50mething, the 58-year-old British independent solo artist, confronts global horror with disarming brightness on his jarring new single, "Gaza (on and on and on)". Hailing from Ealing, Paul Jenner an ex-dancer and former garden builder operating from his DIY home studio crafts story-based music that speaks directly to structural injustice. Here, he takes the endless, agonizing cycle of war and deliberately sneaks it inside...

The South African indie artist meelu flips the script on mourning, delivering a drum and bass infused folk track that makes letting go feel like a celebration. You know that specific feeling when you are standing in the middle of a crowded room, the bass is vibrating through the floorboards, and suddenly you are hit with a memory so sharp it knocks the wind out...