Charlie Ashcroft’s Musosoup Round-Up May 2025
Charlie Ashcroft: Presenter @amazingradio, DJ @SomebodyTM_Club. Also a @QPR fan, a @RecCollMag columnist + #Spotify Playlist curator with @music_gateway
Hope you’re all keeping well, amid an increasingly-busy festival schedule and all the continued global unrest… Here are ten discoveries from my Musosoup submissions list, all released in the month of May. Enjoy!
Starting with Frank Follows, a talented Swedish duo with a great knack of crafting catchy pop hooks at the heart of their indie-funk jams. ‘Surprises’ is their latest anthem, the perfect soundtrack to your summer.
Staying in the Nordic region for a minute, let’s head to Denmark, where we find Witchfangon superb form. ‘Running Away From You’ is a melodic, riff-laden beast of a record.
Over here in the UK, I was drawn towards Pegasuses’ newly-released EP, ‘Magic Beans’. The Southampton-based outfit, fronted by Laura Lamb and Dave Miatt, make a beautiful brand of dreamy, pastoral folk music.
I also discovered Mara Liddle for the first time, while I was on the tube home from work a couple of weeks back. Her new single ‘Sweet Talk’ is an absolutely incredible fusion of hyperpop and drum & bass influences.
Over in the US, Katie Belle returned in May with a highly accomplished new track in the shape of ‘Cigarette’. It’s an alluring slab of percussive, alternative pop, acting as a rallying cry for the potential reunion of two exes.
More than four years in the making, ‘Limerence’ by Laramka is another stunning release from the past month. Teaming up with Jamia Nash, the Zurich-based songwriter has produced a stirring collision of R&B, soul and electropop.
In Middleton, Massachusetts, we encounter the superb songwriting talent of Geena Gangi, whose rhythmic folk-pop is a real treat. Check out her latest song, ‘In The Movies’.
May also saw the release of an excellent collaboration between Warburton and Julie Meunier. ‘Hurricane’ is a slow-burning, lighters-in-the-air, piece of work, bringing to mind bands like Frightened Rabbit and The National.
Canadian five-piece Minuscule are a vocal group with a difference - with intricate harmonies and a brilliant sense of cohesion to what they do. As well as conveying an important message, their freshly-unearthed ‘Nice Guy’ has some sweeping, cinematic production to boot!
Finally, Neko. Always the innovator, Robin de Geus’ musical alter ego has re-emerged with a captivating slice of bedroom pop called ‘Ludo’, full of delightful percussive flourishes and some nods to downtempo slacker rock. Love it!