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Releases for 10 October 2025

The first of 10 October’s hottest new releases is Buddhist Hipsters, quite possibly the millionth Orb album helmed by electronic lifer Alex Paterson, partnered with the now firmly entrenched boy wonder Michael Rendall, and quite possibly one of their best yet. Madi Diaz is known for searing explorations of romance and has created her most powerful statement so far with Fatal Optimist, stripping songs back to her pure performance and writing, resulting in a timeless indie-folk album. On The Besnard Lakes are the Ghost Nation, the Montreal band add a lightness and optimism to their post-rock psych to create a melodic yet mountainous sound world: this is the rapture of My Bloody Valentine entwined with the romance of Fleetwood Mac. Woman of Faces stems from Celeste’s determination to emerge triumphant from the slow unravelling of a romantic relationship; from the orchestral highs to the gut-wrenching lows, it’s a chronicle of heartbreak, recovery and reclaiming control. Dropkick Murphys’ new album rails against injustice with a strength and power that harks back to their earliest punk-rock roots; For the People is more than a title: it’s a heartfelt stance, a declaration of who this band is, and who they’ve always been.

Our release of the week is Public Works and Utilities, the sixth album from Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan, which continues to explore the demise of the post-war consensus, focusing on our public services that have been starved of cash or privatised since 1980 with an anger that makes this a statement for the here and now, rather than an exercise in rose-tinted nostalgia.

- Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan Public Works and Utilities LP £29.99 / CD £12.99
Public Works and Utilities, the sixth album from Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan, continues to explore the demise of the post-war consensus. This time Gordon Chapman-Fox’s gaze falls on our public services that have been starved of cash or privatised since 1980. His anger continues to power his desire to make Warrington-Runcorn a statement for the here and now, rather than an exercise in rose-tinted nostalgia. The People Matter, as side two’s sole track attests.
Note: The LP is initially available on clear red-and-black vinyl.

- The Orb Buddhist Hipsters 2-LP £31.99 / CD £12.99
In a changing, unpredictable and turbulent world, something we can always rely on is a new Orb album, with the next holiday-for-the-head never far away. On what is quite possibly the millionth long-player helmed by electronic lifer Alex Paterson, partnered with the now firmly entrenched boy wonder Michael Rendall, the inspirationally productive outfit yet again deliver the goods, with Buddhist Hipsters being one of their best yet.
Note: The LP is initially available on limited-edition rust vinyl, exclusive to independent shops.

- Madi Diaz Fatal Optimist LP £24.99 / CD £12.99
Twice Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Madi Diaz is known for searing explorations of romance and has created her most powerful statement so far with Fatal Optimist. Madi and producer Gabe Wax (Soccer Mommy, Zach Bryan) set out to strip these songs back, relying on her pure performance and writing. The result is a classic and timeless indie-folk album.
Note: The LP is initially available on ash grey vinyl with a lyric book, exclusive to independent shops.

- The Besnard Lakes The Besnard Lakes Are the Ghost Nation LP £26.99 / CD £11.99
On their new album, The Besnard Lakes are the Ghost Nation, the Montreal band add a lightness and optimism to their post-rock psych. Unique among their furrow-browed peers, The Besnard Lakes are unafraid to marry textured, questing headphone sonics to the honeyed pleasure of radio hits past: the rapture of My Bloody Valentine entwined with the romance of Fleetwood Mac. Imagine dreamy Beach House pop riding Led Zeppelin dynamics with unabashedly androgynous vocal harmonies: a melodic yet mountainous sound world.
Note: The LP is initially available on metallic gold vinyl.

- Celeste Woman of Faces LP £34.99 / CD £13.99
Woman of Faces is the second studio album from Celeste. Stemming from the slow unravelling of a romantic relationship and her determination to emerge from the other side triumphant, this is a body of work born out of pain but also a steadfast resilience to keep moving forward, even when everything else felt like it was falling apart. From the orchestral highs to the gut-wrenching lows, it’s a chronicle of heartbreak, recovery and reclaiming control. Unflinching and unfiltered, it’s the sound of an artist learning to trust herself.
Note: The LP is initially available on gold vinyl with alternative artwork, exclusive to independent shops.

