Širom In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper
Slovenian avant-folk trio. Navigating almost two dozen instruments (some of which they’ve handcrafted), and hypnotic compositions that often exceed ten minutes in length, they court patient, deep-dive listeners via intricately woven atmospheres, rhythms and sonics.
Idlewild Idlewild
Across the ten songs of ‘Idlewild’ they welcome each of their past selves into the room, interrogating formative sounds with the vigour and curiosity of kids geeking out over Fugazi and R.E.M. while simultaneously exploring texture and harmony.
Volk Soup 10p Jazz
Debut from Leeds six-piece threading wiry post-punk, dissonant noise and bursts of free-jazz intensity.
Upchuck I’m Nice Now
A distillation of KT’s experience as a black woman living in America, all of its pain, sorrow, anger, and fear translated through raw punk music.
Ash Ad Astra
Ninth album from perennially power-popping Irish band includes a guest appearance from Graham Coxon.
Sparks MADDER! EP
Their first ever EP is a four-song companion piece to their recent MAD! album.
The Mansters Snapshots from a Shitshow
Blending the grit of Negative Approach, the hooks of Ramones and 7 Seconds, and the emotional fire of 2000s emo, this album is fierce, catchy, unpredictable, and teetering on the edge of total collapse.
The Bateleurs A Light in the Darkness
Second album from Portuguese rock band. Performances were captured without quantisation, autotune, or heavy editing, aiming for live energy and clarity. Guests expand the palette with slide guitar, Hammond organ, traditional flute, and strings.
Adult Leisure The Things You Don’t Know Yet
Nostalgia-laden melodies and singalong choruses
Novelty Island Jigsaw Causeway
Inspired by the fuzzed-out, woozy production of Grandaddy, Beck and Boards of Canada, Jigsaw Causeway is a darker collection of surreal, melancholic lo-fi pop songs than previous NI releases.
James Morrison Fight Another Day
His sixth album presents all of the heightened emotions and struggles that James Morrison has experienced and then captured in his songwriting.
Jolé Notes From An Open Book
His new seven-track EP features delicate, wintry vocals that drift gently over intricate layers of piano and acoustic guitar, exploring themes of nature, transformation, love, and fresh starts.
Claudia Fenoglia It Always Fades in the End EP
She fuses shimmering pop flourishes with earnest lyricism that confronts the emotional weight of impermanence and the human impulse to cling onto what’s inevitably slipping away.
The Dwarfs of East Agouza Sasquatch Landslide
The Cairo-based trio consists of Maurice Louca (Lehkfa) + Alan Bishop (Sun City Girls, Sublime Frequencies) + Sam Shalabi (Land Of Kush) and they are ready to return with their rhythmic psych-trance free/improv.
Marta Forsberg Archaeology of Intimacy
The album sees the Swedish-Polish composer move away from more long-form compositions; this is essentially an album of experimental pop songs, and it’s perhaps the most intimate musical endeavour that she’s embarked on thus far.
The Spitfires MKII
The reconstructed, nu-mod four-piece rolls again to release MKII, a new album of 11-tracks.
Blue Lake The Animal
It uses the rich sound and collective alchemy of the band to evoke the intricate, ever-changing connections between human and animal life, between nature and the city.
teethin’ Greed Between The Lines EP
They take the raw energy of punk with the pulse of electronic and dance.
Agriculture The Spiritual Sound
The Spiritual Sound traces a narrative arc through extremes: searing, sky-cracking catharsis on side A; a slow-burning, devotional undercurrent on side B.
Max Pope Praise Animal
Rooted in the rich musical landscape of South London, Max Pope honed his craft at the Brit School, performing alongside artists like Loyle Carner. Since then, he has collaborated with a wealth of accomplished musicians such as Mahalia, Tom Misch, Yussef Dayes, and ABRA.
Projector Contempt
The forthcoming new album is the sound of PROJECTOR accepting their status as provocateurs and revelling in it. “In some ways, Contempt is us consolidating and accepting what we are: aggressive and stupid and weird, as well as carefully devoted to melody and harmony,”
A Thousand Mad Things Cry and Dance
Debut EP blends classic no-wave and synth pop, queer romanticism, and theatrical emotional release.
