Alice Costelloe rounds out the year with the release of her new track, ‘Anywhere Else’. The London-based singer-songwriter has outdone herself with this cut, which is built above a haunting, brooding atmosphere. Until the explosion into life for its dying moments, there are only a few subtle percussive textures; hints of drums littered around the stereo field and a gentle stroke of guitar strings. Instead, the organic warmth of the mellotron that sits in the middle of the mix carries much of the track, with only her emotive, lilting vocal melodies taking more of a central role. “This song felt so easy and natural,” she says. “All the recorder melodies were the first things I played, and it really felt like I was just writing whatever came to me without worrying about what was cool or what other people were doing. I decided I wanted the whole record to feel like that – to just take the path of least resistance at every turn, in sound and in subject.” Costelloe’s anticipated debut album, Move On With The Year, drops on February 6th, 2026, via Moshi Moshi Records. -Dan Peeke