New releases for 21 February 2020

We have six lovely little rascals for you this week. Notes On A Conditional Form is the follow-up to The 1975’s Brit Award Album of the Year A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships. The album features lead single ‘People’ and the Greta Thunberg call-to-arms album opener, ‘The 1975’. The band have worked hard to use…

New releases for 14 February 2020

We start off this week’s recommended releases with Nathaniel Rateliff, who has written and recorded his first solo record since the explosive debut of his work together with The Night Sweats. The result, And It’s Still Alright, is an intensely personal 10-song album of vibrant country-blues, badland ballads, ornate Americana and jazz-inflected R&B. Rateliff’s warm…

New releases for 7 February 2020

This week’s super six starts with five-time Grammy Award-winning Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Green Day, who unleash their thirteenth studio album, Father Of All…, proving themselves still the masters of catchy stadium singalongs. Critically acclaimed and revered songwriter John Moreland is set to release his fifth solo album, the imaginatively titled LP5.…

New releases for 31 January 2020

This week’s smashers kick off with the magnificent Torres (aka Mackenzie Scott), whose fourth album, Silver Tongue, is a full-scale realisation of the world that she has created in her previous work. Even when singing in more subdued tones, Scott’s voice is fervent, her lyrics stirring and unyielding as she draws from both the divine…

Pre-sale of the week: Pearl Jam – Gigaton, out 27 March

Gigaton is the eleventh studio album by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Pearl Jam. Produced by Josh Evans and Pearl Jam, Gigaton marks the band’s first studio album since 2013’s Grammy award-winning Lightning Bolt. The album features the single ‘Dance With the Clairvoyants’. We’re offering Gigaton at special pre-sale prices, which won’t be…

New releases for 24 January 2020

This week’s 6 lovelies start with Wolf Parade’s fifth album, Thin Mind, which has sci-fi, post-apocalyptic and dystopian narratives interwoven throughout. These themes emerged while working at Risqué Disque, which Dan Boeckner jokingly describes as a Dutchman’s failed utopia, a problematic structure with a post-apocalyptic vibe: the studio is housed in a stone barn hand-built…

Pre-sale of the week: The Cadillac Three – Country Fuzz, out 7 February

Leaving a lasting impression on fans across the globe with their instinctive sonic tendencies, The Cadillac Three prove they are Nashville’s most versatile band. The trio of singer-guitarist Jaren Johnston, drummer Neil Mason and lap-steel player Kelby Ray have been performing together for over a decade and adding to their loyal following. On their fourth…