ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 9 JANUARY 2026

A gentle introduction to 2026 with a handful of new releases this week. Dry Cleaning    Secret Love      They take their place in rock’s avant garde, catalysing the Reaganite paranoia of early 80s US punk and hardcore with the dry strut of Keith Richards, stoner rock, dystopian degradation, playful no wave and pastoral fingerpicking, while Florence […]
If you have been on Instagram Reels or TikTok recently you may have stumbled across Greywind, the emo duo from Ireland. On January 16th, Steph and Paul O’Sullivan are set to release their second album, ‘Severed Heart City,’ nine years after the release of their debut album. Throughout 2025, they did a handful of shows, […]

ALBUM REVIEW – GREYWIND: SEVERED HEART CITY

ALBUM REVIEW – CLEMENTINE MARCH: POWDER KEG

Getting the new year off with a bang, Clémentine March’s ‘Powder Keg’ offers exactly what I want from music in 2026. It is a giant mixing pot of sounds which whilst it could be termed chamber pop takes influence from jazz, folk, Brazilian music, 90s alt-rock, krautrock and disco. Its multilingual songs are tingling with […]
“The following recording is made up entirely of seven sounds” – a spoken word declaration emerges. Following suit to statement, Clean Cut Kid strings together full-bodied instrumentals and harmonies that take you from zero to enlightenment. The bittersweetness of divinity. Before static has time to consume the silence, it’s snagged by ‘Anxiety Dreams’. Sporadically, thoughts […]

ALBUM REVIEW – CLEAN CUT KID: SEVEN SOUNDS, FOREVER

SILENT RADIO’S TOP FIFTY ALBUMS OF THE YEAR – 2025

There are certain traditions associated with this time of year: presents, lights and decorations, turkey (or nut roast), mince pies, mulled wine and messy office parties. Add to that list the Silent Radio Album of the Year chart. And, as is starting to become traditional, for the second time in three years, BC Camplight stands […]
Describing themselves as “outernational” rather than international to capture the idea of a sound that is inclusive and beyond borders, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek bring together their varied backgrounds to create an intoxicating sound. Yıldırım is German born to Turkish parents whose language she sings in as it best reflects her emotions. Drummer Helen […]

ALBUM REVIEW – DERYA YILDIRIM & GRUP SIMSEK: YARIN YOKSA

ALBUM REVIEW – DAVID GALAS: THE NIHILIST

As the temperature drops and Winter descends, I find myself returning to the genre that I’ve always loved: Darkwave. The synth-centric child of new-wave and post-punk, darkwave combines everything I love about goth music. Monotonous vocals, synths upon synths and most importantly, the underlying sense of dread. Releasing on the 12th of December, David Galas’ The […]
As this is the only week of the month with a significant number of releases, the latest episode of our releases guide encompasses the entirety of December. 1 December Singer.Mattress.Cat     Subtropical Personality            Written over the last two years on NYC’s Lower East Side on an old acoustic guitar and recorded in Melbourne, the forthcoming lo-fi […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP DECEMBER 2025

ALBUM REVIEW – JANE REMOVER: REVENGESEEKERZ

‘Dreamflasher,’ the sixth track on 22-year-old rapper/singer/producer Jane Remover’s third studio album, Revengeseekerz, begins with the satisfying whistle that plays when you cross the finish line in Mariokart DS. The listener is then bombarded with an onslaught of noise, including a sample of their own 2024 track ‘Flash in the Pan,’ that sounds like Remover […]
As album releases diminish to a trickle, December is a good time for Silent Radio to catch up on some of the seriously great albums we were unable to cover at the time. First up is Emma Pollock’s ‘Begging The Night To Take Hold’ which was submerged by the end of September rush, pretty much […]

ALBUM REVIEW – EMMA POLLOCK: BEGGING THE NIGHT TO TAKE HOLD