- Sampa Tembo was born in Zambia, raised there and in Botswana, moved to the US in her late teens, then out to Australia where her career as Sampa The Great has blown up; and she’s been all over since then. I’m sure that her footloose upbringing has given her a cosmopolitan perspective, setting her apart from most people. It's easy to imagine positive aspects of that, but equally how it could leave her feeling isolated and alone. A black, female artist, making it big in Australia, was always going to have some questions about identity.

- MIYNT is the project of Swedish indie pop artist Fredrika Ribbing. She emerged in 2015 with a couple of enigmatic, expansive pop singles and followed this up with 2016’s EP No. 1, which was an exciting debut effort. Her latest release, Stay on Your Mind, an EP that borders on LP-length, sees her fine-tune her sound and really begin to find herself as an artist.

- “We all want something better” could be the defining mantra of Jenny Hval’s extensive discography; if you wanted to boil it down so reductively, which you might do if you’re desperately searching for a solid foundation to stand on in her surreal, ever-melting worlds. You might also want to ask, much as she does herself, exactly what she means by “something better”.