New music guide: The Neu Bulletin (10th August 2015)

Back in the day, Georgia worked behind the desk at snug London record shop Rough Trade West. Cut to the present day and she’s playing an in-store there to celebrate the release of her debut album. It’s an exciting first work, splintering electronic sounds into crazed directions. R&B, grime and all-out pop all weave their way into the mix.

For some reason, it’s always easier to imagine a bedroom artist doing their thing in a big city - when Lucid Void says she’s from New York, it’s simple to picture her plugging her guitar a couple of floors above taxi cabs, and busied streets. There’s nothing determinedly New York about ‘threshold’, a song that takes the basic aspects of grunge before tearing them into pieces. A “love song”, it sees Void singing “I don’t mind living badly if it’s next to you.” Earnest but defined by its tiny details, it takes the city to another planet.

Houston’s Rose Ette make music that resembles a headrush, a sudden jolt of life that wipes away any scattered thoughts. “You can’t hide” they declare on ‘Thunder’, a bloodthirsty bolt out of the blue that arrives after a handful of local dates, including with Quarterbacks and Sand Dunes.