Welcome to Five In Five, the regular column which celebrates the five hottest tracks we’ve discovered each week and for each new tune, we pick five words that perfectly sum them up.

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Winyah – ‘Before You Wake’

FIVE WORDS: moody, restless, indie-rock, fluid, urgent

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Matthew Steven Whitaker – ‘HOW IT USED TO BE’

FIVE WORDS: emotional, airy, lo-fi, sensitive, uptempo

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Kash Dee – ‘In the Rain’

FIVE WORS: romantic, heart-led, 80s, spacious, cinematic

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Briar Banks – ‘never knew you’

FIVE WORDS: youthful, introspective, indie-pop, melancholic, gutiar-led

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Born Runner – ‘Be Ok’

FIVE WORDS: feel-good, anthemic, optimistic, buoyant, confident

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