The best electronic track of the year so far? Lucas Nord is a young Stockholm based producer  who has married his rich, swirling synths with a typically airy Swedish-accented vocal courtesy of Urban Cone. It’s this gorgeous vocal that brings the track to life as they penetrate Nord’s pulsating house beat and hypnotic electronica.

There seems to be little known about Lucas Nord and we are desperate to hear more. For now we’ll just bask in the deep synths of Let Us Stay Young a few more hundred times. Safe in the knowledge that Lucas Nord will be HUGE this year.

Check out more at over at his label, Hybris’, amazingtunes.com profile.

Sick of singer-songwriters? Already bored of moombahton? Need a massive wake up call?

Then trust us, Blacklisters are the band for you.

Be warned though, the four-piece from Leeds hit like a well-aimed punch to the metaphorical face of new music, with latest single Trickf**k standing as a lesson in how to perfectly channel your aggression into 2minutes 56 seconds, with surprisingly melodic results.

The first, and reportedly heaviest, track to be taken from their forthcoming debut album, Trickf**k isn’t your standard thrash-infused hardcore punk; the lyrics are tinged with humour, the mid-song breakdowns give you time to catch your breath, and we don’t know about you, but man, that riff just Makes. Us. Move.

After two successful EPs, plus support slots with the likes of Melt Banana, Rolo Tomassi and Amazing Radio favourites Pulled Apart By Horses, their blistering live set is fast becoming the stuff of legend amongst some of the best underground venues in the UK. Having been picked up by DIY superstars Brew Records, and with the album release set for April 2^nd, it looks like 2012 could well be their year.

Get past the first 10 seconds and they’ve got you hooked – go on, be brave – you can thank us later.

Check out more from the band at their amazingtunes.com profile.

Though we still mourn the loss of one of the truly great post-hardcore bands, yourcodenameis:milo (who went their separate ways back in 2007) there have been one or two silver-linings. The first of which is Young Legionnaire, the most recent project of singer Paul Mullen’s. In fact, we filmed a live session with them not so long ago. The second of which is today’s New Favourite Band, The British Expeditionary Force. The brainchild of Milo-mastermind and producer, Justin Lockey and his brother James.

Their first offering, Chapter One: A Long Way From Home was powerful but WOW, this second album is simply glorious. Perhaps due to the fact that it was conceived and recorded in one room, rather than over email (as the first was created), and perhaps due to their mind-set of ‘more is more‘; “More sounds, more layers, more people. More face to face, more angles, more songs” claims Justin, Chapter Two: Konstellation Neu reaches whole new levels of awesome.

We’re excited to show you Crack In The Clouds, the first offering from the album (in the player above). It’s a beautiful marriage of electronica, vocal samples and guitars which fairly accurately represents the entire album. The track itself is a suspense-building tease but trust us, there are tracks on the album that satisfy with a huge release. Strange Aftertaste for example (which follows Crack in the Clouds on the album) explodes into a cacophony of noise with magnificent vocal choirs and massive guitars. Trust us on this one and pre-order yourself the album now.

If you can’t wait for it to arrive, below is a teaser video featuring exerts of songs from the album.