Venice Treacle ’s “ Bad Aji ” answers a question nobody was brave enough to ask: what if one of the most traumatising moments in board-game history absolutely slapped? Inspired by Go legend Lee Sedol’s infamous 2016 loss to DeepMind’s AlphaGo, the single turns existential dread into something funky, twitchy, and oddly danceable. Right from the start, the track refuses to behave. The groove doesn’t so much settle in as it trips over the furniture, apologises, then does it again. Basslines wobble, rhythms hiccup, and melodies pop up like thoughts you didn’t invite. This is Venice Treacle’s proudly off-kilter Quank aesthetic—music that sounds like it knows the rules, understands them deeply, and then ignores them out of spite. The song’s spirit channels that move: the now-legendary shoulder hit that made Go grandmasters gasp, scoff, and briefly assume the computer had finally lost its mind. Spoiler alert: it hadn’t. Bad Aji captures that exact emo...
You’ve Got Male! finds riot-grrrl mischief-makers WENCH ! joining forces with our favourite electro party-punk dynamo Jodie Langford to create a track that feels like a feminist prank call set to a dance-floor-ready riot. It’s fast, loud, and delightfully fed up—like someone finally pressed the “mute” button on bad takes from mediocre men, then wrote a chorus about it. Recorded at The Warren’s in-house studio and sprinkled with Adam Pattrick’s indie-alchemist production, the song is the first cheeky wink from their upcoming Warren Records collaboration. The concept is simple: dunking on the ridiculous things men say about women. And not subtly. We’re talking a full Olympic-level dive. WENCH! and Langford take aim at those “misogynistic mole-rats” who believe women are flawless holograms created by Photoshop and expensive moisturiser. These are the guys who think “femininity” is a personality trait available only in limited-edition Instagram filters. The track skewers them ...