- Dropkick Murphys For the People 2-LP £35.99 / CD £11.99
Dropkick Murphys’ new album shows courage and confidence, speaking up against the injustices happening in the United States and doing so with a strength and power that harks back to their earliest punk-rock roots. For the People is more than a title: it’s a heartfelt stance, a declaration of who this band is, and who they’ve always been. It’s an expression of humanity at a time of relentless dehumanisation; a promise of hope in an era fuelled by fear-mongering; a declaration of solidarity in an age of disunion; a defiant rebuttal to the charlatans and demagogues who seek to divide us for their own power.
Note: The LP is initially available on silver vinyl, exclusive to independent shops.

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Releases for 3 October 2025

We kick off 3 October’s smashers with Lovin’ You, which finds Richard Ashcroft at the peak of his powers and spanning the many facets of his sound, from classic string-soaked acoustic balladry and anthemic indie-rock through to flashes of Americana, soul and glitchy electro beats. Horizons/West completes the thematic arc Thrice began with their 2021 album Horizons/East, balancing cinematic tones with spacious atmosphere and blending post-rock textures with rhythmic complexity, sharpening the band’s edge without losing nuance. Blue Sky Mentality, the debut album from London duo Good Neighbours, includes their breakout single, ‘Home’, alongside singles ‘Suburbs’, ‘Ripple’ and ‘Starry Eyed’ and was written and recorded on the road through 2024 and 2025. New York’s punk-chic, discodelic funk band Say She She are back with the politically charged, dancefloor-crushing Cut & Rewind: this is protest music dressed up as a sweat-dripping, hip-shaking, mind-expanding good time. The experimental instrumental album Ritual I & II further builds the Crown Lands world that was cemented with the critically acclaimed Fearless; it’s their act of defiance against stagnation, a glimmer in their darkness.

Our release of the week needs no introduction: Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, which includes a duet with Sabrina Carpenter, is the superstar’s first new album since announcing that she bought back her masters, giving her complete ownership of her musical catalogue.

- Taylor Swift The Life of a Showgirl CD £14.99 / LP £38.99
Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, is the superstar’s first new album since announcing that she bought back her masters, giving her complete ownership of her musical catalogue. The 12 songs include a duet with Sabrina Carpenter, and the cover art was inspired by her behind-the-scenes experience of the Eras Tour: “My day ends with me in a bathtub, not usually in a bedazzled dress,” she said. “I wanted to glamourise all the different aspects of how the tour felt. The album isn’t really about what happened to me onstage, but what I was going through offstage.”
Note: Initial copies of the CD include a poster. The LP is initially available on orange glitter vinyl.

- Richard Ashcroft Lovin’ You CD £12.99 / LP £24.99
Richard Ashcroft’s seventh solo set, Lovin’ You, is his first all-new album since 2018’s Natural Rebel. The opening track, ‘Lover’, interpolates Joan Armatrading’s classic ‘Love and Affection’ and sets the standard for a record that finds Richard at the peak of his powers. This set spans the many facets of his sound, from classic string-soaked acoustic balladry and anthemic indie-rock through to flashes of Americana, soul and glitchy electro beats. Its themes are intimate and personal, dominated by love, romance and affecting messages of support for those struggling with life’s challenges.
Note: The LP is initially available on blue vinyl, exclusive to independent shops.

- Thrice Horizons/West CD £12.99 / LP £27.99
Horizons/West completes the thematic arc Thrice began with their 2021 album Horizons/East, pairing personal reflection with sweeping sonic ambition. The new album balances cinematic tones with spacious atmosphere and blends post-rock textures with rhythmic complexity, sharpening the band’s edge without losing nuance. Horizons/West looks inward while never ignoring the larger world, urging listeners not to adopt beliefs but to interrogate them. After more than two decades, Thrice continue building catharsis from chaos, and clarity from noise.
Note: The LP is initially available on oxblood marble vinyl.

