Talk In Code – What I've Been Missing
Talk In Code's 'What I've Been Missing' is a euphoric indie pop anthem from Swindon, all racing synths and rousing hooks, and completely infectious
Talk In Code are chasing something here, and you can feel it in every bar. 'What I've Been Missing' opens with pulsing synths and builds into a chorus that soars, demanding you sing along before you know the words. It's about wanting more, that restless ache for something just out of reach, and the production matches the longing: bright, urgent, full of forward motion. There's real eighties power pop DNA here, which is 100% my vibe. Big synths, twinkly counter melodies, but the band make it feel current. And that hook? It lands and it stays. Brilliant synth-driven indie pop, euphoric and irresistible.
Talk In Code are a Swindon outfit back with us after 'More Than Friends' last year. They've racked up six wins at the 2025 Wiltshire Music Awards, including Best Original Band. Three albums deep, they've shared stages with Ash, Sleeper, and Years & Years, and played Victorious Festival and The Great Escape. Over a million streams and active sync representation through Big Hug Music Group. Impressive stuff, and this one's a real festival anthem this one, and we're excited to see where they go next.
Roses and Rain – Until Further Notice
Roses and Rain's 'Until Further Notice' is a hazy, sun-drenched slice of indie pop, the sound of choosing yourself rendered in warm harmonies and dreamy synth textures
There's a lightness to this one that feels great. 'Until Further Notice' builds from dampened acoustic strums into something bigger, layered female harmonies lifting the whole thing skyward while hazy synths shimmer underneath. It's a song about letting go, about driving away from everything that's been weighing you down. I love the vibe on this, and how the chorus opens up like a window on a coastal road, all breeze and brightness. And the vocals? That's where that sunny magic lives. Lovely dreamy road trip pop, warm and transportive.
Roses and Rain are the London-based duo of Sarah Rose and Leila Reine, drawing on roots that stretch from Tokyo to Nashville. Their sound sits between folk intimacy and cinematic pop sweep, story-led songs exploring empowerment and human connection. 'Until Further Notice' is out now, a summer-ready escape in three and a half minutes. We're really glad to have them on the blog, a great track.
Dorothy Mour – Run to the Gates of Troy
Dorothy Mour's 'Run to the Gates of Troy' is a cinematic trip-hop epic from Stockholm, mythic art pop that builds to wall-of-sound grandeur
The opening is almost tender: piano and saxophone alone, close and hushed, before the whole thing cracks open. Dorothy Mour's 'Run to the Gates of Troy' takes the doomed love of Achilles and Patroclus and scores it like a film you can't look away from. When those drums arrive and everything shifts, with 60s choir harmonies stacking high while electric steel guitars cut through the mix, and I'm in an alt-pop / trip hop dreamworld . Parts pull back just enough to let you breathe before the climax lands, full and wonderful. Stunning trip-hop art pop, sweeping and evocative.
Dorothy Mour is a Stockholm artist whose sound draws on jazz textures and hip hop grooves, writing in English, Swedish, and German. Her artistry took shape in Berlin's underground scene, and since returning to Sweden she's played Kulturhuset Stadsteatern and Stockholm's International Film Festival. This single is inspired by Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles, with a debut album due winter 2027. One to watch, this.
Monique Maion – KAREN
Monique Maion's 'KAREN' is a stunning psych-surf odyssey from LA, blending Brazilian warmth with immigrant grit in a compelling debut
'KAREN' opens on a haze of samples, swell of reverb-drenched guitar, sitting somewhere between surf rock and something stranger. Latin percussion pulls the whole thing sideways while Monique Maion's vocal stays conversational, almost confessional, carrying the weight of addiction and grief and starting over without ever tipping into melodrama. It's the groove that gets me on this one; it's got a psychedelic shimmer, but is brilliantly wonky and percussive. And that guitar? Ooft. Striking psych-pop songwriting, hard-won and deeply felt.
Maion is a Brazilian singer and producer from Pirituba, São Paulo, now based in Los Angeles. She's been singing for over twenty years and has worked across music supervision, advertising, soundtracks, radio hosting, and even homeless shelter management. 'KAREN' is the first single from a new album dropping November 13, a DIY project recorded with old collaborators in Minas Gerais and LA. It's also her first time on vinyl. Will definitely be checking out the album, cos this is a banger.
OBLIK OBLOKI – Back to the Start
OBLIK OBLOKI's 'Back to the Start' is a rhythmically inventive slice of art pop from Utrecht, experimental textures meeting emotional honesty in a striking debut
Something shifts halfway through this one. 'Back to the Start' opens bitter, the lyric sharp with post-relationship rancour, before the second verse turns it inward, penitent and searching. OBLIK OBLOKI built the track from an instrumental demo Sonam Plomp had sitting around, and the production keeps that exploratory feel: rhythms that breathe and sway rather than snap to a grid, synths that shimmer without ever cluttering the vocal. Lennard Vaarten's voice sits wonderfully here, carrying the emotional pivot without overselling. The whole thing moves like something organic, alive. Inventive art pop, textured and extra points for that ravey outro.
OBLIK OBLOKI are a Utrecht duo, Sonam Plomp and Lennard Vaarten, formed earlier this year. Both handle instrumentation and production; Vaarten sings. The video for this one was directed by Rob Willemsen, featuring choreography from Vaarten alongside dancers Peishan Xu and Lin Li. It's a very, very promising start. We're keeping an eye on this lot,