We like the wispy ethereal guitar pop of Italian band Be Forest. Sample below “Colours”, the lead track from the Pesaro-based (a city of 95,000 on the Adriatic Coast, east of Florence) band’s sophomore LP Earthbeat .
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Rating: 8.3
Mansions on the Moon turn in a wistful update to the iconic Mazzy Star ballad with this freshly recorded cover. The band do well to keep intact the soul and romantic quality of the original while still (putting on our Blake Shelton voice) “making it their own”. Enjoy a free download of “Fade Into You” below.
Mansions On The Moon 
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Rating 8.2
The script of broody, rhythm-driven Midlands guitar bands is not an unfamiliar one. Enter Northampton five piece Jubilee Courts with their standout single “Room With a View”. Yes, it’s of the broody persuasion and yes it’s an “angular mix of Joy Division-esque rhythmic sensibilities w/ the melodic whip of Ian McCulloch” but at that “Room With a View” does it quite well and enjoyably. We’re into it.
Jubilee Courts 
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Rating 8.4