Pynch Beautiful Noise
The DIY four-piece have built up a dedicated global fanbase through a combination of tenacity, wistful lo-fi and life affirming lyricism.
Poor Effort Poor Effort EP
Dipping in and out of alternative hip-hop, post-punk and electronica, the self-taught musician completed the poor effort EP in collaboration with producer, Dean Glover (Roots Manuva, Anthony Szmierek) in vibrant outer-city suburb, Cheetham Hill.
John Carpenter Halloween: The Complete Expanded Collection
Expanded scores for all three films in the Halloween trilogy.
Author & Punisher Nocturnal Birding
The album is laced with literal birdsong, its melodies and rhythms transposed to guitar, forming the foundation of the material and creating a rare union between the natural world and harsh, mechanized soundscapes.
Joseph Arthur & Peter Buck Arthur Buck 2
It sees the duo infusing fresh elements of hi-and-lo-fidelity ingenuity without sacrificing their unreservedly enthusiastic approach to timeless rock ‘n’ roll songcraft.
My Morning Jacket Z
Deluxe, remastered 20th anniversary edition of an album which on its release saw them earning worldwide critical applause for its ambitious fusion of sonic approaches, musical styles, and expressive songcraft.
Vegas Water Taxi Long Time Caller
EP from the slacker country group sees them leaning harder into their smart, sad pop songwriting; dusted with the perfect recipe of Americana tones and British irony.
Modder Destroying Ourselves for a Place in the Sun
A mix of sludge, monolithic power, and unsettling ambience.
AFI Silver Bleeds The Black Sun
One of the biggest post-hardcore and gothic-punk bands of the 00s move into an entirely new sound – a blend of goth rock and new-wave.
Clone Care To Try EP
The past few years has seen Clone tour with Christian Death, Twin Tribes, Wand, La Witch, Live Skull, and The Veldt, among others.
Kettama Archangel
A 15 track blend of hard-house energy, trance-inflected euphoria, hip-hop sample-based attitude, and unmistakable emotional depth.
Native James Confessions of a Sinner EP
Metal/grime artist who describes the EP as “connected with rage and all the above – a sinner and his thoughts.”
Naima Bock Live in Toulon
Five live versions of songs from Bock’s 2024 album, Below a Massive Dark Land, and her 2022 debut, Giant Palm.
Mriodom Vlies
A voice that moves from whispers to threats unfolds stories carried by the relentless thrum of drums, the menacing weight of bass, the slashing of guitars and the admonishing cry of the saxophone.
Wolver Act II Scene 1 – Birth of an Empire
Swedish trio that weaves hard rock with grand harmonies and immersive storytelling, drawing sonic inspiration from Muse and Queen.
mildred Mild EP
Debut EP from a band from Oakland, CA of four equal parts: four singers, four songwriters.
Luckyandlove Humaura
Their live analog synth beats, Moog instrumentation and harmonic vocals trigger an immediate download of fuzzy sunset synthgaze, blue-black neon darkwave, and tigerprint electro punk.
Boy Soda Soulstar
Soul and R’n’B artist bringing together a three-part horn section, string quartet, vocalists, live piano, drums, congos and lap steel guitar.
Lovejoy One Simple Trick
A debut album that unashamedly digs into the big things – money, celebrity, faith – but also undoubtedly leans into the fun stuff: buzzing riffs, roaring choruses and belting singalongs.
Miguel Kertsman Paradoxes
Kertsman has composed, produced, engineered, arranged, conducted and played keyboards across a diversity of genres such as contemporary classical, jazz, rock, and world music, but “Paradoxes” is a special affair, a personal foray into the progressive rock styles which inspired him in his youth.
Besta John Carpenter Redux
Portuguese grindcore act bridges the worlds of feral grindcore and politically charged punk, channelling the same tension, anger, and resistance that fuel many of Carpenter’s timeless films.
