New releases for 20 September 2019

Autumn must surely be on its way – new releases are coming thick and fast again, and we had trouble narrowing it down to just six smashers for this week! We kick off with Why Me? Why Not, a clear upgrade on As You Were but not a radical departure from it, which will come…

New releases for 13 September 2019

The first of our recommendations this week come from The Lumineers, whose latest, III, is a concept album spanning three generations of a fictitious family known as the Sparks, with each of the three chapters focusing on one main character in the album’s storyline. III is audacious: every note, every syllable, and every moment of…

Pre-sale of the week: Elbow – Giants Of All Sizes, out 11 October

Giants Of All Sizes is the eighth studio album by English alternative-rock titans Elbow, and features guests including Jesca Hoop, The Plumedores and South London newcomer Chilli Chilton. Lead singer and lyricist Guy Garvey describes the album as: “an angry, old blue lament which finds its salvation in family, friends, the band and new life.”…

New releases for 30 August 2019

This week we’ve gathered a full set of 6 lovelies to recommend to you. We start with Temples, who return with their third album, Hot Motion: a brilliantly crafted, thoughtfully recorded collection. The album’s propulsive, seemingly immediate songs soon reveal an impressive depth of ideas and energy with subsequent listens – as its title warns,…

Pre-sale of the week: The Highwomen – The Highwomen, out 6 September

Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby – four of the most exciting singer songwriters working in modern American country music today – are The Highwomen. With a pedigree like that, this one is not to be missed! We’re offering The Highwomen at special pre-sale prices, which won’t be available after release. Click…

New releases for 9 August 2019

Kicking off 9 August’s famous five is Any Human Friend, which London-based indie-rock provocateur Marika Hackman wrote over a year in moments of grief after a painful break-up. “This is me diving into myself and peeling back the skin further and further,” Hackman says. “It’s blunt, but not offensive. It’s mischievous.” The New Adventures Of…