Boy & Bear's fourth album Suck On Light has picked up this week's Feature Album spot.
The album, their first since 2015's Limit Of Love, comes after a challenging time for the band with frontman David Hosking having been diagnosed with a debilitating gut bacterial issue.
“I think, personally, [being happy with the album] was going to be a tricky hurdle to jump," Hosking told The Music ahead of the album's release.
"On the last record I was hoping I would have gotten better but by the time we did the third record, I was in a pretty bad way and sort of checked out – I feel like I could have added value to that process but I was gun-shy, I didn’t want to make a lukewarm record.
“I started to improve and there was a moment of committing to it, where there was enough confidence to go, ‘No, we can do this. I’m going to have it in me to push these songs further [and] get all the lyrics right.’
“I definitely look back and feel proud of [this] result. I didn’t want to rock up and record anything, we wanted to make something we’re really proud of and I can definitely say that we are."
Click here to read the full interview and check out Suck On Light's four star review here.
This week also sees a stack of Aussie artists added to regular rotation including Flume's Rushing Back (feat. Vera Blue), Didirri's Blue Mood Rising, Stand Atlantic's Hate Me (Sometimes), yergurl's Girls Like Me, EAST AV3's Riding Through The Fire, Illy's Lean On Me (feat. Robinson) and Dom Dolla's San Frandisco. UK group The Big Moon also had their track Your Light added to rotation.
Tracks picking up spot plays this week are A Swayze & The Ghosts' Connect To Consume, Danny Brown's Best Life, CLYPSO's DYS (Defend Your Situation), Erthlings' Returning and Sløtface's Stuff.