- Good Neighbours Blue Sky Mentality LP £27.99
Blue Sky Mentality, the debut album from London duo Good Neighbours, includes their breakout single, ‘Home’, alongside singles ‘Suburbs’, ‘Ripple’ and ‘Starry Eyed’. The album was written and recorded on the road through 2024 and 2025. “Blue Sky Mentality has been our motto since day one. Our band began as a kind of light relief – a creative outlet to break from jobs that we couldn’t stand and some tough personal times. Over the last year, we ran with that feeling, writing our debut album on the road – in the back of tour buses, hotel rooms and scattered corners of the world. That’s what ‘blue sky mentality’ means to us.”
Note: The LP is initially available on baby blue vinyl.

- Say She She Cut & Rewind CD £12.99 / LP £25.99
New York’s punk-chic, discodelic funk band Say She She are back with Cut & Rewind, their politically charged, dancefloor-crushing third album. Led by the powerhouse vocal trio of Piya Malik, Sabrina Mileo Cunningham and Nya Gazelle Brown, the group channels progenitors like Minnie Ripperton, Charles Stepney, Liquid Liquid and Raw Silk to create a groove-forward, psychedelic soundscape of pulsing disco beats, heavenly whistle tones and soaring three-part harmonies. There’s a feeling of righteous rebellion simmering beneath these songs’ body-moving exterior, though: Cut & Rewind is protest music dressed up as a sweat-dripping, hip-shaking, mind-expanding good time.
Note: The LP is initially available on lilac vinyl.

- Crown Lands Ritual I & II 2-LP £32.99
The experimental instrumental album Ritual I & II further builds the Crown Lands world that was cemented with the critically acclaimed Fearless. As vocalist/drummer Cody Bowles explains: “Ritual was made during a tumultuous time in our lives. It served as a reprieve from the upending haze of the pandemic, far from the high-pressure studio sessions that typically accompanied the pursuit of our mainstream sound. And so, I suppose this record became our act of defiance against stagnation, in a time when so many familiar lights around us flickered out in the deafening silence. It was a glimmer in our darkness.”
Note: The LP is initially available on transparent orange vinyl.

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Releases for 26 September 2025

First of 26 September’s mighty crop is The Virgin Suicides Redux, a 25th anniversary release of Air’s evocative soundtrack to Sofia Coppola’s directorial debut in a brand-new analogue mix that deepens and updates the haunting and beautiful soundscape. Nobody’s Girl is Amanda Shires’ most powerful body of work yet: a journey through heartbreak, loss, resilience, self-discovery and empowerment , featuring meticulously crafted songs that range from achingly raw ballads to rock-infused anthems. Many of the new songs on Kids Table emerged from the same recording sessions as Bright Eyes’ visceral and hook-filled 2024 album Five Dice, All Threes but didn’t quite fit the concise cohesion of that album and needed their own platform. Legendary former King Crimson members Adrian Belew and Tony Levin banded together with guitar virtuoso Steve Vai and explosive Tool drummer Danny Carey to create Beat, and the Live audio/visual package has a sold-out show in Los Angeles as its focal point. The product of all-consuming heartache, Michelangelo Dying became a kind of exorcism for Cate Le Bon: guitars, saxophones, percussion and voices are fed through pedals and filters to create an iridescent, green and silky sound. The Cords make yearning, dreamy melodic pop with echoes of 80s/90s indie bands – they play loud and sound free, reminding us that pop music, played right, is expressive, liberating, joyful and deeply personal. And Emma Pollock displays curiosity and revelation, playfulness and melancholy on Begging the Night to Take Hold, with melody – sometimes spritely, sometimes hesitant – remaining centre stage.

