Artist of the Week: Secret Sun

Premiere DateNov 28, 2020
Series Page Download Sponsor: The Northface
Categories Indie Music
00:00 Emily
01:18 Taking Reptaliens
03:36 Fix Me Up Katy J Pearson
07:50 Paradise Alley Jeremy Ivey
12:58 Self Portrait Keaton Henson
18:03 Are We Alright Again Eels
21:12 Emily
21:59 Dandelions/Liminal Emmy The Great
25:06 Had Enough Falcon Jane
27:58 Rise Helena Deland
31:30 Vindicator Yukon Blonde
34:28 Emily
35:25 Winter Love Secret Sun
38:59 Finish

Secret Sun take the top spot on this week’s BTR Top 10! Our hosts are spinning their new album, Winter Love the most this week! The album is out now on Costume Records.

Debuting on the countdown this week: Yukon Blonde, Falcon Jane, EELS, Katy J Pearson

Find your favorite album in the mix and support the artist by buying an album or some merch!

Here’s the full list:

1. SECRET SUN, Winter Love (Costume)
2. YUKON BLONDE, Vindicator (Dine Alone)
3. HELENA DELAND, Someone New (Luminelle)
4. FALCON JANE, Faith (Darling)
5. EMMY THE GREAT, April (Bella Union)
6. EELS, Earth to Dora (E-Works/PIAS)
7. KEATON HENSON, Monument (Play It Again Sam)
8. JEREMY IVEY, Waiting Out The Storm (ANTI-)
9. KATY J PEARSON, Return (Heavenly, PIAS)
10. REPTALIENS, Wrestling [EP] (Captured Tracks)

Secret Sun / illo by Bryan Bruchman / reference photo by Jean-François Hétu
Secret Sun / illo by Bryan Bruchman / reference photo by Jean-François Hétu
Emmy The Great- 'April/月音'
Jeremy Ivey - 'Waiting Out The Storm'
As a kid, Emily Smith could often be found in her bedroom recording radio shows. She obsessively recorded songs off the radio onto cassettes and mixed them together on a dual player. She was in love with…

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