‘You’ll Miss Me When I’m Not Around’

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Covet – ‘Nero’

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Perfume Genius – ‘Otherside’

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Tony Shhnow – ‘Rush Hour’

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Yaeji – ‘NEVER SETTLING DOWN’

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Desire – ‘Escape’