On our release of the week, Neon Grey Midnight Green, Neko Case pays tribute to musicians, producers and activists who have passed away in recent years and who she was lucky enough to call not just influences but close friends. On the album she rises on the shoulders of her musical heroes, using the tools they lent her to create her most inspired work yet.

- Neko Case Neon Grey Midnight Green CD £12.99 / LP £28.99
Neon Grey Midnight Green, the first new music from Neko Case this decade, carries a deep blue streak of sentimentality in its incandescent blaze. The album pays tribute to musicians, producers and activists who have passed away in recent years and who Neko was lucky enough to call not just influences but close friends. She rises on the shoulders of her musical heroes, using the tools they lent her to create her most inspired work yet.
Note: The LP is initially available on green vinyl.

- Air The Virgin Suicides Redux CD + Blu-ray £24.99 / LP £28.99
Air’s second album – the evocative soundtrack to Sofia Coppola’s directorial debut – is reissued as The Virgin Suicides Redux for its 25th anniversary. A brand-new analogue mix of the original album, produced by ‘Alf’ Briat and Air in April 2025, deepens and updates the haunting and beautiful soundscapes that have only grown in stature over the years, much like the cult classic film it accompanies. The 2-CD + Blu-ray Digipak adds a Dolby Atmos spatial audio mix of the album alongside a selection of previously unheard rarities and demos.

- Amanda Shires Nobody’s Girl CD £12.99 / LP £26.99
Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Amanda Shires returns with Nobody’s Girl. Produced by Lawrence Rothman and recorded at Sound Emporium Studios in Nashville, the new album is Amanda’s most powerful body of work yet: a journey through heartbreak, loss, resilience, self-discovery and empowerment. Amanda’s moving vocals and signature fiddle bring to life meticulously crafted songs that range from achingly raw ballads to rock-infused anthems.

- Bright Eyes Kids Table LP £24.99
Sit at the kids table. Go to prom. Try a new SSRI. Deface a mural. Flip the mattress. Help a bird. Dissociate. Last vacation. These landmark occasions are inscribed on the board-game-inspired cover of the new Bright Eyes EP, Kids Table and exemplify the chiaroscuro of Bright Eyes’ music, perpetually teetering between rogue optimism and pragmatic despair. While many of these new songs emerged from the same recording sessions as 2024’s visceral and hook-filled Five Dice, All Threes, they didn’t quite fit the concise cohesion of that album and needed another seat – at the proverbial kids table.

- Beat Live 2-CD + Blu-ray £23.99 / 3-CD + Blu-ray £53.99 / Limited edition 3-LP £49.99
Legendary former King Crimson members Adrian Belew and Tony Levin banded together with guitar virtuoso Steve Vai and explosive Tool drummer Danny Carey to create Beat, a creative reinterpretation of the three iconic ’80s King Crimson albums – Discipline, Beat and Three of a Perfect Pair. In 2024 and 2025 the ensemble staged an expansive tour throughout in North and South America. The Live audio/visual package has a sold-out show in Los Angeles as its focal point.

- Cate Le Bon Michelangelo Dying CD £11.99 / LP £28.99
The product of all-consuming heartache, Cate Le Bon’s feelings overrode her reluctance to write an album about love, and in the process Michelangelo Dying became a kind of exorcism. As guitars and saxophones are pushed through pedals and percussion and voices are fed through filters, an iridescent, green and silky sound emerges, with flashes of the artistic singularities of David Bowie, Nico, John McGeoch and Laurie Anderson surfacing and disappearing below the waterline throughout.
Note: The LP is initially available on bone white vinyl, exclusive to independent shops.

- The Cords The Cords CD £13.99 / LP £27.99
The Cords – sisters Eva and Grace Tedeschi from Greenock, Scotland – make yearning, dreamy melodic pop with echoes of indie bands such as The Shop Assistants, The Primitives, Tiger Trap and Talulah Gosh. They play their guitar and drums loud, not giving a second thought to the digital world that wants to own everything we do. The Cords sound free: they remind us that pop music, played right, is expressive, liberating, joyful and deeply personal.
Note: The LP is initially available on baby blue vinyl.

