Weekly5 is back from its summer-ish slumber. And while it’s always great to take a break to refresh, coming back to a towering backlog quickly wipes the relaxation away. Then again, I could draw from a couple of weeks of compelling releases.
There’s a particular kind of week where everything sounds like it’s on the verge of snapping. From Berlin’s ANYX to Cardiff’s Panic Shack, the five tracks below share an edge, a barely controlled tension that refuses to resolve cleanly. Except Josh da Costa, who has other ideas.