The newest glimpse of boygenius‘ highly anticipated debut album ‘the record’ is the attractive ‘Not Strong Enough’. On it, the trio, made up of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, discover complicated emotions of self-hatred juxtaposed with a God complicated, sharing reflections like: “I tried, I can’t / Stop staring at the ceiling fan and / Spinning out about things that haven’t happened”.
From the hovering bridge – which sees them assert that they’re “Always an angel, never a god”, with the vocals regularly layering over rising instrumentals – to the gorgeous refrain, it’s one other stellar providing from the group.
‘Not Strong Enough’ goes straight onto the NME Radio A List this week, alongside BERWYN‘s latest tune ‘Bulletproof’. Also new to NME Radio are tracks from Arlo Parks, J-hope & J. Cole and Eliza Rose, alongside a selection lower from Slowthai’s latest album ‘UGLY’.
Check out all the brand new additions to NME Radio 1 and a pair of under:
On the A List
Boygenius – ‘Not Strong Enough’
BERWYN – ‘Bulletproof’
On the B List
Slowthai – ‘Sooner’
Arlo Parks – ‘Impurities’
McKinley Dixon – ‘Run Run Run’
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – ‘Pretty Boy (Robert Smith Remix)’
Nation of Language – ‘Sole Obsession’
On the C List
Shygirl – ‘Heaven ft. Tinashe’
Eliza Rose – ‘Better Love’
j-hope & J. Cole – ‘on the street’
Coach Party – ‘Micro Aggression’