Lightning Surlaw - BBC Sound of 2021 - The Reveal!

"She'll probably be nifty,
it's Mollyb60"

Fifth Place (1pt)
Bree Runway, Apesh!t
Fourth Place (2pts)
Griff, Say It Again
Third Place (3pts)
Girl In Red, Rue

Second Place (5pts)
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough
Sounds a bit like Blossoms and they've been all over my playlists last year, it's a nice cheery upbeat song. Like it. I could actually totally imagine it as a Eurovision song. That's always a good thing for me.

First Place (7pts) for the third time in a row...!
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel
Starts well anyway. Yeah I really like this. It's making my foot jiggle and that's always a good sign. Yeah this is totally my kind of song. Would happily listen on repeat.

"Spitting truth not porkers,
here's AnLachaCorcra"

Fifth Place (1pt)
Griff, Say It Again
Fourth Place (2pts)
Greentea Peng, Hu Man
Third Place (3pts)
Girl In Red, Rue

Second Place (5pts)
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel
I was waiting for a beat to kick in, but the song doesn't need it. I'm gonna check out more of her music - I usually get bored of downbeat/depressing music pretty quickly, but this worked really well.

First Place (7pts)
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost
Obligatory indie **** on the BBC list, but I love it. I'm a sucker for bands with upbeat/kooky singles

"No need to be embarrassed,
it's only Irish Aris"

Fifth Place (1pt)
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost
Fourth Place (2pts)
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel
Third Place (3pts)
Griff, Say It Again

Second Place (5pts)
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough
Very catchy chorus

First Place (7pts)
Girl In Red, Rue
By far the best song

girl in red making a charge...?
Poor Dutchavelli, I thought that was a decent enough song!

After Irish Aris
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel 48
Girl In Red, Rue 39
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost 35
Greentea Peng, Hu Man 31
Griff, Say It Again 18
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough 15
Bree Runway, Apesh!t 13
BERWYN, Vinyl 9
Pa Salieu, My Family 6
Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries 2

After Reberetta
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel 51
Girl In Red, Rue 40
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost 37
Greentea Peng, Hu Man 31
Griff, Say It Again 25
Bree Runway, Apesh!t 18
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough 15
BERWYN, Vinyl 9
Pa Salieu, My Family 6
Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries 2

"He's got a brand new car,
looks like MicksJaguar,
it's got leather seats,
it's got a CD player-player-player…."

Fifth Place (1pt)
Girl In Red, Rue
Fourth Place (2pts)
Greentea Peng, Hu Man
Third Place (3pts)
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost

Second Place (5pts)
Griff, Say It Again


First Place (7pts)
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel
Mick was also speechless at the quality on show

Clarabel wrote: »

I've changed my mind.

Girl in red is lovely.


I mean they all kinda bland but she's definitely missing off my list.

Took a few listens to move up to my number one, but I really like it no

Really looks like a fight for second now...

After lassykk
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel 60
Girl In Red, Rue 44
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost 41
Griff, Say It Again 37
Greentea Peng, Hu Man 33
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough 20
Bree Runway, Apesh!t 18
BERWYN, Vinyl 9
Pa Salieu, My Family 6
Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries 2

"As welcome as an ice cream van,
on a summer's day, it's JohnGreenFan"

Fifth Place (1pt)
BERWYN, Vinyl
Fourth Place (2pts)
Bree Runway, Apesh!t
Third Place (3pts)
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough

Second Place (5pts)
Griff, Say It Again

First Place (7pts)
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel

And now for something completely different...

"With views that won't harm us,
here's the votes of Arghus"

Fifth Place (1pt)
Girl In Red, Rue
Fourth Place (2pts)
Greentea Peng, Hu Man
Third Place (3pts)
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough

Second Place (5pts)
Bree Runway, Apesh!t
I'm not madly in love with the vocals or making them repeat like that: a bit annoying tbh. But I like the rest of it a lot. That descending melody that gets played on the keys and then the guitar is neat. The bass that gets responsed with the high pitched squelches. It's a cool fat, but yet lean arrangement. A lot of neat details in the track, a cool mix of hip-hop, r n b and rock

First Place (7pts)
Pa Salieu, My Family
"This is was the track that stood out to me on my first listen through. And I think it's the best of the lot.

There's a gruffness and attention grabbing quality to the voices. Some of the songs are a bit forgettable, this one makes you listen. It feels fresher, realer, than the other selections.

The flows have a cool, aggressive, but yet sing song quality. The beats are hard, but I love the chorus when the beats drop out and you get this massed chanted vocal - tribal - segment - with string samples giving it this tragic grandeur, or at least that's what it feels like to me.

There's substance here too. Tales of a tough and violent life, which I don't think is glorified, just told honestly, even with an acknowledgement of its destructiveness."

Into the final three...

"Often late but does the biz,
Here's the votes from JP Liz"

Fifth Place (1pt)
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough
Fourth Place (2pts)
Bree Runway, Apesh!t
Third Place (3pts)
Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries

Second Place (5pts)
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost

First Place (7pts)
Griff, Say It Again