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From the Human League to Def Leppard, Arctic Monkeys to Bring Me the Horizon, Sheffield has produced some of the biggest and best acts in British music over the last few decades. This trend shows no sign of stopping any time soon thanks to rising indie-pop outfit The Seamonsters. After releasing a string of strong singles and establishing an eye-catching visual aesthetic, the band has today dropped their latest offering, How to be Famous . Building from an effects-smothered guitar riff, through a subdued pre-chorus, and then letting loose on the punchy, infectious main hook , this is undoubtedly The Seamonsters' most confident and effective track to date. The quintet have cited early Blondie and Aztec Camera as key influences here, yet the inspiration taken from New Wave never causes How to be Famous to come of as trite or stale. Rather, The Seamonsters have again displayed their ability to echo the past whilst forging a sound that feels completely unique and refresh...

September may have seen Green Day and Blink-182 dropping some of their most embarrassingly bland material to date, but there was also enough greatness from across the music spectrum that I could have easily made this month's list even longer. Either way, I've stuck to my usual five picks of the very best tracks of the past month. If you haven't heard these yet, get them in your ears! Foals - The Runner This second single from the upcoming Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost - Part II is a more than worthy follow-up to last month's excellent 'Black Bull'. While not quite as furious as that track, 'The Runner' sees Foals continue to deliver on their promise of heavier material for this new album with a formidable, fuzzy lead riff and production that packs a hefty punch. The chorus is a straightforward but hugely effective showcase for Yannis Philippakis' soaring vocals, while the frontman's conceptual lyrics are, as ever, owed your atte...