Moderate Rock

March’s Spotify playlist was a monster. It started heavy with the like of Will Haven (who just released their best record in almost 20 years), Yards (featuring former Ghost of a Thousand frontman Tom Lacey), and Rolo Tomassi (who might have snatched album of the year honours already) before moving on to include punk rock old and new, post-hardcore from South Korea, emo from China, and electro-rock (?) from France. Then there’s a few slow-burners at the end, including the most eerie cut from the Annihilation soundtrack. If the movie is fantastic but flawed, the soundtrack is something else- maybe even the best work of composers Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury.

Every single note here floats my boat. I hope you find something to love.

• WILL HAVEN– ‘El Sol’
• YARDS- ‘Future Tyrants’
• CONJURER- ‘Retch’
• ROLO TOMASSI– ‘Alma Mater’
• MILANKU- ‘On s’épuise’
• LOCKTENDER- ‘The Monk by the Sea’
• ONDT BLOD- ‘Start Han Opp’
• HOT SNAKES- ‘Death Camp Fantasy’
• GHOST IDOLS- ‘Drones’
• THE FEVER 333- ‘Made an America’
• PICTURESQUE- ‘Speak Softly’
• HOUSEHOLD- ‘Dark Matter’
• MODERN RITUALS– ‘The Engine’
• HOLLOW JAN- ‘Spotless’
• CASEY- ‘Needlework’
• DROWSE- ‘Rain Leak’
• TEENAGE WRIST- ‘Black Flamingo’
• YOUNG FATHERS- ‘In My View’
• JEAN JEAN- ‘Konichiwa’
• MONOBODY- ‘Lifeguard of a Helpless Body’
• SUPER WHATEVR- ‘Misquote’
• PARDONER- ‘Blue Hell’
• PIXIES- ‘Break My Body’
• THE BREEDERS- ‘All Nerve’
• CAMP COPE- ‘Animal & Real’
• CHINESE FOOTBALL– ‘Electronic Girl’
• WILD CAT STRIKE– ‘Graves’
• PETER KERNEL- ‘Men of the Women’
• MOBY- ‘This Wild Darkness’
• SORORITY NOISE- ‘A Better Sun (Rearranged 2018)’
• S. CAREY- ‘Meadow Song’
• NINE INCH NAILS- ‘The Frail’
• THE NATIONAL POOL- ‘Tokyo’
• BEN FROST- ‘All That You Love Will Be Eviscerated’
• BEN SALISBURY & GEOFF BARROW- ‘The Alien’
• LUDWIG GORANSSON- ‘Casino Brawl’
• COLD BLUE MOUNTAIN- ‘Seed of Dissent’
• CAVE IN ‘Trepanning’

And relax!