First out of the starting blocks this week is Dim Probs, which echoes the warmth and closeness of Gruff Rhys’s career-defining first solo album (2005’s Yr Atal Genhedlaeth) and the stargazing melancholy of 2021’s Seeking New Gods. Written and performed entirely in Welsh/Cymraeg, featuring fellow Welsh artists Cate Le Bon and H. Hawkline on backing vocals and produced with Ali Chant (Yard Act, PJ Harvey), Dim Probs places the listener side by side with one of the country’s greatest songwriters in the corner of a studio as the songs grow from just voice and guitar. The result is an intimate and hypnotic record that mixes acoustic folk with whatever scratchy, primitive electronic machines come to hand on each track. One listen? Dim probs indeed!
The renowned singer, songwriter, musician, artist and best-selling author Josh Ritter – one of today’s most thoughtful and prolific voices – continues his streak of releasing profound and inspirational albums with I Believe in You, My Honeydew, which is a more band-forward release than some of his previous albums. NPR Music has frequently praised Ritter’s songwriting, claiming “he remains a hydrant of ideas while embodying an endless capacity for empathy and indignation, often within a single song.”
Progressive metal visionaries Between the Buried and Me return with their most immersive and eclectic record yet. Mixing uncharted musical detours with their distinctive aggressive identity, the band create a conceptual world unlike anything else in their incredible catalogue, inviting the listener to experience the journey on their own terms. Though the story takes place in a hotel – The Blue Nowhere – don’t expect haunted corridors or shadowy figures behind every door. “It’s more of a feeling – those moments when you feel alone in the world and use that solitude to reflect on the human experience,” vocalist Thomas Giles Rogers clarifies.
Paul Epworth, the lauded producer and songwriter whose creations have draped themselves across the airwaves of the 21st Century, approached Baxter Dury backstage at Glastonbury festival in 2024 with to propose a collaboration. Together, they dreamt up Allbarone’s nine-track tour-de-force, stripping away everything and building Baxter’s most melodically direct, futuristic collection in intense daily three-hour shifts. “It’s kind of a character arc that goes through the whole thing, two personalities,” he explains. “It’s very critical of people, this album, whoever they are, maybe some bloke with a moustache and sockless loafers in Shoreditch or a fat old Chiswick gangster lording it up in a really comfortable middle-class part of London.”
The End Continues is the newest album from Spinal Tap, released in conjunction with the forthcoming film sequel, ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.’ The 13-track album includes new original songs and classics from David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls, joined by guests Elton John, Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood.
Our release of the week comes from Led Zeppelin, who celebrate the 50th anniversary of their iconic sixth album, Physical Graffiti, with the release of their new Live EP. The EP features live recordings of ‘In My Time of Dying’ and ‘Trampled Under Foot’ from Earl’s Court 1975, alongside ‘Sick Again’ and ‘Kashmir’ from Knebworth 1979. These live performances were originally released on the 2003 Led Zeppelin DVD and appear on CD and vinyl for the very first time.
Once again there are a whole host of other new releases and reissues for 12th September, chief among them being:
David Bowie – I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002–2016) box set
Ed Sheeran – Play
Feeder – Comfort in Sound (2025 remaster)
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