Listener’s Songs of the week: New tracks from Charli XCX, Lorde, Georgia Gets By and Katchafire

By Charli XCX and Lorde

It was a big day for the 2014 Tumblr girls last Friday during what the Guardian dubbed as “the year’s most powerful pop moment.” Charli XCX released a remix of her song girl, so confusing about her complicated relationship with Lorde - which featured Lorde. The pair get candid about how their looks and edgy personas were often compared in media, and the awkwardness that came with their eventual meeting and navigation of their frenemy status. Lorde, in particular, delivers a Lily Allen-esque truth bomb about having had an eating disorder for the past two years but ultimately wraps up her verse with a declaration of love for Charli. It is evidently very confusing sometimes to be a girl. - Alana Rae

By Georgia Gets By

Once half of BROODS, now solo artist Georgia Gets By (Georgia Nott) has released Madeline a soft, moody ballad calling on a Suki Waterhouse-like etherealness. Amidst its dreamy yearning, a grungy guitar arrives by bridge time to pick it up into the soprano stratosphere Nott’s vocals allow for so effortlessly. The fade out is a nice touch too, giving it true old-timey flare. - Alana Rae

By Katchafire

It’s become common now for local artists to cover some of our classic songwriters and here, in an acoustic version, reggae band Katchafire take on Dave Dobbyn’s lovely song and slow it down to milk the lyrics. Campfire music. – Graham Reid

By Ice Spice