Newcomers The Riversiders are an exciting new indie band with a fresh take on their genre. They’ve racked up over 200,000 streams with the power of their two previous singles and are hoping to keep the same impressive growth with the release of ‘Original 2’. The track opens with quiet, subtle guitar lines that intertwine and introduce the soulful lead vocal before fading into the catchy, Kooks-inspired first verse. They aren’t afraid to chuck in some more progressive influences either, combining a persistently dense yet controlled overdrive in the style of Neutral Milk Hotel with dramatic tempo changes and some beautifully jazz-inflected chords. If there’s one thing this track does, its build a lot of anticipation for what will come next from The Riversiders. - Dan Peeke