Here are our featured new releases for this week: Arlo Parks – Ambiguous Desire Parks has swapped live band sessions for modular synths, Ableton plugins and samplers that channel the frenetic, vibrant spaces she’s immersed in, all while spotlighting the acclaimed poetry and lyricism she’s beloved for. Billy Fuller – Fragments Moody, immersive,…
Muse are a culturally attuned, genre-defying band who channel the anxieties of each era – technology, power, rebellion, and identity – into maximalist, stadium-ready rock that evolves with the times while staying unmistakably Muse. The next era of the band is rooted in electronic experimentation and an insatiable curiosity, representing a world of cosmic…
Raye – This Music May Contain Hope The multiple award-winning global superstar’s highly anticipated second album is set in four ‘seasons’, taking listeners on a sonic journey that begins with darkness and ends with light. Black Label Society – Engines of Demolition One of heavy music’s most unshakeable pillars deliver blues-soaked grooves, hard-hitting riffs…
Dear God is the fifth album from New York rock band The Pretty Reckless, known for their electrifying live performances and soul-baring lyrics. Fronted by the incomparable Taylor Momsen and fuelled by the dynamic guitar work of Ben Phillips alongside Jamie Perkins’ explosive drums Mark Damons’ resonant bass, the band have established themselves as…
Here are our featured new releases for this week: Hanakiv – Interlude The composer, pianist and singer’s second album is as mysterious as it is seductively unconventional, with piano – both analogue and electronic – only one of its elements, creating a space that allows her to address feelings long buried. Luke Combs…
The Moth is Devin Townsend’s most ambitious work to date, a project that has existed in his mind as his life’s work – an immersive orchestral, choral, and theatrical project over a decade in the making. He spent years relearning musical fundamentals to write the score himself: harmony, counterpoint, and orchestration rebuilt from scratch.…
Chalk – Crystalpunk The Irish duo’s debut album speaks directly to the upbringing and roots of the band members, under the shadow and around the scars of conflict, which is entangled in the industrial dance-punk hybrid encoded in the record’s DNA. Art School Girlfriend – Lean In Armed with the freedom and space to experiment, Polly…
Live at the BBC (Vol.2) is a 3-disc collection of recordings taken from Paul Weller’s various sessions at the BBC between 2008 and 2024, featuring tracks from across his solo, Jam and Style Council catalogue including ‘Wild Wood’, ‘Start!’, ‘Broken Stones’, ‘My Ever Changing Moods’, ‘Aspects’, ‘The Eton Rifles’, ‘Wake Up The Nation’ and ‘Shout…
