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John Kearns & teenage three piece rock
John prefers the second half of Out of Sight by Falling.

Alison Spittle & dark spoken word
Alison has a strong reaction to Rook to TN34 by eMMplekz.

Guz Khan & Ethiopian Crunch
Guz is on board with this hybrid of hard rock and Ethiopian music.

BONUS SOUNDS: Damien Cluzel
James chats to the guitarist at the heart of both the uKanDanZ and Pixvae albums.

Kemah Bob & Colombian Crunch
Kemah Bob marvels at this brand new genre from the band Pixvae.

Jack Rooke & twisted-pop
Jack meets the NHS nurse Law Holt's cheating diva alter ego in her twisted pop album.

Athena Kugblenu & Japanese folk-indie-jazz fusion
Athena gets into this one of kind album that fuses Japanese folk with many genres.

Gabriel Ebulue & Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' Skeleton Tree
Gabriel shares his love for this ominous and emotional album steeped in personal tragedy.

Mae Martin and a drone folk crossover
Mae gets dark and moody to drone folk by Irish singer-songwriter Katie Kim.

Suzi Ruffell & the One Women Orchestra
Suzi is dazzled and slightly confused by this dreamlike Latvian album.