MOJO PLAYLIST

Load up with the month’s best grooves, psych and punkery.

1 DAMON ALBARN THE NEARER THE FOUNTAIN, MORE PURE THE STREAM FLOWS

To sweetly shimmering frost tones, a soliloquy on loss and the heartache of those left behind. From new solo LP of the same name. Find it: streaming services 2 ASHLEY SHADOW FOR LOVE

Deep contemplation in the Pacific Northwest from Black Mountain co-singer. A VU thrum underpins its multi-layered, darkly folky arrangement and rolling groove. Find it: YouTube 3 KHRUANGBIN & QUANTIC PELOTA (CUT A RUG MIX)

After overhauling Macca, the Texan trio have their own remix

LP: Will ‘Quantic’ Holland brings a gyrating Latin groove lost outside time. Find it: YouTube 4 SCOTT HIRSCH MUCH TOO LATE

Honeyslide-smooth hybrid of JJ Cale and Curtis Mayfield vibes from Ojai, California. Carolyn Dennis – formerly Mrs Bob Dylan – adds significant backing vox. Find it: Bandcamp 5 DAMON & NAOMI WITH KURIHARA SAILING BY

Infallibly gorgeous Boston duo, plus Japan’s most delicate psych axeman, salute their lockdown succour: BBC’s Shipping Forecast. Find it: Bandcamp 6 AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS SECURITY

Like ’76 Damned with an Oz rock mullet, Amy demands love with

raw vulnerability. “Let me into your pub!” From new album streaming services Comfort To Me.

Find it: 7 LOW DAYS LIKE THESE

Bursts of fierce static, disorienting ambient passages and, amidst it all, anthemic harmonies from Mimi Parker and Alan Sparhawk. A fragmented but rousing return. Find it: YouTube 8 COLIN MOULDING THE HARDEST BATTLE

He said he’d hung up his guns, but the ex-XTC man returns with a pop-symphonic miniature. Find it: burningshed.com 9 STEVE GUNN FULTON

From new LP Other You, the Pennsylvania guitar magus combines melodic spark, Zen garden shimmer and gentle tidal swing as he hears multitudes in the silence of the night. Find it: streaming services 10 THE BUG PRESSURE (FT FLOWDAN)

Hyper-dystopian bass-techno-noise-raggahop? Step this way. From upcoming album Fire, which completes the trilogy begun by London Zoo and Angels & Devils. Find it: streaming services