Six years on from Jamie T’s last new material (or four, if you count the accidental leak of his B Sides), he’s back with brand new single ‘The Old Style Raiders’. The three minute track was produced by Hugo White of indie heroes The Maccabees, and leads up to T’s fifth album, ‘The Theory of Whatever’. His long-awaited musical return was a must-add to this week’s NME Radio playlist.
The singer-songwriter will also be playing his first show in five years this week in Ladbroke Grove; and other artists featured in this week’s slate of NME Radio additions are also getting ready to hit the road. Mahalia kicks off her UK tour on May 17, while Manchester natives Porij are gearing up for a slot at this week’s The Great Escape festival in Brighton. Check out the rest of the new tracks on NME 1 and 2 below:
On the A List:
Jamie T
‘The Old Style Raiders’
Jamie T is back with indie rock anthem ‘The Old Style Raiders’. Produced by former Maccabees guitarist Hugo White, the south London singer-songwriter has explained that the new cut is about the fight to “find something that means enough to you that you love”. This single will appear on ‘The Theory of Whatever’, his first album in six years that drops in July. – Karen Gwee
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Mahalia
‘In The Club’
Singer-songwriter Mahalia’s latest offering ‘In The Club’ is a silky track with a driving bassline that’ll get you straight on the dancefloor. The follow-up to her stellar February release ‘Letters To Ur Ex’ samples 50 Cent’s classic ‘In Da Club’, and Mahalia has explained that the track is “about letting go of people who are just plain and simply bad for you”. – Sabiq Rafid
