AS another exciting year for Scottish music beckons, we’re taking a look into the future with our top tips of 2025.

With many new artists ready to make their mark on the Scottish music scene, there’s plenty to be excited about. So, without far ado, check out our TTV TEN below.

Indoor Foxes, aka Martha Burr, shared her ‘Sadolescence’ EP last year and instantly piqued our interest with huge tunes like ‘Church Music’, ‘White Rabbit’ and ‘Plant Pot Song’. Co-written with Ross Leighton, the EP was grungy, introspective, emotive and filled with surging choruses and addictive melodies – indicating huge potential. Her songwriting is matched by her magnetic, high-energy stage presence, which will be on full show this year with a number of festivals already confirmed.

Heading up our Top Tracks of 2024 with the brilliant ‘Girl From NYC’, Brogeal are heading into a huge 2025. Building on from the success of last year in which they released their self-titled debut EP, they get better with each live show – bringing plenty of bravado and songwriting prowess to their blend of traditional folk, punk and indie. Already confirmed for The Great Escape, watch this space.

KuleeAngee, consisting of Glasgow’s Keshav Kanabar and Edinburgh’s Duncan Grant, made their TENEMENT TRAIL debut last year and instantly caught our attention. They also shared their debut single ‘Animated Love’, a grooving, dancefloor-ready electronic, funky number that indicates heaps of exciting potential. With more live shows to come and an EP slated for release this year, they’re definitely one to keep an eye on.

We’re big fans of Samuel Nicholson at TTV HQ. With a couple of albums to his name, he’s starting to get the recognition he deserves after a number of memorable festival appearances and live shows in 2024, including Wide Days and our own TENEMENT TRAIL. His music is raw, emotive, moody and at times crushingly beautiful.

Another duo who made their debut at TENEMENT TRAIL last year, YESANDMAYBE may not have any music out in the world yet – but we’ve seen enough to suggest a very bright future ahead. The pair have been compared to the likes of huge pop-rock acts like The Killers and MGMT thanks to their penchant for big ambitious pop tunes – channelling early 2000s indie and pop in their own image.

Lacuna have grown a big word-of-mouth following in the local scene thanks to their magnetic live shows and an increasingly impressive slew of single and EP releases. Their sound channels the likes of Big Thief and Boygenius, oscillating from the quiet and considered to rousing and raucous – and it all comes to life brilliantly on stage. They kick their year off with a headline performance at King Tuts on 25th January as part of the venue’s annual New Year’s Revolution festival – a rite of passage for any band in the city.

Fourth Daughter, aka Emily Atkinson, achieved a bit of a breakthrough last year when her Balearic, dancefloor-ready track ‘Higher (Just a Feeling) was picked as Radio 1’s Track of the Week. ‘Hybrid’ was equally mesmerising, also receiving airplay from the station. This year, she’s set to build on this success with the release of her EP and she’s also confirmed to play SXSW.

The Era arrived last year with their debut single ‘Black Leather Lover’, and followed it up with the equally hypnotic ‘Hidden Heart’.  The duo have quickly carved out a niche position in the local music scene – blending the imposing sound of the electric harp with industrial beats, moody vocals and dark, moody atmospherics to create a sound entirely of their own devising. With an eclectic range of influences such as Yves Tumor, Sky Ferreira, The Kills, The Jesus and Mary Chain and more, we look forward to seeing what comes next from the duo.

Fright Years are an Edinburgh-based band crafting music that’s as emotionally charged as it
is cinematic. Their most recent singles like ‘Stars’ and ‘Aftersun’ showcase their potential – striding forwards with driving guitars, a powerful lead vocal and the kind of soaring choruses that any arena-rock band would be proud of. They start the year with a headline at King Tuts on 24th January and at Sneaky Petes on 7th February.

Jelly 

Jelly is the new musical alter ego of Josh Kelly, known for previous tracks like ‘I Don’t Need This Anymore’ and ‘Time All Alone’. 2025 will mark an exciting new era for the singer-songwriter has he returns with new name and new music to go with it. His old material, influenced by the likes of The Strokes, showcased massive potential so after time away in the studio, we look forward to hearing the fruits of his labour.