Five Songs You Must Hear This Week (21 Sept 2026)

Alan Cross Corus Radio

September 20, 2026 3:21 pm

Five Songs You Must Hear This Week (21 Sept 2026) — With Alan Cross
Corus Radio

Lots of really fresh stuff for this Five Songs You Must Hear list, which, for whatever reason, leans decidedly British

1. Leap, Exit Signs
Single (Epitaph)
Recommended If You Like: Bands with backstories

Britain’s Leap is fronted by Jack Scott, a lead singer with bipolar disorder (he’s very open about that) which has a tendency to make the group rather unpredictable. The rest of the band has an interesting pedigree, too. On drums, we have “the multi-instrumental bisexual-Buddhist sensation” Hector Cottam. Declan “BullsEye” Brown is from South Africa and has a thing for cheap denim. And finally on guitar, “a young, fair-haired Jedi in the form of Adam Mason, who is classically trained.

2. Fat Dog, Call It What You Want
Cancel Me (I’m Tired) (Domino)
RIYL: Boisterous and unpredictable bands

Coming out of South London, Fat dog is a seven-piece(!!!) group (there are also five ex-members) who have been around for about six years. This album, due October 2, is their second, a follow-up to their debut entitled WOOF. The electronics are still here, but there’s a bit of a punk feel to this new single.

3. The Broken Exceptions, Run Away
Single (Independent)
RIYL: Groups in the vein of Wet Leg.

Here’s a group that they say came together almost by accident in late 2025. Using The Ramones, The Donnas, The Clash, The Dollyrots, and The Interrupters as templates, they put a female perspective on everything—with some exceptions when the song calls for it, of course (cf. the band’s name).. It ain’t complicated music, but it ticks all the energy boxes.

4. Adult DVD, Rolling Face
Single (Fat Possum)
RIYL: Something on the frenetic side.

There six people in this band from Leeds which was born sometime in 2021 during the COVID lockdown (BTW, Fat Dog—see above—came together the same way). If you feel like getting lost in a techno sound that wouldn’t have been out of place in 1996, grab a glow stick and a bottle of water and listen to this.

5. Alewya, Cairo FM
Zero (London Records)
RIYL: Something slinky and soulful

Alewya Demmisse is originally from Saudia Arabia and raised in Sudan by Egyptian and Ethiopian parents. Since moving to Britain, she has established herself a performer, multi-disciplinary artist, and model. See how many subtle exotic influences you can pick out in this song.