Uffie: ‘Sideways’

Ah, Uffie. Unsung pioneer of that often ripped-off Myspace-era sound (you know the one), and undisputed staple in my personal high school soundtrack — who, instead of blowing up into a bonafide pop phenomenon, just sort of disappeared for eight years.

2018 turned out to be the year of her surprise return. And August, 2018 turned out to be the month where she released this deliciously dark melodic pop fantasy, named ‘Sideways’.

Feveruary

1. Make Me Feel — Janelle Monáe
2. Hot Pink — Let’s Eat Grandma
3. Faceshopping — SOPHIE
4. Moon River — Frank Ocean
5. Me Voy (King Doudou Remix) — Ibeyi feat. Mala Rodríguez
6. Soul Syncable — Sevdaliza
7. If the Car Beside You Moves Ahead — James Blake
8. Bird of Prey — Dita von Teese & Sébastien Tellier
9. The Barely Blur (Ó & Bellows Cover) — WHY? feat. Ó & Bellows
10. I’d Rather Be With Them — Marika Hackman
11. Picturesong — Girlpool
12. Turn Around — Dungen & Woods
13. Next of Kin — Lucy Dacus
14. Marble Skies — Django Django
15. Nameless, Faceless — Courtney Barnett
16. Pointlessness — The Voidz
17. An Acre of Land — PJ Harvey & Harry Escott

August Chills

1. Desire — Everything Everything
2. Is This Ready? — Sleep Thieves
3. Runnerup — Doldrums
4. Deflect the Light — Vessels (feat. the Flaming Lips)
5. Burn It Down — Daughter
6. Fake It — Drinker
7. That’s Not Us — Beatrice Eli
8. Grounds for Resentment — Kele Okereke (feat. Olly Alexander)
9. Carin at the Liquor Store — The National
10. Welcome Oxygen (Day Five) — Will Samson
11. Here — Noga Erez
12. Let Me Go — Philip Selway
13. Quarrel (Edit) — Moses Sumney
14. Treetops — Cloud Control
15. Nowhere to Run / Bandits — UNKLE
16. Songthing to Remember Me By — The Horrors