This hour has fine guitar-picking, sludgy ‘after-dark pop’, beautiful soprano voices, a Waif gone solo, a fabulous string-band cover of a Doors classic, another track from the stunning new Vika & Linda album, and more. Here is the playlist:

* Separate – Kaitlin Keegan

* Trigger Me – Justin Bernasconi

* Talking to the Devil – NEAV

* Nothing Else Matters – FERLA

* Emma – Georgia Mae

* One Last Time – Joshua Moriarty

* Hand Grenade – Vika & Linda

* Super Recogniser – Josienne Clarke

* People Are Strange – The Dead South

* Tempest – ThornBird

Above: FERLA’s ‘Nothing Else Matters’ single cover art by Ted Min, Brigit Ryan and Steve Gavan