Best Of The Week 013

<p>Lucky number 13! </p>

<p>This week’s best feels like a collection of small changes. These are songs concerned with transformation in all its different forms, be it emotional, spiritual, or sonic. Across punk expressionism, dream-pop optimism, jazz-inflected soul and emotionally raw indie cuts, it’s a playlist full of tracks that find inspiration in searching.</p>

<p><strong>SIDEPIECE – GENFT</strong></p>

<p>“GENFT” is all elbows. The latest from Cape Town DIY punks SIDEPIECE channels frustration into a wiry, groove-heavy blast of noise that feels both tongue-in-cheek and genuinely fed up. Drawing from the sneering urgency of bands like IDLES and The Chats, the track captures the sort of social exhaustion that turns into a mosh pit by the second chorus. </p>

<p><strong>We Kill Cowboys – Year Of The Snake</strong></p>

<p>We Kill Cowboys lean into transformation on “Year Of The Snake,” a hypnotic slow-burn built from a collaborative writing process but driven by vocalist Alex Muller’s instinctive lyricism. The track feels deeply internal without collapsing inward. There’s a sense of surrender running through it, a song concerned less with reinvention than with finally allowing yourself to change. </p>

<p><strong>Tatum Tides – Neverland</strong></p>

<p>On the charming “Neverland,” Tatum Tides reaches toward hope without forcing it. The track sits somewhere between dream-pop and a big hug, framing escapism not as avoidance but as a way of reconnecting with possibility. There’s a softness to the writing that works in its favour, allowing the song’s belief in wonder and becoming to land sincerely rather than sentimentally.</p>

<p><strong>Benjamin Reid – Come Out In The Wash</strong></p>

<p>Benjamin Reid’s “Come Out In The Wash” centres itself around patience. Driven by steady piano and a clean modern band sound, the track reflects on uncertainty without trying to resolve it too quickly. Reid leans into the discomfort of not having everything figured out yet, building a song that feels grounded in the understanding that clarity rarely arrives all at once.</p>

<p><strong>BlaQ Vein ft. Scorpiio_KTP & Simphiwe Black – Amakillo</strong></p>

<p>“Amakillo” pulls long-distance love into sharp focus. Blending Afro-pop textures with Maskandi-inspired guitar work, BlaQ Vein, Scorpiio_KTP and Simphiwe Black build a track about longing. What makes it land is the balance between its intimacy and scale — deeply personal writing carried by production that feels expansive and rooted at the same time.</p>

<p><strong>Internet Athi – Undithembisile</strong></p>

<p>On “Undithembisile,” Internet Athi moves with restraint. Lifted from his debut album <em>Polymorphism</em>, the track folds jazz, neo-soul and folk influences into something warm and emotionally fluid. Athi’s writing lingers in the complicated spaces around love and expectation, allowing feeling to shift shape rather than pinning it down too neatly. </p>

<p><strong>Kath Kilian – Edge Of Maybe</strong></p>

<p>There’s an assuredness to “Edge Of Maybe” that makes Kath Kilian’s age almost beside the point. The 16-year-old newcomer approaches uncertainty with surprising emotional clarity, building a debut that understands the tension between fear and possibility. It’s contemporary pop rooted in vulnerability, delivered with enough conviction to suggest she’s only getting started.</p>

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