UKNY for February 26

Montréal's Afternoon Bike Ride make gentle music with frank lyrics traversing both heartache and hope. On the trio's second album, glossover, out now on the Friends of Friends label, lead singer and guitarist Lily Kurihara doesn't flinch from tougher subjects, such as the intense pain of being a caregiver, still in her twenties, for her father, who has early onset Alzheimer's disease.

There's a filigree of frost and hazy morning sun that filters across Afternoon Bike Ride's beautiful songs — and on tonight's "UKNY" at 11 p.m., one of the deep tracks from this magnificent new album. In addition, Afternoon Bike Ride will be here in New York this coming week, playing Baby's All Right on March 1.

Also, new releases from Manchester's Antony Szmierek, Rotterdam's Robin Kester, the thrilling Northern Irish-Dutch duo Fräulein, and ahead of her Coachella dates, Björk pairing with Shygirl. The fast-rising London-based Gretel Hänlyn, who releases her second EP, Head of the Love Club, on March 16, cites PJ Harvey as an influence, but brings her own caustic Gen Z perspective to her latest single. Plus a delicious, fast-rising single in the UK and US — sampling a 41-year-old classic — from New Jersey's own Coi Leray.

An unexpected night of umlauts — and new British and international music — on "UKNY," Sundays from 11pm-midnight, on 90.7 FM, streaming online, and in the Archives after broadcasts.

Songs played:
1. Gretel Hänlyn, “Wiggy,” Head of the Love Club EP
2. Daughter, “Party,” Stereo Mind Game
3. (US-CA-UK) Tommy Lefroy, “Worst Case Kid,” Rivals EP
4. Antony Szmierek, “Rock & a Calm Place,” Poems to Dance to EP
5. Little Simz, “Heart on Fire,” NO THANK YOU
6. Dry Cleaning, “Swampy,” Swampy EP
7. Sleaford Mods feat. Florence Shaw, “Force 10 from Navarone,” UK Grim
8. Fräulein, “Pet,” single
9. (Montréal, CA) Afternoon Bike Ride, “Good Company,” glossover
10. (Rotterdam, NL) Robin Kester, “Infinity Song,” Honeycomb Shades
11. Barry Can’t Swim, “Sunsleeper,” single
12. (Melbourne, AU) Jen Cloher, “My Witch,” I Am the River, The River is Me
13. (Hackensack, US) Coi Leray, “Players,” single
14. (Reykjavík, IS-London, UK) Björk feat. Shygirl, “Ovule (Sega Bodega remix)” single + Fossora