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New Release Round-Up 21st January 2022

Out Today There's a big debut from much-hyped Leeds quartet YARD ACT. On 'The Overload' vocalist James Smith calls to...

Out Today There's a big debut from much-hyped Leeds quartet YARD ACT. On 'The Overload' vocalist James Smith calls to mind his namesake Mark E. as well as Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson as he inhabits a rogue's gallery of gammons on dyspeptic tirades but there are moments of genuine wonder and pathos under all the cynicism, not to mention some bouncy musical hooks. As well as standard formats, we've got our last few copies of the "Ghetto Lettuce" green vinyl....

January 21, 2022 0 comments

New Release Round-Up 14th January 2022

Out Today ELVIS COSTELLO's 'The Boy Named If' sees the shapeshifting songwriter recapturing some of the early New Wave energy...

Out Today ELVIS COSTELLO's 'The Boy Named If' sees the shapeshifting songwriter recapturing some of the early New Wave energy of his Attractions albums across thirteen new tracks concerned with the putting away of childish things. Possibly the most immediate record of his Imposters period. There's a rather nice purple indies exclusive vinyl BONOBO enlists Jordan Rakei, Jamila Woods and Kadhja Bonet for features on new album 'Fragments', a return to club-ready beats anchored by its downtempo vocal tracks. As...

January 14, 2022 0 comments

New Release Round-Up 7th January 2022

Out Today A very happy first New Release Round-up of 2022 to you all! We've got a couple of tempting DAVID...

Out Today A very happy first New Release Round-up of 2022 to you all! We've got a couple of tempting DAVID BOWIE pieces ahead of what would have been the legendary artist's 75th birthday tomorrow. There's a 50th anniversary picture disc of his classic 'Hunky Dory' and a first ever official release of shelved 2000s album 'Toy', released here as 'Toy:Box' with stacks of extras on triple-CD and 6x10" vinyl sets. There's the long-awaited vinyl pressing of the latest album from Manchester...

January 07, 2022 0 comments

New Release Round-Up 10th December 2021

Out Today NEIL YOUNG reconvenes with CRAZY HORSE for 'Barn', the follow-up to 2019's 'Colorado'. It alternates between amp-blowing rock and...

Out Today NEIL YOUNG reconvenes with CRAZY HORSE for 'Barn', the follow-up to 2019's 'Colorado'. It alternates between amp-blowing rock and folky, mellow warmth. As well as standard CD and vinyl formats, there's a deluxe box set and a special edition vinyl featuring exclusive photos only available from shops like ours. 'An Orchestrated Songbook' captures PAUL WELLER live with Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra with a tracklist that spans The Jam, Style Council and solo classics on CD, deluxe...

December 10, 2021 0 comments

New Release Round-Up 3rd December 2021

Out Today Two Albums of the Year contenders get coloured vinyl issues: 'Promises' the sublime collaboration between cerebral electronic artist FLOATING...

Out Today Two Albums of the Year contenders get coloured vinyl issues: 'Promises' the sublime collaboration between cerebral electronic artist FLOATING POINTS, questing tenor sax giant PHAROAH SANDERS and the LSO is issued on a marbled "End of the Year" edition which makes this round-up writer sorely tempted to buy it all over again. 'Illusory Walls' is the epic latest from Connecticut emo collective THE WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE & I AM NO LONGER AFRAID TO DIE. Vocalist David Bello remains one...

December 04, 2021 0 comments

New Release Round-Up 26th November 2021

Out Now Upcoming guests VOKA GENTLE release their sophomore album 'WRITHING!', another thrilling collage of psychedelic pop, synths and samples...

Out Now Upcoming guests VOKA GENTLE release their sophomore album 'WRITHING!', another thrilling collage of psychedelic pop, synths and samples with wry lyrics just as likely to be delivered via angular sprechgesang as pure folk harmonies. The album features Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne and is available on CD and "Sol yellow" double-vinyl. We're delighted to say that the trio will be joining us for an instore next Friday (3rd December), so do let us know if you'd like to attend....

