Records of the Month

The Killers - Pressure Machine

Released 13th August 2021. SK says: "Wasting no time in following up last year's exuberant 'Implo...

Released 13th August 2021. SK says: "Wasting no time in following up last year's exuberant 'Imploding The Mirage' and once again enlisting Shawn Everett (The War on Drugs) and Jonathan Rado (Foxygen, Alex Cameron) to produce/co-write, the new album is an intense and personal affair which sees frontman Brandon Flowers unpack his small-town Utah upbringing- resident vox-pops bridge some of the album's songs, discussing dead-end jobs and level crossing accidents. The influence of Springsteen has...

Jackson Browne - Downhill From Everywhere

Released 23rd July 2021. Nearly five decades since his debut LP, the songs on Jackson Browne’s ne...

Released 23rd July 2021. Nearly five decades since his debut LP, the songs on Jackson Browne’s new album Downhill From Everywhere sustain the soulful intimacy of his first release, combined with a power and wisdom gained from a life pursuing positive change.

John Mayer - Sob Rock

Released 16th July 2021. SK says: "As the tongue-in-cheek cover and title may suggest, this is Ma...

Released 16th July 2021. SK says: "As the tongue-in-cheek cover and title may suggest, this is Mayer's affectionate tribute to the axemen-turned-adult contemporary titans of the 1980s: Clapton, Knopfler, Lukather. Featuring session legends Greg Phillinganes and Lenny Castro alongside frequent collaborator Pino Palladino (himself no stranger to the studio masterpieces of the 80s- 'Boys Of Summer' anyone?), this may be the singer/guitarist's finest work since Continuum."

Hiss Golden Messenger - Quietly Blowing It

Released 25th June 2021. “I went looking for peace,” says songwriter M.C. Taylor of Hiss Golden M...

Released 25th June 2021. “I went looking for peace,” says songwriter M.C. Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger about his new album Quietly Blowing It, out March 26, 2021, on Merge Records. “It’s not exactly a record about the state of the world—or my world—in 2020, but more a retrospective of the past five years of my life, painted in sort of impressionistic hues. Maybe I had the presence of mind when I was writing Quietly Blowing It to know that this was the time to go as deep as I needed to in o...

Ryley Walker - Course In Fable

Released 11th June 2021. SK says: 'If the thunderous opening chords of Ryley Walker's 'Course in...

Released 11th June 2021. SK says: 'If the thunderous opening chords of Ryley Walker's 'Course in Fable' suggest he's made good on his long-threatened epic prog tribute to Genesis, what follows rather more bears the mark of the guitarist's other great love: Chicago's incestuous and influential post rock scene. Indeed Tortoise's John McEntire is in the producer's chair on an album which blends their jazzy minimalist patterns, the elliptical delivery of Gastr del Sol and the kind of gonzo humou...

Squid - Bright Green Field

Released 7th May. SK Debut of the Year 2021 "The first full-length from post-punk quintet Squid, ...

Released 7th May. SK Debut of the Year 2021 "The first full-length from post-punk quintet Squid, which combines rubbery basslines, yelping sprechgesang and Ballardian lyrics with a comic exuberance that sets them apart from others in the genre." Squid are thrilled to announce their debut album , Bright Green Field, already one of 2021’s most highly anticipated albums. Bright Green Field, produced by Dan Carey, will be released 7th May via Warp Records. It's an album of towering scope and ambi...

Julia Stone - Sixty Summers

Released 30th April 2021. SK Says: 'Doveman and St. Vincent prove perfect foils on a danceable in...

Released 30th April 2021. SK Says: 'Doveman and St. Vincent prove perfect foils on a danceable indie pop record recalling the pulsating disco of Goldfrapp and the jerky rhythms of Annie Clark's former sparring partner David Byrne. After covering 'Bloodbuzz Ohio' on 2012's By The Horns, Stone once again turns to The National for inspiration as Matt Berninger and Bryce Dessner make an appearance.' Recorded sporadically over five years from 2015 to 2019, Sixty Summers was shaped profoundly by St...

Field Music - Flat White Moon

Released 23rd April. "We want to make people feel good about things that we feel terrible about."...

Released 23rd April. "We want to make people feel good about things that we feel terrible about." says David Brewis, who has co-led the band Field Music with his brother Peter since 2004. It's a statement which seems particularly fitting to their latest album, Flat White Moon released on 23 April via Memphis Industries. Sporadic sessions for the album began in late 2019 at the pair's studio in Sunderland, slotted between rehearsals and touring. The initial recordings pushed a looser performan...