Records of the Month

The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer...

Released 17th October 2025 SK says: "TWIABP follow 2021's sprawling, proggy Illusory Walls with a...

Released 17th October 2025 SK says: "TWIABP follow 2021's sprawling, proggy Illusory Walls with a complete volte face- a streamlined, punishing metalcore album with screamed vocals courtesy of guests from the likes of Full Of Hell and END (even chief vocalist David Bello, one of the scene's mellower singers, has a noticeably angrier delivery!) Still full of the strong imagery and thoughtful political critique that has always elevated the Connecticut band's work but foregrounding guitarist Chr...

The Beths - Straight Line Was A Lie

Released 29th August 2025 SK says: 'Another corker from the peppy Kiwi indie quartet led by Liz S...

Released 29th August 2025 SK says: 'Another corker from the peppy Kiwi indie quartet led by Liz Stokes. 2022's Expert in a Dying Field pitched Stokes' witty, vulnerable songwriting against power pop guitar rhythms and irresistible vocal harmonies to stunning effect. Tackling similar themes here, there's a layer of subtle experimentation and a strong jangle influence that makes this one a different but just as sweet pleasure.' Written in Los Angeles and self- recorded in the band's hometown of...

TOPS - Bury The Key

Released 22nd August 2025 SK says: 'After rescuing the lockdown summer with 2020's I Feel Alive, ...

Released 22nd August 2025 SK says: 'After rescuing the lockdown summer with 2020's I Feel Alive, Montreal's TOPS return with their first full-length since. There are elements of the sleek 80s pop members Marta Cikojevic and David Carriere explored on their excellent side project outing as Marci, but the album's star is singer (and sometime flautist) Jane Penny who spearheads the tongue-in-cheek pivot to "evil TOPS" with icy, lovelorn vocals playing against a rumbling low-end that spans loping...

Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band - New Threats F...

Released 25th July 2025 SK says: "Ryan Davis follows up last year's SK AOTY with another stunning...

Released 25th July 2025 SK says: "Ryan Davis follows up last year's SK AOTY with another stunning collection of brilliantly confounding lyrics and cathartic crescendos. A real highlight of the year was the band's performance outside the shop here in August." Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band— the project of Louisville-based visual artist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Ryan Davis — announce their new album, New Threats From The Soul, out 25th July on Tough Love / Sophomore Lounge and ...

Young Gun Silver Fox - Pleasure

Released 2nd May 2025 SK says: 'Drawing elements of Chicago, Greg Phillinganes and Little River B...

Released 2nd May 2025 SK says: 'Drawing elements of Chicago, Greg Phillinganes and Little River Band into Andy Platts & Shawn Lee's already refined blend of Hall & Oates blue-eyed soul, the acoustic funk of Ned Doheny and Michael McDonald-era Doobies piano bounce. Arranger Nicol Thomson's (Lee's collaborator in the instrumental funk outfit Superhighway Band) Earth, Wind & Fire horns elevate a number of tracks on an uptempo and, as the title suggests, hedonistic album which ranks a...

Circuit des Yeux - Halo On The Inside

Released 14th March 2025 Experimental composer and world class vocalist Circuit des Yeux (Haley F...

Released 14th March 2025 Experimental composer and world class vocalist Circuit des Yeux (Haley Fohr) will release ‘Halo on the Inside,’ her adventurous new album on March 14th, marking a thrilling new era for the celebrated artist. Less a departure than an evolution, ‘Halo on the Inside' finds Fohr channelling the dark orchestral folk of her previous work through the prismatic lens of dark-wave and industrial music, creating a sound that maintains the poetic heart of her songwriting while pu...

My Morning Jacket - is

Expected Release 21st March 2025 SK says: 'A kaleidoscopic record that showcases the breadth of J...

Expected Release 21st March 2025 SK says: 'A kaleidoscopic record that showcases the breadth of Jim James' muse and the tightness of the band. "Everyday Magic" is underpinned by a monster guitar riff hook but is followed by a track which can only really be described as the Everlys do D'yer Mak'er, while "Time Waited" is built around cascading, Bill Evans-esque piano and "Squid Ink" is the kind of dramatic, dark wigout that adorned the band's early LPs. Ten studio albums in and in their third ...

Knats - Knats

Released 7th March 2025. Vinyl released 14th March. SK says: "Blistering debut from the Newcastle...

Released 7th March 2025. Vinyl released 14th March. SK says: "Blistering debut from the Newcastle act which draws as much from the 70s fusion of Weather Report and Return To Forever as it does from the bass culture influence of contemporary British jazz." Knats is the band’s much anticipated self-titled debut album. It comes on the heels of an incendiary year for the band including supporting Geordie Greep (black midi) and playing as the backing band for R&B legend Eddie Chacon on UK tour...