Tune Tape Tuesdays #13

So it's been a pretty good week. On wednesday, I finished my penultimate exam ever, which nearly concludes over 6 years of invigilated exams that I will not be sorry to see the back of. On the weekend, I surprised my mum with a visit home, ambushing her on the train - her face was worth the 4 hour journey alone. On Saturday, I went into London and saw an old friend, who dragged me along to an event at the new Broadway House in Fulham, and on Sunday I returned to commence my last ever term of university - WIN! So in light of this good mood, I've prepared one epic Tune Tape for y'all - of which a massive 8 tunes out of 13 are available for direct free download (you lucky ....). Hopefully you'll love it as much as I do...

Joint first place this week goes to the magnificent Wild Belle (not just coz it's a namesake) and the Employee of the Year remix of her song It's Too Late and Jakwob's new offering Fade. The former is a funky 'ambientronica' track that leaves you wanting more - fitting for both dinner parties and walks to the bus (I've tried both). The second is - once you get past the slightly cheesy opening - a tune that has a whole lot to offer. The lyrics can speak to anyone who's ever gone through a breakup ("find myself picking up the pieces of me that you discarded - so this is what they talk about when they say 'broken-hearted'"), and the beat is pretty damn catchy. Embrace it, enjoy it. It's what it's there for. Another tune worth a mention is The Strokes's new single One Way Trigger. While their last album was panned as a bit of a sell-out, this new track - I think - is a return to their This Is It days; which is what they do best. Have a listen and let me know what you think. Lexy and the Kill deserves a mention for their song Black Dog - an incredibly catchy indie anthem for the last days of January. My prediction is that they're gonna be big. Disclosure is back, this time teaming up with the amazing AlunaGeorge in their track White Noise - definitely living up to their first release Latch and perhaps even going further. Give it a listen. MitiS has been one of my favourite artists since the Summer, and he just keeps getting better. Check out his remix of Love Letters, and if you like that, get onto his new solo single Blu. He's always releasing great new material (usually for free download - HOLLA), so bookmark his SoundCloud page here.). Finally, I found this great remix of another one of my favourite artists of the minute - Lana Del Rey's Summertime Sadness. Admittedly, it's not one of my favourite tunes by her, but Monsieur Adi mashes it up with what sounds like Justice's Genesis...although I can't be sure. Whatever he's done, it sounds ace - give it a listen. Have an epic week, and let me know what you like and dislike - always great to hear what you think.



Love,
Belle x