The BBC Introducing Mixtape with Kerrie Cosh
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The darkness of this intertwines like a spider's web of the thumping of that EDM-inspired anthem from Glasgow four-piece Mercy Girl. That's called No Sound and it's about trying to find peace in being alone while someone else still plays in the back of your mind. It was selected as Track of the Week by Phoebe IH, who was on this show last week.

Welcome along to the Six Music BBC Introducing Mixtape. It's Kerry Cosh in for Emily Pilbeam this week and over the next hour I've got a hand-picked selection of tracks supported by our BBC Introducing shows up and down the country. Now I can usually be found on the Three Counties and Northance instalment which is the home

of artists like Wonder Horse and Mary in the Junkyard, plus many more that you may know. Now, over the next hour, I get to dive into the best of bbc.co.uk forward slash introducing. That is where our uploader sits, and that is the place where artists can send their music. Now, first off, we head to Cumbria for an artist known as Elfjaw. It's the kind of music crabs would make, according to them. Their words, not mine. And I do feel the chaos and the frantic nature in this one. It's called Feral. Feral.

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Big fan of that sound. Elfjaw and Feral on the BBC introducing mixtape. If you are a fan of festivals such as Slam Dunk or Download, then please do look out for the next name because she's from Brighton and she is an artist that I think is going to rise through the scene very quickly when it comes to heavy music. Now, she has basically made a project based on the seven deadly sins and it's a chance for her to repent her sins for the world to see. And this next track is The Sin of Lust.

This is Harpy with Last Time. This is Harpy with Last Time.

♪ That's fine ♪ ♪ Rippin' through your body, through your spine ♪ ♪ We're all gonna die tonight, that's fine ♪ ♪ So touch me like it's the last time ♪ ♪ So touch me like it's the last time ♪ ♪ I'm your natural disaster, body of fire ♪ ♪ Interplanetary pariah ♪ ♪ Rising up through the streets, flooding the waters ♪ ♪ Getting you so wet from it ♪ ♪ Through your spine ♪ ♪ We're all gonna die tonight ♪

So touch me like it's the last time. So touch me like it's the last time. It's the last time. Stars fall from the sky and all the atmospheres collide. But nothing matters because you're across the terminate. Falling in like a hurricane. Touch me like it's the last time. So touch me like it's the last time.

♪ So touch me like it's the last time ♪ ♪ I'm reckless, you're helpless ♪ ♪ We step right into the wreckage ♪ ♪ I'm reckless, you're helpless ♪ ♪ I'm going to die to turn out the light ♪ ♪ Reckless, you're helpless ♪ ♪ We step right into the wreckage ♪ ♪ Reckless, you're helpless ♪

lanes. Supported by BBC introducing Sussex and Surrey, that is Harpy. I just love the stomp element of that track but then also the fact that you get that magnetic pull when you go towards those heavier choruses from those lighter verses. I just absolutely am a huge fan of that tune and I think that being in our own lane is really serving Harpy so well. And

Up next is an artist from the West. Now, she's been supported by BBC Introducing in the West and she's from Gloucestershire. And this track just is a beautiful, whimsical exploration of the silence that can break two people apart. It was written off the back of Chloe Foy's 10 year relationship coming to an end. But there's just this feeling in the choruses that there is this beautiful summer, folky, chilled kind of bop that I...

fell in love with immediately. This is Elephant in the Room. The elephant in the room

♪ You who ♪ ♪ Ah ah ♪ ♪ The elephant in the room ♪ ♪ Stonic scene ♪ ♪ Silence ♪ ♪ A certainness ♪ ♪ The certainty of time ♪ ♪ Self defense ♪ ♪ And I'm waiting ♪ ♪ Charming ♪ ♪ Waterful ♪ ♪ Incident ♪ ♪ Balcony ♪ ♪ I'm talking to ♪ ♪ The elephant ♪ ♪ The elephant in the room ♪

Chloe Foy, Elephant in the Room. It kind of reminds me of those early days of Coldplay. You know where life doesn't always go to plan, but somehow you turn on a Coldplay song and it would make you feel OK. That's exactly how I feel about that song. It's about a very sad ending, but at the same time, it makes you feel like there is much more on the horizon to look forward to. And we move on to an artist now who has been supported by Dean Jack.

