By turns devotional, empowering and nurturing, Jon Hopkins’ forthcoming Ritual is a 41-minute electronic symphony built from cavernous subs, hypnotic drumming and transcendent melodic interplay. Tense, immersive and ultimately triumphant, it is a culmination of themes explored throughout his 22-year career, and acts as the kinetic counterpart to 2021’s Music for Psychedelic Therapy. A single…
The first of this week’s Mayday marvels finds Grammy award-winning, multi-platinum rock band Kings of Leon coming back big with their 9th full-length studio album, Can We Please Have Fun. As the title suggests, it’s a document of one of this era’s great rock & roll bands cutting loose, trying new things, and, yes, having…
Luck and Strange, the brand-new album by David Gilmour, was recorded over five months in Brighton and London and is Gilmour’s first album of new material in nine years. The record was produced by David and Charlie Andrew, best known for his work with Alt-J and Marika Hackman, with lyrics mostly written by Polly Samson,…
We kick off this week’s smokin’ six with The Red Clay Strays, who hail from the red-clay dirt of Mobile, Alabama, and have spent the past year trailblazing their musical path across the USA. Their debut album, Moment of Truth, has become a massive word-of-mouth success Stateside, driven by the breakout hit single ‘Wondering Why’.…
Romance is without doubt the most assured, inventive and sonically adventurous record yet from Dublin-made, now London-based band Fontaines D.C, who reached number 1 in the UK and Irish album charts with their acclaimed 2022 album, Skinty Fia, and received a host of accolades including “International Group of the Year” at the 2023 BRIT Awards.…
It’s just a few hours til Record Store Day, and it’s going to be a lot of fun. Make sure to come along and join in. Click here for some tips on how to get the best out of Record Store Day. We’ve also got some tips on parking in Romsey for free. We will…
The first of this week’s smashers comes from UK electronic pop icons Pet Shop Boys, who return with their brand-new studio album, Nonetheless. Produced by James Ford, the music on Nonetheless is both uplifting and reflective, mixing electronics, live instruments and orchestral arrangements. The songs are very melodic and quintessentially Pet Shop Boys with a…
Billie Eilish’s third studio album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, is her most daring body of work to date, a diverse yet cohesive collection of songs – ideally listened to in its entirety from beginning to end – does exactly as the album title suggests; hits you hard and soft both lyrically and sonically, while…
This week’s hot six blasts off with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Pearl Jam, who return with their highly anticipated new album, Dark Matter. The band’s 12th studio album was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Andrew Watt. It All Comes Down to This features 10 straight-to-the-point tracks and takes A Certain Ratio back…
The Greatest Love follows British trio London Grammar’s critically acclaimed number 1 album Californian Soil, which was released in 2021 and earned the band their second Brit nomination for Best British Group. Arriving over a decade since the trio first entered the industry, the new album is a celebration; the sound of a band laying…