New releases for 18 August 2023

First out of the gates this week is Intercepted Message. A pop record for tired times. Sugared with bits of shatterproof glass to put more crack in your strap. At long last, verse–chorus. A weathered thesaurus. This is Osees’ bookend sound. Early-grade garage pop meets proto-synthpunk suicide-repellant. Have a whack at the grass or listen…

New releases for 30 April 2021

There’s a slew of releases due out on 30 April, and we’ve managed to whittle them down to 8 peaches for you. First is Young Heart, the fourth studio album from Jasmine van den Bogaerde aka Birdy. Following a half-decade hiatus that saw her essentially rediscover her artistic muse and re-energise, the new album is…

New releases for 25 March 2016

Amongst the small but perfectly formed new releases for the 25th March is Bob Mould’s Patch the Sky, which boasts that rarest of things, a lovely balance of bright melody and dark story; talking of darkness, Birdy’s Beautiful Eyes has been described as about overcoming the dark, and it does a fine job of that.…