Five tracks to hear this week (July 21-27)

It’s hard to keep up with all the One Direction solo material now, should you wish to. Today Louis Tomlinson follows last year’s Steve Aoki collaboration, Just Hold On, with a proper solo single, the energetic, overblown electronic pop of Back to You.

Just as she joins the line-up for this weekend’s Afropunk Fest, new UK soul singer Mahalia has put her excellent debut single online, an old school R&B tune about waking up to the realisation you’re in a bad relationship. It’s called Sober.

Damian Marley is a fairly regular guest voice on the songs of others, but hasn’t released a full album of his own since Welcome to Jamrock in 2005. Today he puts out his comeback long player, Stony Hill. The latest video on YouTube is the tough military beats of R.O.A.R.

Minor indie band Childhood are now effectively a solo project for south Londoner Ben Romans-Hopcraft, with an unexpected Seventies soul makeover on a great new album, Universal High, out today. The latest video clip online is for the hazy groove of Cameo.

Nigerian singer Wizkid has an impressive headline booking at the Albert Hall in September. He’ll be performing songs from his fourth album, Sounds From the Other Side, out today. Its starry guestlist includes Trey Songz, Major Lazer, Chris Brown, and Drake on the new video for Come Closer.