The Sick Man of Europe The Sick Man of Europe
Their name connects the current post-Brexit landscape to the austerity of Thatcherite Britain and the social conditions that shaped the likes of Bauhaus and Joy Division. These are touchstones for TSMOE, but the influence and discipline of Neu!, Suicide and Swans are just as intrinsic to the sound.
S.G. Goodman Planting By the Signs
Her first album in three years displays the Kentucky born and raised singer-songwriter’s razor-sharp lyricism, singular voice and seamless blend of indie rock and subtle rural influences.
Tan Cologne Unknown Beyond
Interweaving and layering hypnotic beats, hazy textures, abstract live drums, and sounds of searching for signals of comfort and communication from the invisible web.
James McMurtry The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy
McMurtry’s new story-songs find inspiration in scraps from his family’s past: a rough pencil sketch by Ken Kesey that serves as the album cover, the hallucinations experienced by his father, the legendary writer Larry McMurtry, an old poem by a family friend.
U.S. Girls Scratch It
An album that weaves together country, gospel, garage rock, soul, disco, folk balladry, and more.
Jess Kerber From Way Down Here
Her drive to experiment with different tunings and picking styles – influenced by kindred spirits like Joni Mitchell and Susan Tedeschi – led to the development of a unique sonic palette and authentic, personal approach to songwriting.
Sally Anne Morgan Second Circle The Horizon
Raised on old time and Appalachian folk traditions, Morgan’s blend of traditional technique and distinctly modern compositional approach are infused with the sounds of her garden, surrounding pastures, forests and mountains.
Michael Robert Murphy Chaos Magick
Frontman and songwriter of The Wicked Whispers and Whiskey Headshot whose album features some of Liverpool‘s finest musicians including Echo and The Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant and The Coral’s Ian Skelly, Paul Molloy and Ian Mac.
Loyle Carner Hopefully!
A life-affirming exploration of fatherhood, childhood and alternative music, the album is buoyed by a positivity and lightness of touch achieved in large part by stepping out of your comfort zone
Haim I Quit
The 15-track album radiates the raw energy of seasoned performers whose deep reverence for classic rock shapes songs that are built for live performance.
Ako Amo What’s The Sound of a Dream?
Warm, contemplative music for critical dreamers, incorporating ambient, early digital electronics, evocative piano acoustics, perceptive sound design.
Mo Lowda & the Humble Tailing The Ghost
The arrangements vary from sparse and spacious like the California desert, glistening like various lakes to lush and sweeping like the Rocky Mountains–taking on the energy of the environments in which they were created.
Run Remedy Xtian Skate Night
The album fuses confessional lyricism with intricate arrangements, blending melancholic folk elements with atmospheric indie rock and experimental textures.
Water Machine God Park
Weird and wonky art-punk with sing-along songs about dogs, struggling artists and the housing crisis.
Warfare Lemmy Sessions
As drummer & vocalist Evo remembers: ‘I found these recordings in my loft on a cassette which had never been played in over 40 years, they are the songs which were put down through the desk and given to me for approval by Lemmy before he twiddled all the knobs and produced what has become a classic album in the rock genre and certainly one of historic value.
Joalin Camaleón
Five track mixtape inspired by her return to Mexico and love of regional music.
Rorey Dysphoria EP
EP of haunting melodies and ethereal vocals swirl around hypnotic instrumentals and highlight vulnerable lyricism.
University McCartney, It’ll Be Ok
Across the album, they make scything yet catchy punk, gargantuan rock akin to the cult early Biffy Clyro records (“GTA Online”) and blackened ten-minute monsters
Dogma Society The Bad Love EP
A genre-blending snapshot of youth, heartache, and resilience.
Matmos Metallic Life Review
It is composed for and recorded with sounds created by metal objects
Max Rael The Enemy Is Us
Spoken word, electronic music and loud drums form the basis of this twelve-track album.
Aitch 4
Manchester rapper releases second album
Ya Ya Bey Do It Afraid
A collection of resolutely fun, full-hearted and clear-eyed songs that draw from R&B, hip-hop jazz, soul and dance music.
L’Eclair Cloud Drifter
L’Eclair has built an international fanbase thanks to its impressive command of rhythm, dynamics and electro/acoustic alchemy, which has nodded equally to vocal-free titans such as Can and Tortoise, expansive, spacey and blissed-out jams
Various Artists Edna Martinez Presents Picó: Sound System Culture From The Colombian Caribbean
Strut Records is set to release an extensive compilation compiled by Berlin-based Colombian DJ, producer, and curator Edna Martinez, digging deep into Colombian Picó sound system culture that has defined the streets of Cartagena and Barranquilla for decades
Yuuf Alma’s Cove EP
Four-piece instrumental band with a meditative soundscape which takes the listener on a sonic journey through nature, connection and togetherness away from the stresses of day-to-day life
Bee Blackwell Nine Lives EP
An inspiring indie rock-tinged tale of surviving through chaos and coming out of it better than ever.
Hampus Lindwall Brace For Impact
A match of arm wrestling between the organ and the electric guitar, two instruments that are separated by a huge historic gap, but united in their force and energy.
Charlie Nieland The Ocean Understands EP
Artist renowned for tastefully blending post punk, dream pop and progressive rock.
Silberstreif Ich Suche Dein Gesicht
German band working with sequencer, guitar, keyboards and vocals whose 1982 recordings are finally getting a release.
Maanta Raay Maanta Raay
A riff-casting, power trio from Nashville, Tennessee who occupy the heavier side of psychedelia.
Yungblud Idol
On which Yungblud explores the theme of hero-worship; how we look to others for validation, often putting others’ lives on a pedestal at the expense of the richness of our own experiences.
Thool Cwmcerwyn
Playful, retrofuturist acid, rave & electronics borne out of secluded sessions on an infamous ancient hill in Wales.
Sean Clarke A Flower For My Daughter
Ottawa based composer. Consists of solo piano pieces, with brief forays into other instrumentation
Hide and Shine The Red Core
A band whose music is laden with a punk attitude, but spiritually inclined.
Nelson Bragg Melodie de Nelson: A Pop Anthology
Picks from the power pop and folk-rock side of his back catalogue,
Matthew Shipp The Cosmic Piano
Avant-jazz pianist and composer channelling a lifetime of knowledge and a daunting array of influences into nearly an hour of spontaneous, enlightened and joyfully rendered music.
Skinhead It’s A Beautiful Day, What A Beautiful Day
This nine-track offering delivers a violent fusion of Punk, Oi!, and Hardcore
Prisoner Kill the King
The title itself reflects the band’s raw, no-holds-barred approach to rock music, delivering a sound that’s direct, powerful, and visceral.
Mark Van Hoen The Eternal Present
An influential contemporary of Aphex Twin, Autechre, LFO and Boards of Canada, Van Hoen is best known for his solo work as Locust in the mid-’90s, which helped push post-rave electronic music into newly challenging realms.
Suede & ‘Lene Hymns For Lost Things
Nashville band create something sweet but unpolished, intricate but impulsive, balancing razor-sharp instincts with raw, unvarnished intimacy and concise social commentary.
