The BBC’s Sound of 2015 longlist inspired me to play a host of new artists on the show this week, including outstanding tracks from Years & Years, Låpsley, Rae Morris and Shura, while the retro alternative section looked back 20 years to some of the many stellar albums of 1995. Here’s the tracklist for the full show:
West Of The Fields January 12, 2015
- R.E.M.- Driver 8
- Belle and Sebastian- Enter Sylvia Plath
- Susanne Sundfør- Fade Away
- Indiana- Solo Dancing
- Years & Years- King
- Låpsley- Falling Short
- Rae Morris- Under The Shadows
- Shura- Touch
- Father John Misty- I Love You, Honeybear
- First Aid Kit- Stay Gold (Stockholm Session)
- The War On Drugs- In Reverse
- Panda Bear- Come To Your Senses
- The Go! Team- The Scene Between
- Viet Cong- Silhouettes
- Belle and Sebastian- Allie
- Father John Misty- Chateau Lobby #4 (In C For Two Virgins)
- Springtime Carnivore- Name On A Matchbook
- Smashing Pumpkins- Where Boys Fear To Tread
- Radiohead- Planet Telex
- Blur- The Universal
- Pulp- Common People
- Oasis- Some Might Say
- Elastica- Waking Up
- Sparklehorse- Someday I Will Treat You Good
- Guided By Voices- A Salty Salute
- PJ Harvey- Down By The Water
- Blind Melon- Galaxie
- Sponge- Plowed
- Modest Mouse- Lampshades On Fire
- Twerps- I Don’t Mind
- Broncho- Class Historian
- Ellie Goulding- Love Me Like You Do
- Charli XCX- Hanging Around
- Indiana- Only The Lonely
- Susanne Sundfør- Delirious
- Vaults- Vultures
- Laura Welsh- Breathe Me In
- Ex Cops- White Noise
- Låpsley- Brownlow
- Kyla La Grange- Cut Your Teeth
- Chromatics- Closer To Grey
- Mew- Introducing Palace Players
- Glass Animals- Black Mambo
- Ariel Pink- White Freckles
- Father John Misty- True Affection
- The Decemberists- A Beginning Song
- R.E.M.- Beachball