- Emma Pollack Begging the Night to Take Hold CD £11.99 / LP £26.99
Nine years since her last release, Emma Pollock returns with her fourth studio album, Begging the Night to Take Hold. On her most personal work yet, Pollock combines honest and raw songwriting with artful arrangement to both arresting and quietening effect. Curiosity and revelation, playfulness and melancholy co-exist in a singular space. Melody, sometimes spritely, sometimes hesitant, remains at centre stage.
Note: The LP is initially available on yellow vinyl.

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Releases for 12 September 2025

First out of the starting blocks on 12 September is Dim Probs, an intimate and hypnotic record from Gruff Rhys that mixes acoustic folk with whatever scratchy, primitive electronic machines come to hand on each track. The renowned singer, songwriter, musician, artist and best-selling author Josh Ritter 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. Progressive metal visionaries Between the Buried and Me return with their most immersive and eclectic record yet, mixing uncharted musical detours on The Blue Nowhere with their distinctive aggressive identity, creating a conceptual world unlike anything else in their incredible catalogue. Paul Epworth, one of this century’s most lauded producers and songwriters, collaborated with Baxter Dury to dream up and create Allbarone’s nine-track tour-de-force, building Baxter’s most melodically direct, futuristic collection to date. Finally The End Continues is the newest album from Spinal Tap, on which David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls are 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, which presents two live recordings from 1975 and two from Knebworth 1979 on CD and vinyl for the very first time.

- Led Zeppelin Live EP CD £11.99 / 12" EP £22.99
Led Zeppelin 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.

- Gruff Rhys Dim Probs CD £13 .99 / LP £26.99
Featuring fellow Welsh artists Cate Le Bon and H. Hawkline on backing vocals and produced with Ali Chant (Yard Act, PJ Harvey), Dim Probs 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, Dim Probs places the listener side by side with one of the country’s greatest and most thoughtful songwriters in the corner of a studio as the songs grow around them 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!
Note: The LP is initially available on orange vinyl.

- Josh Ritter I Believe in You, My Honeydew CD £13.99 / LP £28.99
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.”
Note: The LP is initially available on root beer vinyl.

- Between the Buried and Me The Blue Nowhere CD £13 .99 / 2-LP £32.99
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.
Note: The LP is initially available on mint green vinyl.

- Baxter Dury Allbarone CD £11 .99 / LP £24.99 / Marbled LP £26.99
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.”
Note: The LP is initially available on Venetian blue marbled vinyl.

- Spinal Tap The End Continues CD £13 .99 / LP £29.99
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.

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Releases for 5 September 2025

There’s a huge number of releases coming out on 5 September – click here for the full list. Our pick of the bunch starts with Chosen, a hard-hitting album that presents Glenn Hughes at his most explosive and inspired – a masterclass in powerful songwriting and production. Saint Etienne’s new album, International, is the group’s final album-length statement after a 35-year excursion through pop: a dreamlike drift with friends and collaborators, featuring cameos from the higher echelons of pop, from Vince Clarke to Nick Heyward, Confidence Man to Erol Alkan, Chemical Brothers, Orbital, Doves and Xenomania. Cutthroat is an unapologetic, souped-up and supercharged album: this is Shame at their blistering best, with ambitious sonic ideas and the technical chops to execute them, and stamped throughout with their trademark sense of humour. Who Is the Sky?, the first new album from David Byrne since 2018’s acclaimed and award-winning American Utopia, has contributions from musical friends old and new, including St. Vincent, Paramore’s Hayley Williams, drummer Tom Skinner (The Smile) and percussionist Mauro Refoscow. For three solid weeks last winter, Big Thief rode bicycles along frozen streets from Brooklyn to the Power Station in Manhattan, where they played for nine hours a day, improvising arrangements and making collective discoveries that would become Double Infinity.

