Breaking More Waves

Every year since this blog started way back in 2008 I’ve published a ‘Ones to Watch’ list of new artists that I think are worth keeping an eye and ear on in the forthcoming year.

Whilst Breaking More Waves blog has slowed to the point of being defunct, I hope there’s still a space for yet another end of year album list amongst the multitude of end of year lists – this one only being finally decided at the end of the year.

It’s that time again when new music fans and the music industry in the UK descend to the south coast for the annual multi-venue music festival known as the Great Escape in Brighton.

Are You Listening?

As you may have noticed Breaking More Waves is on a break at the moment.

It’s the end of the year and that means it’s the appropriate time to post an end of the year list.

Man/ Woman/ Chainsaw is Billy Ward (vocals, guitars), Emmie-Mae Avery (vocals,keys/synths), Vera Leppänen (vocals, bass), Clio Harwood (violin) and Lola Cherry (drums).

The ninth Ones to Watch 2025 is Disgusting Sisters; a duo that featured on the blog in September prior to releasing any music.

The next selection on the Breaking More Waves Ones to Watch 2025 list is a bit of a stab in the dark.

Do you like pop music?

The sixth artist on this year’s Breaking More Waves Ones to Watch list hail from Cork in Ireland and are a five piece called Cliffords.

The next artist on the Breaking More Waves Ones to Watch 2025 list released his debut single just over a month ago – so this selection is probably somewhat ahead of the curve.

The fourth artist on the Breaking More Waves Ones to Watch list is Jacob Alon.

The Pill are the first of this year’s One to Watch artists that have featured previously on Breaking More Waves, from back in April when they introduced themselves to us with their debut single Bale of Hay.

If you’re a fan of the likes of Jorja Smith or Olivia Dean you may well want to add another Smith to your collection.

The first artist on the Breaking More Waves Ones to Watch list for 2025 is Luvcat.

We’re nearly at the end of the year which means it’s time for the 2 annual lists that Breaking More Waves has published ever since its birth in 2008.

When this blog was in its prime it was a reasonably common occurrence to feature artists that had yet to release any ‘official’ recorded music, instead relying on shaky live You Tube clips or dodgy Soundcloud demos.

Is Steely Dan cool these days?

Whilst Breaking More Waves has never been a ‘local’ music blog, over the years these pages have introduced a fair-few artists from the south-central region of the UK.

Picture Parlour have already ‘faced the music’ from a number of critics for allegedly being the dreaded ‘industry plant’; a meaningless and absolute b*llocks term, that becomes even more meaningless and b*llocks when the people calling them industry plants

You may not know it butt this is what you knead.

Song of the Week this week could so very nearly have also fitted into an artists new / introducing type post, as on first glance Imogen and the Knife is a brand new artist, with Mother of God appearing to be a debut single.

This week’s track is a combined ‘Song of the Week’ and ‘New’ post as it’s a debut tune from a brand new band.

The Pill are like the snotty but sparkling d-i-y punk-pop sisters of Wet Leg, or perhaps Panic Shack, with extra venom.

The eagle eyed and observant amongst you will have noticed that there was no Breaking More Waves Song of the Week last week – due to being on holiday.

This week’s Song of the Week blog post is a little different insofar as I’m not writing about the song itself, but instead highlighting the Breaking More Waves New Music Weekly playlist on Spotify, where the Song of the Week will always feature.

This week's song of the week is Goddess by Laufey.

This week’s Song of the Week is a Eurovision song contest entry.

If on a weekly basis like me, you scroll through all the big weekly playlists on Spotify, it’s pretty likely you’ll find a lot of songs that sound boringly similar.