She is from Nottingham. She grew up in Lincolnshire, but she moved there a few years ago. And this is the last track that was released off her EP Crooked Shoulder, which is out at the end of June. I found this very, very encapsulating immediately. It's called 405 and it's by Katie Keddie. It's me, flowers on your profile It's me, till I'm 100 to twist For you to coerce me

started to fight for no good reason

Katie Kenny, 4.05 on your BBC Introducing mixtape. It's Kerry Cosh alongside you sharing some of the best discoveries handpicked from up and down the BBC Introducing shows in the UK. And it is very soon time for Glastonbury. We are getting to that point of year where a lot of people are getting excited about going back to Worthy Farm once again. And one of the artists that is going to

be there who has brought such a dreamy velvety tone to everything she does is Nectar Wood she's got a lot of shows coming up this festival season and there are a lot of opportunities to see her and I would definitely recommend you do so this is called Lose Don't worry about the cruise Don't worry, just worry if you lose Don't worry about the cruise Don't worry, just worry if you lose Don't worry about the cruise

Don't worry, just worry if you lose. Don't worry about the group. Don't worry, just worry if you lose. Watch your back, take a step off the track.

♪ Why so shy when nobody cares ♪ ♪ Life ain't fair but you're already there ♪ ♪ Scared all the time when all head and I ♪ ♪ Take it from me ♪ ♪ High and deep and overthinking ♪ ♪ You're always free and going nowhere ♪ ♪ Move in circles ♪ ♪ But it will drive you crazy ♪ ♪ Don't worry, just worry if you lose ♪

Don't worry, just worry if you lose. Don't worry about the groove. Don't worry, just worry if you lose. Don't worry about the groove. Don't worry, just worry if you lose. Watch yourself now, don't you fall off. I'll tell you now, no, don't say sorry, sorry. It's a runaway goal to be on your own. Runaway goal.

Don't worry about the groove. Don't worry, just worry if you lose. Don't worry about the groove. Don't worry, just worry if you lose.

Just worry.

Finder on the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury, Nectar Wood, that is lose. And we'll have a double whammy of artists supported by BBC Introducing in London's Jess Izzett because this next artist, I don't think we'll be forgetting the brat summer of 2024 any time soon. The domination of Charlie XCX has inspired everyone

a lot of artists who are making that sweat soaked electro pop sound right now and one of those artists is big softy now they have said this is about draping yourself all over the passenger side and getting amongst this song because that is exactly what you need to do i found this absolutely freeing it's called i want to ride

I could be your big boy if you get what I mean Barefoot on the clutch and a gem on my teeth Wet hair in my eyes, babe, I can't see But you're screaming all the words out from the passenger seat Hand on my upper thigh, feel the rushing air in your hair Freckle on your belly, I can't help but stare It's just the eyes on your face in the rear view We've gotta do the thing I wanna know

So let me ride, I want to So let me ride, I want to Could be your best of all time if you were in the know So we'll keep burning rubbers till my tires blow Six speed cam flashes on the way to the gig But we'll keep running lights cause we're so big Wanna, you wanna

You wanna... I wanna drive, I want to drive So let me ride, I want to, I don't know You can hear some of the trailblazers of the genre in there. Body Rock, Sophie, The Dare, Charlie XCX, just to name a few. That is Big Softy and I Wanna Ride. Six Music. The BBC introducing mixtape, Track of the Week.

It's Kerry Cosh on the BBC introducing Six Music Mixtape and I'm usually found on BBC introducing Northampton and Three Counties. And this is where I have discovered our track of the week. It is from an artist who defines himself as Afropop history.

He is an artist who was originally born in Nigeria. He came over to Northampton to study and he just never left the UK. And he's been sharing elements of his culture, elements of himself and how upbeat he is as a person. He's known as Great Adams and his real given name is in fact Great. So he is aspiring to some quite high things in life and high.

