Thanks once again to everyone for joining us for Beat the Delete #0216, bringing you all the very best in submissions that we have received in the last couple of weeks. As always, we hope you find a new favorite or become re-acquainted with an old one

This Raphi and Me single from Jeff Moller’s Sigh Baby album (out of Royal Oakie Records) has a touch of class in every exquisitely considered note thanks to the laconic psyche-tinged melodies and a whole host of collaborators like Jason Quever (Papercuts, Donovan Quinn and The 13th Month) and Trevor Montgomery (Young Moon).

This b-side to the million-streamed How Did You Get My Name single is out on 7″ hand-cut vinyl via Jugo and Rada Records and typifies Bo and the Locomotive’s smoky bar room mix of psyche, lo-fi jangled riffs, and Americana.

Lightheaded are the new darlings of indie behemoths, Slumberland Records. The two flyer singles, Mercury Girl and  Love Is Overrated single from the forthcoming Good Good Great! EP (out on 13.10.23) justifies their patronage with a dreamy mix of twee and gaze in the same vein as the recent Still Submarine aesthetic.

Jasmine is the fourth single from the upcoming Ladders of Misfortune album,  will be made available on October 20, 2023.

This Conflict at Serenity Pools act adds welcome individuality to our beloved genre whilst straddling the melodic indietronica of Broadcast, the jangle-inflected dream-pop of Community Swimming Pool, and the post-punk of Fad Gadget.

Cool in the Sunshine is one of the lead singles from Dolph Chaney’s new Mug album that was released last week on Big Stir Records and  is typical of his 60s melodic pop meets fluttering Big Star-style guitar-pop. One of the most memorable tracks from a truly great album.

Al Menne’s Grandma’s Garden single from the Freak Accident album released on September 22 via Double Double Whammy, latches the sweetest of indie-folk meets Soccer Mommy-style vocals to jangly, isolated riffs provided by Meg Duffy from Hand Habits. The entire album just possesses subtle, simplistic beauty.

Megafauna build aural textures that draw from the classic indie Australiana genre, while creating a sound entirely modern, a snapshot of a city alight with creative women coming together to make noise.

Jangly chords are underscored by an intricate rhythm section, while the synthy keys and lead guitar flirt throughout. All five band members lend their voices to each song, adding depth, energy and playfulness to the compositions like harmonious crickets at sunset (from their promo submission)…This wonderful Blue track is from their Fibonacci Sequins EP recently released on Blossom Rot Records.

This initial Honey single from the forthcoming Melt the Honey album that is due out on January 1 (via Fire Talk) offers the lo-fi, warm melodies of a Toronto-based Packs act that have been courting all manner of critical acclaim since their brilliant Crispy Crunchy Nothing album earlier this year.

Pop Filter still remain something of a jangly Aussie Supergroup featuring members of Snowy Band, Cool Sounds, and The Ocean Party in their ranks, which is a title that was cemented by last year’s brilliant Banksia album. This superb Heaven Sent track is the first single from a follow up Cono album that will be out on 01 December 2023 on Bobo Integral Records.

A completely new act to JanglePopHub Towers, Tom Conneely & Birds of Paradise’s aesthetic assumes the vocal cool of Tom Petty and infuses it with a jangly surf rock that seems to simply breathe stunning melodies. This Bring My Love Back Soon track opens a Sun Child EP, which could easily accompany every moment of blissed-out sunshine.

Pacer have that feel of uncomplicated beauty about them as the stunning control of the lead vocals float within a Big Thief-style subdued jangle to provide a sound that feels like a best-timed encouraging hug. Warmth and emotionality aplenty.

Imagine Joy Division infused with the most melodic of subtle noise/fuzz-pop and then wrap it up in the most precious of Andy Marr/early The Smiths riffs, and you are just about in the right musical ballpark of this superb No Advice single by Colorado-based Quartet, Kissing Party.

This Something to Say single by The Veras (out on 7″ vinyl via Spinout Nuggets) is all manner of glorious 60s melodic pop drizzled in psyche-pop and the beautiful fragility of Big Star-style jangled riffs.

Throw Dinosaur Jnr, The Gaby’s, and the latest Milk Aisle Gorbachev sounds into a musical blender and the gloriously melodic noise-pop smoothie that will slide out the other end would be something akin to this We’re Here To Feel the Night single from the Inland Year’s 14-songs album that is out on the Oliver Glenn Records cassette label on October 6.

Stoner is the first single from the forthcoming Hotbox Daydreams album Teenage Tom Petties, which will be released on the Safe Suburban Home and Repeating Cloud label on November 3 and crackles with a jangle-punk incessant intensity that is reminiscent of the The Woolen Men at their very best.

Lifening is an indie rock / indie folk project / band currently based in Orlando. Produced by Songwriter, Multi- Instrumentalist and Composer Scott Rogers. The band’s sound is limitless. This Chocolate single seems to justify the “limitless’ terminology with jangly guitar riffs that engulf you from every angle.