Records of the Month

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Gruff Rhys - Sadness Sets Me Free

Released 26th January 2024 SK says: 'A masterfully crafted record which pulls together musical ...

Released 26th January 2024 SK says: 'A masterfully crafted record which pulls together musical strands from his recent albums along with elements of Leonard Cohen, Brian Wilson and fellow countryman Carwyn Ellis's Rio 18 on personal and subtly political outing.' Incredibly, this  will be the 25th album Gruff Rhys  has released in his 35 year career individually, collaboratively and as a member of various bands. “Sadness Sets Me Free” is also the follow up to 2021’s “Seeking new Gods”, ...

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Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da

Released 12th January 2024 SK says: ''Iechyd Da' is the excellent new album from Wirral singer-so...

Released 12th January 2024 SK says: ''Iechyd Da' is the excellent new album from Wirral singer-songwriter/producer Bill Ryder-Jones. It marries the slowcore feel of his more recent albums with the aching balladry of sophomore record 'A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart' and the compositional depth and invention of his debut, the Italo Calvino-inspired 'If...' recorded with the Liverpool Phil. It's the former Coral guitarist's widest in scope yet, with a playfulness redolent of the Super Furries, Mer...

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SPRINTS - Letter To Self

Released 5th January 2024 SPRINTS' debut album ‘Letter to Self' embodies their substantial evolut...

Released 5th January 2024 SPRINTS' debut album ‘Letter to Self' embodies their substantial evolution over the past 3 years. Transforming pain into truth, passion into purpose and perseverance into strength, the Dublin four-piece have steadily grown in stature, releasing two acclaimed EPs and building a fearsome live reputation.  'Letter to Self' is the sound of  SPRINTS  consolidating and levelling up. Exhibiting their most vulnerable moments and imbuing their visceral garage-punk with a pal...

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Peter Gabriel - i/o

Release 1st December 2023 More than 20 years in the making, this December finally sees the releas...

Release 1st December 2023 More than 20 years in the making, this December finally sees the release of i/o, Peter Gabriel’s first album of new material since 2002’s Up.During 2023, Peter has been releasing a new song from the album on the occasion of every full moon. Being revealed roughly every four weeks, each track has been allowed to find its own time and space, to enjoy its own orbit. “It’s a little like getting a Lego piece each month,” Peter explains. Now it’s time to stand back and adm...

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Harp (Tim Smith, formerly of Midlake) - Albion

Released 1st December 2023 SK says: 'Coming some eleven years after he departed Midlake (who them...

Released 1st December 2023 SK says: 'Coming some eleven years after he departed Midlake (who themselves have released two albums, almost ten years apart in the meantime) and recorded with his wife Kathi Zung, Albion blends Smith's familiar fascination with anglophile folk and pastoral prog with a distinctly shoegazey wall of reverb, pointing to exciting new possibilities in a timeless idiom.' Bella Union are thrilled to release the long-awaited debut solo album Albion by Harp, the adopted nam...

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Mayer Hawthorne - For All Time

Released 27th October 2023 Mayer Hawthorne cut his teeth in his hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan, ...

Released 27th October 2023 Mayer Hawthorne cut his teeth in his hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he started making beats and DJing at the height of Detroit hip-hop. Since his debut heart-shaped seven-inch, Just Ain't Gonna Work Out, dropped via Stones Throw in 2008, Hawthorne has released four LPs, raking in accolades from esteemed publications like GQ, New York Times Magazine, Playboy, and Rolling Stone. From NPR's proclamation of his imminent stardom to BBC Music's endorsement of his ...

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Bombay Bicycle Club - My Big Day

Released 20th October 2023 SK says: "Having treated us to a magical stripped-back set in St. Pete...

Released 20th October 2023 SK says: "Having treated us to a magical stripped-back set in St. Peter's Church to celebrate the release of the album, the record itself is a richly textured work showcasing the band's ear for melody, Jack Steadman's inventive production and immaculately chosen guest spots from the likes of Damon Albarn, Holly Humberstone and Chaka Khan."  Heading back to the band’s studio in London, Bombay Bicycle Club have lovingly crafted album six – My Big Day. It’s a powerful,...

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Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music

Released 8th September 2023 Multi-instrumentalist and visionary artist Yussef Dayes is set to rel...

Released 8th September 2023 Multi-instrumentalist and visionary artist Yussef Dayes is set to release his highly anticipated debut solo studio album ‘Black Classical Music’, on the 8th September 2023. Available on Double 12” LP Vinyl with special limited edition white vinyl exclusive to indie stories, as well as digital and CD via Brownswood Recordings, Warner Music and Cashmere Thoughts Recordings.  ‘Black Classical Music’ is a 19-track record taking listeners through a looking glass into t...

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Molly Burch - Daydreamer

Released 29th September 2023 SK says: "After featuring on the Tennis-produced previous album Roma...

Released 29th September 2023 SK says: "After featuring on the Tennis-produced previous album Romantic Images, Wild Nothing's Jack Tatum takes up production duties, imbuing Burch's searching songwriting and keening vocals with a danceable 80s pop sheen. RIYL Angel Olsen, Natalie Prass, TOPS." For Molly Burch, the age 13 was a seminal moment in life that has shaped the path that she is on now. Burch's fourth album, Daydreamer, explores the feelings and insecurities of this critical stage. Burch...

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Willie J Healey - Bunny

Released 25th August 2023 SK says: "Healey's previous record Twin Heavy won fans including Jamie ...

Released 25th August 2023 SK says: "Healey's previous record Twin Heavy won fans including Jamie T (who appears on the new album), IDLES frontman Joe Talbot and Alex Turner for its fresh take on 70s reference points from George Harrison to Neil Young to Elvis Costello. Bunny adds a dash of the breathy funk of Prince, the exuberant soul of Stevie Wonder and, on its slower numbers, hints of Gene Clark's No Other for a highly accomplished and downright fun throwback to a musical golden age." Is ...

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Sam Burton - Dear Departed

Released 14th July 2023 SK says: 'Where Burton's Tompkins Square debut I Can Go With You had the ...

Released 14th July 2023 SK says: 'Where Burton's Tompkins Square debut I Can Go With You had the starkly beautiful quality of a lost Gene Clark record, Jonathan Wilson's lush production gives his sophomore record the epic sweep of Jimmy Webb's work with Glen Campbell.' 'Dear Departed’, the second album from Sam Burton, arose from a time of rebirth. In the last few years, Burton basically started over. There’s a freedom in leaving everything behind, and Burton embarked on a wandering phase. He...

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Jenny Lewis - Joy'All

Released 9th June 2023 Joy’All, the fifth solo album from Jenny Lewis and follow up to 2019’s cri...

Released 9th June 2023 Joy’All, the fifth solo album from Jenny Lewis and follow up to 2019’s critically acclaimed On The Line (Warner Records) finds the singer-songwriter embarking on a new era in a new town—and on a new label, as she joins the iconic roster of Blue Note/Capitol Records. “I started writing some of these songs on the road, pre-pandemic... and then put them aside as the world shut down, and then from my home in Nashville in early 2021, I joined a week-long virtual songwriting ...

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