- Words Tara Garman
Press play on the latest edition of NOTION NOW, the playlist featuring the freshest tracks you need to hear.
Tyler, The Creator kickstarted this week’s new releases with his bangers-filled mixtape DON’T TAP THE GLASS and ‘Sugar On My Tongue’ is our pick of the lot. Laden with heavy 808s and retro synths, the Californian polymath wasn’t lying when he warned, ‘This album was not made for sitting still.’
Fast forward to Friday, and Tyla taps the Afrobeats tones of Wizkid for some polyrhythmic goodness on ‘Dynamite’. That’s not the only collab that piqued our interest, as Confidence Man and JADE join forces to perform the slick and sultry electro-dance track, ‘gossip’. Leon Thomas stakes his claim in the UK R&B and jazz scenes with features on Sasha Keable and Venna’s singles ‘move it along’ and ‘Twisting. Kevin Parker and Tama Impala are back after a five-year hiatus; the brooding house cut ‘End of Summer’ is their first record since signing to Columbia. Meanwhile, the energy remains high in ex-Love Islander Samira’s new single, ‘Cardio’.
One of the week’s more poignant moments comes from Lola Young, who wrestles with addiction on ‘de£ler’. And lastly, CMAT’s ‘Euro-Country’ eulogises Ireland and the economic destruction that befell the nation after the 2008 financial crisis.
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