Our release of the week is Antidepressants, a milestone achievement that sees Suede at the top of their game, translating their approach to playing in front of a live audience directly into this recording. The album is about the tensions of modern life, the paranoia, the anxiety, the neurosis. This is broken music for broken people.

- Suede Antidepressants CD £13.99 / LP £ 26.99 / White LP £29.99
Antidepressants is a milestone achievement that sees Suede at the top of their game, translating their approach to playing in front of a live audience directly into this recording. “If Autofiction was our punk record, Antidepressants is our post-punk record,” says frontman Brett Anderson. “It’s about the tensions of modern life, the paranoia, the anxiety, the neurosis. We are all striving for connection in a disconnected world. This was the feel I wanted the songs to have. This is broken music for broken people.”
Note: The LP is initially available on white vinyl.

- Glenn Hughes Chosen CD £13.99 / LP £25.99
Glenn Hughes rose to fame in the early 1970s with the band Trapeze before joining Deep Purple in 1973. He later launched a prolific solo run and formed several notable bands, including Black Country Communion (with Joe Bonamassa), California Breed and The Dead Daisies. He now returns with Chosen, a hard-hitting new studio album that presents him at his most explosive and inspired. Produced by longtime collaborator Søren Andersen, it is a masterclass in powerful songwriting and production. This is Glenn Hughes at the peak of his craft: bold, loud and unforgettable.

- Saint Etienne International CD £11.99 / LP £24.99
Saint Etienne’s new album, International, is the group’s final album-length statement after a 35-year excursion through pop. A dreamlike drift with friends and collaborators, International features cameos from the higher echelons of pop – from Vince Clarke to Nick Heyward, Confidence Man to Erol Alkan, Chemical Brothers, Orbital, Doves and Xenomania. Saint Etienne are the ’90s band who never left us, never imploded and never adhered to clichéd excess. They are a testament to getting along, getting on with creating something new – and, of course, getting away with it.
Note: The LP is initially available on orange bio-vinyl.

- Shame Cutthroat CD £12.99 / LP £23.99 / Coloured LP £26.99
Cutthroat is Shame at their blistering best: an unapologetic album that’s souped-up and supercharged. It’s exactly where you want Shame to be, with ambitious sonic ideas and the technical chops to execute them. Stamped throughout with Shame’s trademark sense of humour, the album takes on the big issues of today and gleefully toys with them – casting a merciless eye on themes of conflict and corruption, hunger and desire, lust, envy and the omnipresent shadow of cowardice. Musically, too, the record plays with visceral new ideas: electronic loops made on tour for fun have found their place on the album. Cutthroat shows with a resounding flourish that, right now, Shame have never sounded better.
Note: The LP is initially available on independent shops exclusive hot-shots coloured vinyl, including a few signed copies.

- David Byrne Who Is The Sky? CD £11.99 / LP £23.99 / Coloured LP £25.99
Who Is the Sky?, the first new album from David Byrne since 2018’s acclaimed and award-winning American Utopia, has contributions from musical friends old and new, including St. Vincent, Paramore’s Hayley Williams, drummer Tom Skinner (The Smile) and percussionist Mauro Refoscow. The album was produced by the Grammy-winning Kid Harpoon (Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus) and features intimate orchestral arrangement by members of New York-based chamber ensemble Ghost Train Orchestra.
Note: The LP is initially available on both lemon-yellow vinyl and independent shops exclusive apple-green vinyl with a poster.

- Big Thief Double Infinity CD £11.99 / LP £24.99
Double Infinity – the follow-up to 2022’s Grammy-nominated album, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You – was recorded last winter at the Power Station, New York City. For three solid weeks, Big Thief rode bicycles along frozen streets between Brooklyn and Manhattan, meeting in Power’s Station’s warm wood-panelled room, where they would play for nine hours a day, tracking together – simultaneously – improvising arrangements and making collective discoveries.
Note: The LP is initially available on green vinyl, exclusive to independent shops.

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