To celebrate World Sleep Day, here are a selection of releases to fulfil your wildest dreams.
Pete Astor Tall Stories & New Religions
Recasting some of the less expected songs from his forty-year career, both with The Loft and Weather Prophets as well as solo songs.
Sam Lee Songdreaming
Folk musician produced by Bernard Butler and utilising a range of instrumentation from double bass, percussion, and violin through to the Arabic Qanun, Swedish Nyckelharpa, small pipes, and more.
Pink Milk Night on Earth
Swedish dark wave/post-punk band drenched in reverb, making occult music inspired by the 80s.
Dorian Dumont to the APhEX
On this album there are no electronics involved but Dumont carefully transcribes a wide selection of Aphex Twin’s music to grand piano, giving the songs a whole new dimension. Dumont starts from the melody lines and rhythmic structures found in the original tracks but builds on them, deconstructing pieces and adding his own improvisations.
Holly Humberstone Work in Progress EP
An EP containing four songs from uncut demos that represent older versions of herself “mixed up with present versions of me”.
The Dandy Warhols Rockmaker
Includes guest appearances from Frank Black, Debbie Harry and Slash while delving deeper into the minor guitar chords that often characterize post-punk, deep metal, and even goth.
Mortal Prophets Sleeping in my Bed EP
New EP from No Wave/Experimental avant-garde Folk Blues artist.
Necrophobic In The Twilight Grey
Swedish blackened death metal band taking an even deeper plunge into pitch black shadows.
Grieving Everything Goes Right, All At Once
A combination of insistent hooks and off-kilter power in equal measure – aggressive, unpredictable and full of sharp turns.
Gouge Away Deep Sage
Noise rock album recorded together to sound like five people playing in a room together and avoid sounding too polished.
Nick Hudson Kanda Teenage Honey
Avant pop artist with an album recorded primarily in Georgia under the shadow of war in Ukraine.
Alison Cotton Engelchen
Atmospheric album inspired by the story of Ida and Louise Cook, two remarkable women who helped arrange the paths of refugees out of danger in 1930s Nazi-occupied Europe.
Cosmorat Evil Adjacent EP
Sonically adventurous EP. Most of it was written in a secluded cabin or in a basement with the aim of capturing the feeling of growing up in a crumbling world and making light of the fact that we are one to two degrees of separation away from tragedy.
Lloyd Wayne Bird Beyond EP
Artist who blends the weird, the crude and the mischievous with gorgeous production. The result is an idiosyncratic soundscape that’s so poppy you’re sure you’ve heard it before
Vanderwolf The Great Bewilderment
A major rock record full of big emotions and adventurous songs.
Glas Kisses Like Feathers
The album weaves a tapestry of acoustic and electronic sounds, perfect for club vibes and intimate listening alike.
Hope Darling ENSŌ
A Florida-based rock quintet that blends passionate vocals, immersive melodies, and a full-band sound.
James Clarke Five Zoom and the Gadflies
Solo project of James Hughes produces story-driven or politically edged lyrics mixing classic baroque pop with strong melodies and distinctive chord changes, but with a more raw, guitar driven sound with overtones of glam rock and psychedelia.
Greywind Anitdote EP
Irish brother-sister emo duo with a self-released EP after their unsatisfactory experience with a major label.
Ellis Mano Band Live Access All Areas
Swiss blues rockers with a live double album that offers a cross-section of their three studio works.
Shadowdream Music For You To Die To
Jazz-rock artist offers an introspective journey, delving into the realm of pathology offices and autopsy rooms.
Noel Headed North
Debut EP from Stockholm-born artist whose vocal style has drawn comparison with James Arthur and Lewis Capaldi.
Kiss Bang Horrors of your Hometown
EP with a collection of timeless and catchy songs dealing with themes of romance, sex, uncertainty, tragedy and substance use.
Dragonforce Warp Speed Warriors
Extreme power metal pioneers with a reputation as the world’s fastest band.
Scott Stapp Higher Power
The fourth solo album from the voice of Creed features 10 tracks – including radio-ready anthems, introspective ballads, metal bangers and heavy rock triumphs.
Bedbug Pack your bags the sun is growing
Sees their lo-fi/bedroom pop foundations (think Julia Brown & The Radio Dept.) expand to carry the energy and urgency of influences like Built to Spill & Cap’n Jazz.