Hopefully you will enjoy the vibrancy and joy that he brings to his music in the same ways that so many people did when he released his Bless Boy album. Now, this song, Blessing Mogbe, is all about embracing moments in life where blessings might be around the corner, even though times are hard right now. This tune does nothing but lifts my soul in ways that I can't describe. This is Great Adams' Blessing Mogbe track of the week.

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I need all the money like Elon Musk. I'm not going to buy a new bus. But if I can stop the killing of young children, I'm going to do them back first. Politicians, they tell us.

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So much vibrancy from Grey Adams and there is plenty more where that came from. To make an album that is just full of uplifting songs, there is no sadness in it whatsoever. It's just a real skill to show where he is as an artist right now and how much he shows that gratitude in life for all the good things that are happening, no matter what is going on in the background.

You can catch him at Latitude playing on the BBC Introducing Stage. And I think he's going to be bringing every element of that joy with him because he has a full 99 band and they are incredible when you watch him live. He's got a saxophonist. He's got people who can really, really show their flair. And him as an artist, he's just incredible.

incredibly, incredibly present whenever he performs live. And from Great Adams to Gans, there is a two-piece from Birmingham who write music about love and hate. And this song is about that eternal chase for the grass being greener on the other side. And then suddenly you get there and you find out that, in fact, it isn't. This is Gans and It's Just Life. It's just life, forgotten memories Replaced with grief and strife It's just love, it's just love It's just love

It's just life, just life.

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Gans, it's just life on your BBC Introducing mixtape. Kerry Cosh sharing some of the best music from up and down the country that we have found via the BBC Introducing uploader. And if you do want to get involved, it's really easy to do so. All you need to do is send your song to bbc.co.uk forward slash introducing and we will see you next time.

We'll do the rest wherever you are in your journey. That is the beauty of BBC Introducing. And you could find yourself played on one of the local shows. You could find yourself played on one of the national shows. If we like your track, we will find a home for it. Let me tell you right now, this band are definitely not strangers to the likes of Six Music because Steve Lamac has supported them quite heavily and they are better known as the Youth Play.

And they're originally from Essex and they're supported by the BBC introducing in Essex and Cambridgeshire show. Matt Plum hosts that over there. And if you are a fan of Fontaine's DC, Interpol, The Cure, Slow Dive, that kind of vibe, then you are going to love them. A Fair Life is a song that's taken from a dream, actually. This one's more of a dystopian feel to it, where famine, extreme weather events and lawless societies are our new normal. A scary thought. This is the youth play and a fair life.

Where do you come from? There's some approach from the f*** like a creature in danger. I got some cares to their tail, I'll do your poker. I don't suddenly take off. Guys, I'm f***ing against the time. Suddenly take off. You're just a f***ing against the time. Suddenly take off. I'm against the time. Strap, you better know it's true. I was better known you. To seek attention, speak to God. Are you my new serial killer?

Don't fuck it up If you love somebody Fuck it up I wish I, I wish I could do The greatest love I ever knew You see now you know If you love somebody If you love somebody Don't if you love somebody Don't fuck it up If you love somebody

I'm sorry, I'm sorry I let you down So sorry, I'm sorry I screwed around If you love somebody, don't fuck it up If you love somebody, why did you fuck it up? If you love somebody, don't fuck it up

A hooky tune and stellar advice. If you love somebody, don't muck it up, says Courtney Dixon from the North East. She'll be on the BBC Introducing Stage at Glastonbury. And I'm sure you can catch the less radio-friendly version of that because apparently it is quite the crowd-pleaser.

on now to a high energy raw title that channels fury at broken systems and celebrates the unity of the pit courtesy of Bex this one is called politics on the BBC introducing mixtape and now it's out of my control just miss my missus it's one finger trigger I'm sitting here with them into my decision into a scene that gets me we're thinking they know I'm playing the system

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She knows my type, she knows

Violence or sin, fam I will take it Everyone let us in, that risk we're taking Violence or sin, fam I will take it Everyone let us in, that risk we're taking World class attire, I know they aspire Fam I am tired, but came through the fire It's not sunny though, hardship no V.O.