November 26, 2021 0 comments

New Release Round-Up 19th November 2021

Out Now It probably won't have passed you by that there is a brand new ADELE album out. '30' picks...

Out Now It probably won't have passed you by that there is a brand new ADELE album out. '30' picks through the wreckage of a divorce with a hard-won maturity and features the massive comeback single 'Easy On Me'. Available on CD and double-vinyl with a clear wax variant exclusive to record shops like ourselves. ELBOW's 'Flying Dream 1' was recorded in an empty Brighton Theatre Royal which may account for the sense of space and hushed reverence that the Manchester...

November 20, 2021 0 comments

New Release Round-Up 12th November 2021

Out Today DAMON ALBARN's Iceland-inspired 'Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows' was originally conceived as an orchestral work...

Out Today DAMON ALBARN's Iceland-inspired 'Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows' was originally conceived as an orchestral work before being retooled into a more familiar style by the Blur/Gorillaz man, which perhaps explains its strong musical and lyrical throughlines. There's an indies white vinyl which is also available in a deluxe hardbook set. 'CRAWLER' is the fourth full-length is as many years from IDLES and sees them team up with producer Kenny Beats, exploring different facets of their...

November 12, 2021 0 comments

New Release Round-Up 5th November 2021

Out Today As you very likely know by now, 'Voyage' is the first new ABBA album in four decades, featuring...

Out Today As you very likely know by now, 'Voyage' is the first new ABBA album in four decades, featuring the mega new singles 'I Still Have Faith In You' and 'Don't Shut Me Down'. It's available on a plethora of formats including a limited edition digipak CD, deluxe CD ecobox featuring art cards and a blue vinyl. 'Valentine' is the sophomore full-length from Lindsey Jordan's indie vehicle SNAIL MAIL. Debut album 'Lush', released when Jordan was still a teenager,...

November 05, 2021 0 comments

New Release Round-Up 29th October 2021

Out Today 'I Don't Live Here Anymore' is the brand new album from THE WAR ON DRUGS. If their breakthrough...

Out Today 'I Don't Live Here Anymore' is the brand new album from THE WAR ON DRUGS. If their breakthrough 'Lost In The Dream' was a driving heartland rock epic powered by Motorik rhythms and its follow-up 'A Deeper Understanding' a complex, ruminative beast, produced in the kind of hermetic studio conditions favoured variously by My Bloody Valentine and Steely Dan, then last year's tour documenting 'Live Drugs' hinted at an earthier, more languid direction, in between stretched out versions...

October 29, 2021 0 comments

New Released Round-Up 22nd October 2021

Out Today LANA DEL REY issues 'Blue Banisters', her second album of 2021. A combination of material penned during the...

Out Today LANA DEL REY issues 'Blue Banisters', her second album of 2021. A combination of material penned during the pandemic and offcuts from 'Ultraviolence' and an abandoned collaboration with The Last Shadow Puppets (represented here by the Miles Kane feature "Dealer"), it's at the hazy, downtempo end of her oeuvre and she remains a genius at suggesting the storm raging beneath the shiny American Dream veneer. The indies LPs are running slightly late on this one but should be...

October 22, 2021 0 comments

New Release Round-Up 15th October 2021.

Out Today COLDPLAY return with 'Music of the Spheres', a kind of sci-fi concept album produced by pop supremo Max...

Out Today COLDPLAY return with 'Music of the Spheres', a kind of sci-fi concept album produced by pop supremo Max Martin with features from K-pop phenomenon BTS and Selena Gomez. It's available on CD and recycled eco-mix coloured vinyl- in keeping with their recently announced "eco-friendly world tour". Former SK guests FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES tackle the lockdown blues on 'Sticky', plus there's a soulful debut 'Skin' from London-based Bangladeshi-Irish singer-songwriter JOY CROOKES, new albums from producer (and Billie...

October 15, 2021 0 comments

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