CIEL
Brighton's CIEL feature vocals from Dutch-born musician Michelle Hindriks. Photo: Jantina Talsma

Fresh tracks from Poliça, The Naked and Famous and Lauran Hibberd are three of the new additions to this week’s FEISTY Alternative Singles Chart.

The fourth installment of our chart and playlist rounds up the hottest singles of the moment, and as always there’s a blend of familiar names and new tips for the future.

The chart’s still topped by the immense Tame Impala single Lost in Yesterday, at the summit for a third successive week, but there’s some 19 new songs, all released in the last seven days, to also put your ears to.

Between the new entries and the 31 tracks that maintain their place on the countdown, we’re sure there’s something for every fan of alternative, indie and pop music, including dream pop, post-punk revival, folksy singer-songwriters, and driving synth work.

New Zealanders The Naked and Famous are the highest new entry with their infectious new single Bury Us, as the 13-year indietronica veterans continue their career renaissance with another memorable pop single.

There’s also Poliça‘s second new track in a fortnight, the latest from their forthcoming album When We Stay Alive (31 Jan). It’s more of their signature trippy synthpop, and our favourite pre-release track from the new album so far.

Among the new bands you may not be familiar with are our cover stars CIEL, Dutch vocalist Michelle Hindriks’ Brighton-based dream pop trio. Their lush single The Shore is one of our tips of the week.

There’s also a pair of somewhat more raucous bands, north-easterners Pit Pony and sharp Liverpool newcomers Courting, a solo single from The Jezabels lead vocalist Hayley Mary, and another snazzy track from prolific pop-makers Fickle Friends.

Alcopop! Records signings Cheerbleederz and and hotly-tipped Bostonian Squirrel Flower are among the others to debut of the Alternative Singles Chart.

Check out the chart to see all of the latest additions, or head straight to our Spotify playlist to listen to all of the new music we’re confident you need to hear!

Oh, and if you’re still not sure exactly how the chart works? Check out our introduction to the hows and whys in this article. ♥♥♥

FEISTY Alternative Singles Chart: 23 January 2020
TWLWARTIST / TITLE
0101Tame Impala
Australia
Lost in Yesterday
Modular Recordings
0204Soccer Mommy
United States
Circle the Drain
Loma Vista Recordings
0302Grimes
Canada
My Name is Dark
4AD
0403U.S. Girls
United States
Overtime
4AD
0506The Big Moon
United Kingdom
Barcelona
Fiction Records
06NEThe Naked and Famous
New Zealand
Bury Us
AWAL Recordings
07NEPoliça
United States
Sea Without Blue
Memphis Industries
0807Grouplove
United States
Deleter
Atlantic Records / WEA
0910Tennis
United States
Need Your Love
Mutually Detrimental
10NEYumi Zouma
New Zealand
Cool for a Second
Polyvinyl
1105La Roux
United Kingdom
Gullible Fool
Supercolour Records
12NELauran Hibberd
United Kingdom
Bang Bang Bang
1313Demob Happy
United Kingdom
Mother Machine
SO Recordings / Silva Screen Records
1414Sea Girls
United Kingdom
Ready for More
Polydor Records
1519Gengahr
United Kingdom
Never a Low
Liberator Music
1608Delacey
United States
No One's Gonna Ever Love You
HITCO / Delicate Flower
17NECIEL
United Kingdom
The Shore
1811Ten Fé
United Kingdom
Heaven Sent Me
Some Kinda Love
1912Do Nothing
United Kingdom
LeBron James
Exact Truth
2009Wolf Parade
Canada
Julia Take Your Man Home
Sub Pop Records
2120Wild Nothing
United States
Foyer
Captured Tracks
2224San Mei
Australia
Hard to Face
etcetc
2322Poliça
United States
Steady
Memphis Industries
24NEPit Pony
United Kingdom
Dutch Courage
25NECourting
United Kingdom
Football
2625Peaness
United Kingdom
Kaizen
27NEHANYA
United Kingdom
I'll Do It Tomorrow
Outré Disque
2829Talk Show
United Kingdom
Banshee
Council Records
29NEHayley Mary
Australia
Like a Woman Should
I OH YOU
30NESløtface
Norway
Tap the Pack
Propeller Recordings
3115Grimes
Canada
So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth
4AD
3217MGMT
United States
In the Afternoon
33NEWaxahatchee
United States
Fire
Merge Records
3416Gengahr
United Kingdom
Heavenly Maybe
Liberator Music
35NEPrep & Anna of the North
United Kingdom / Norway
Over
Bright Antenna Records
3621Courteeners
United Kingdom
Better Man
Ignition Records
37NESquirrel Flower
United States
Streetlight Blues
Full Time Hobby
3830Artificial Pleasure
United Kingdom
Into the Unknown (Pt. Two)
39NEParis Youth Foundation
United Kingdom
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Modern Sky Entertainment
40NEFickle Friends
United Kingdom
Pretty Great
Cooking Vinyl
4118Yumi Zouma
New Zealand
Right Track / Wrong Man
Polyvinyl
42NECheerbleederz
United Kingdom
Disco
Alcopop! Records
4335Dream Nails
United Kingdom
Text Me Back (Chirpse Degree Burns)
Alcopop! Records
4438Moaning
United States
Ego
Sub Pop Records
4528Bombay Bicycle Club
United Kingdom
I Can Hardly Speak
Mmm...Records
46NEKingswood
Australia
Bittersweet
Dew Process
47NEThe Slow Readers Club
United Kingdom
All I Hear
Modern Sky Entertainment
4823Ladyhawke
New Zealand
Colours in the Dark
Modular Recordings
49NEKluster B
Sweden
Counterpart
Rama Lama Records
5037Cable Ties
Australia
Sandcastles
Merge Records

Found something hot and freshly released? We’d love to know about it as we compile the FEISTY Alternative Singles Chart. After all, your ears are as good as ours, right? Send us a tip with the details, or drop our editor a line at [email protected].