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Lem Frek, this is called Could Sin.

It's one of those songs that really excels in storytelling. He is an artist that truly is so detailed in his lyricism that he can paint a visual picture without you needing to see what the song is actually about. However, he has said with that in mind, Could Sin is about the pure carnage of it all. No matter how much I try to become an adult who has their life together, at the end of the day, the DNA is the DNA. Could Sin, but probably shouldn't. And I really like that message that he has behind him.

Somebody else who really encapsulates with their songwriting is Yorkshire singer-songwriter, Kinderlin. Now, Kinderlin is writing the first single of a two-part project called After Before. Now, After Before, if you can make sense of this, is a project that tells two sides of the same story, but in reverse. So one side acts as the before and one side acts as the after, which is super intriguing. This is called Cigarettes. Cigarettes smoke good on his skin.

I'm not wanted back at home. Sleep feelings can't knock down. Stone was looking for excuses, but only finding reasons to behave. Because cigarettes smell good.

You still want what I need. Tell me what it means that I think. Cigarettes smell good when he's around. Something that I shouldn't have. So tell me why I want it so bad. It's only the day while you exist. I'm a ball that's been thrown. You picked me up then let blame where gravity makes me.

I don't want to think like, but can you see how I got here? Where cigarettes smoke good on his skin. Used to want what I need. So tell me that I fit. Cigarettes smoke good when he's around. And that I shouldn't have. So tell me why I want it. It's you on a soft breeze. I can't, there's no difference.

I can keep cigarettes smoking, something that I shouldn't have wanted so long.

beautiful jazzy undertones from kinderland that is cigarettes now june is pride month and i couldn't not play this song for you that i was super super excited when i received to the inbox watford's kayla grace has quite rightly said to be loved is to be seen and this track acts

as her queer awakening, as she calls it. And she was inspired by the artist Leith Ross, who is basically a Canadian artist who just excels in writing down their emotions and having a fresh view on intimacy and romance. And this just really represented something sweet and beautiful that I cannot get enough of. This is Kayla Grace and the Leith Ross song. ♪

You're a leaf thrush song in the taxi Couple neat touches in the backseat Swore her bells ring when you kissed me Then you clipped your hair back for the party You're a breath of the fresh, you're a daisy Told you once that you're making me crazy That won't be forever but maybe You could stay till my head's not hazy Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

You're a leaf for a song in my headphones Not a fear in my mind when I say no Only ask for a text when I get home Hold me tight, said it's fine if you let go You're a shot in the dark, you're a presence You're repainting my wounds, they're fluorescent Now you've lifted the bar, you're my reference Took me home with the purest intentions Oh, every word's on

Every word summarizes you. You. Had my head. I was running for cover. I'm not sure. On my shoulder. Not afraid to get closer. There's no spelling.

Beautifully delicate from Kayla Grace. A Leith Ross song. If you want to check out her recent EP, it's called Cats Can Surf. Now, unfortunately, the internet has since told her that cats might well be able to surf, but still a fantastic sentiment, never the mind.

Anyway, I've got time for a couple more tracks and I'm going to try and squeeze in this one from Alt Rock Quartet, Balancing Act. They're back with their single Scar. This one just fell out of the sky, apparently, and it's a mix of Massive Attack, Muse, ever so slightly touching on Eminem as well. This is Scar. So you can go and talk the talk into one or two And then it goes into the stars and the passing cars

When those tidal waves know. When those tidal waves know.

Written off the back of an excursion in the French countryside to gain some inspiration, that is Scar by Balancing Act on BBC Introducing the Six Music Mixtape. And that is all we've got time for this week. Thanks so much for lending me your ears for the past hour. If you do want to get involved and send in music to your local BBC Introducing show, so easy to do. bbc.co.uk forward slash introducing.

All you need to do is send us your highest quality audio and we will do the rest to make sure it gets heard. I'm going to leave you with a band that are from Luton. They're a duo known as The Itch. Now, whilst they make more indie-leaning music, they really love their electronics too. I'll see you in a bit. This is Code Conspirator. I don't give a f***. I feel like no f***. Makes sense now I

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