A quick run through some recently released stand alone singles.....

First up Shovels & Rope with America, Great. It's the most lyrically toothless anti Trump song since Roger Waters dared to call him a nincompoop. However it's still good to hear a stompin' track from this duo

Next up are Peter Yates (Nephilim) and Evi Vine (Eden House) with two minutes of basically nothing. All the People consist of a couple of guitar strums and a plaintive vocal and that's it. Rather inconsequential

Happy Axe is a young woman from Australia and the single Seven Sounds is weird but in a good way. Strident violin and I think a saw (!) give way to skittish electronic beats. Worth keeping an eye on

Finally kudos to AWS who decided to try and win the Eurovision contest for Hungary with a full on metal track. Viszlát nyár comes complete with half shouted/ half screamed chorus and a hard riffing instrumental section. Turn up to 11.....