Last month Lana Del Rey dropped ‘Blue Banisters’, her second album of the year. The follow up to the magnificent ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’, her eighth record sees her vocals shine brightly in a “defiant and delicate return”. Given the four-star treatment here at NME, we’ve put the gorgeous ‘If You Lie Down With Me’ on the NME Radio A List this week.
Also new to NME Radio we’ve got Kasabian’s return with ‘ALYGATYR’, a cut from The War On Drugs triumphant fifth album ‘I Don’t Live Here Anymore’, and Nova Twins killer new single ‘Antagonist’. Check out what’s new on NME 1 & 2:
Check out what’s new on NME 1 & 2 below.
On the A List
Lana Del Rey
‘If You Lie Down With Me’
Lana Del Rey sings about a romance filled with melancholy and passion on ‘If You Lie Down With Me’, from her equally woozy album, ‘Blue Banisters’. Its sweet brass interlude adds a cinematic touch – with Del Rey’s vivid lyrics, one can easily imagine two lovers spinning around in a drunken slow waltz at an elegant, abandoned hotel: “Dance me all around the room / Spin me like a ballerina, super high / Dance me all around the moon / Light me up like the 4th of July”. – Qistina Bumidin
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Exit Kid
‘This I Know’
Years & Years alumni Emre Türkmen (former synth player) and Dylan Bell (touring drummer) are the band Exit Kid. The duo’s new single ‘This I Know’, from their upcoming sophomore EP ‘Basis’, is a grunge-pop track that’s miles away from the synth-pop days of their former band. Türkmen’s sweet vocals fit perfectly in place even as the track shifts between distorted guitar riffs to crystalline synths, grounded by Bell’s reliable drums. – QB
