There are times when desire transforms into a kind of desperation, one where lust and a loss of the self become the main driving forces.

We were rather smitten by Avfall’s July single The Eternal, and October finds them taking a different tack musically on Siren Teeth.

Norwegian duo Tic Tic describe themselves as an electronic duo; Capsule will upend your expectations of what that should be.

Toronto quartet Azure Rose deftly reveal on December that there is common ground between shoegaze and dream pop – and more besides.