Exclusive releases for Record Store Day 2019

Unbelievably Record Store Day 2019 is just six weeks away, on Saturday 13 April. And the list of incredible exclusive releases has just been announced! It’s an monster list once again, with more than 500 items exclusively available, a wealth for music lovers of all descriptions. Click here for a full list of RSD exclusive…

Pre-sale of the week: Aldous Harding – Designer, out 26 April

After the sleeper success of the internationally lauded Party, Aldous Harding came off a 100-date tour last summer and went straight into the studio with a collection of songs written on the road. Reuniting with Party’s producer John Parish, Harding spent 15 days recording and 10 days mixing at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth and Bristol’s J&J…

New releases for 1 March 2019

Our first recommendation of the week is actually out the week before! Lines is a trilogy of song cycles from The Unthanks, each with a very different subject but each using poetry to focus on a different female perspective: actor Maxine Peake has written lines about fishermen’s rights campaigner Lillian Bilocca; the lines for World…

New releases for 22 February 2019

We kick off this week’s recommended releases with Drenge, who have released something worth your ear-time. Strange Creatures is incredibly layered and intricate, spanning genres and instruments. It feels a lot more aggressive than their past releases, but the intriguing, chaotic atmosphere makes for an excellent listen. It feels a little more akin to art…

New releases for 15 February 2019

Our gems for with this week start with Skylight, the follow-up to Pinegrove’s widely acclaimed 2016 breakthrough album, Cardinal. The band’s classic American melodies and emotionally direct lyrics blend seamlessly with alt-country instrumentation. The songs swing between wider extremes – whisper to full-belt and back again, treading mid-air – and Pinegrove say exactly and full-throatedly…

William The Conqueror live in-store

Saturday 23 February sees us welcome William The Conqueror to promote their second album, Bleeding On The Soundtrack. Click below to hear the title song. Bleeding On The Soundtrack is the second in a trilogy of autobiographical albums which began with 2017’s Proud Disturber Of The Peace, a sublime record that captured frontman Ruarri Joseph’s…

Pre-sale of the week: These New Puritans – Inside The Rose, out 22 March

These New Puritans, the great heretics of British music, return with Inside The Rose, their first new studio recording since 2013’s critically acclaimed album Field Of Reeds. We’re offering Inside The Rose at special pre-sale prices, which won’t be available after release. Click here for more details and to order your copy.