Produced by Cam Blackwood, and co-written with Mr Hudson, Simon Aldred, Jamie Hartman, RØRY and Neil Ormandy, 'Just A Few Folk' is a beautifully crafted body of work, recorded entirely to tape at renowned London analogue studio Toe Rag Studios. The album speaks of everyday stories and experiences - family bonds, personal relationships, intimate moments. 'Diamonds and Gold' is a soulful dedication to his wife, while 'Sad Song' reframes heartache. He reflects on memories of growing up in Middleton, Manchester on 'Waiting on a Blue Sky', and the lead single 'Summer of Love' blends retro soul, 70s-inspired grooves and JP Cooper’s signature rich vocals.

Speaking about the inspiration behind the album and its process, JP explains: “This record feels like a turning point for me — I wasn’t thinking about radio, labels, or what might “work,” I just followed my dopamine. It was important to us that this album felt as human as possible, especially at a time when so much of music and art is being shaped by AI. So I took the band into a studio with no computers, only tape, everyone played together in one room. 'Just A Few Folk' is the most personal collection of music I’ve ever made, and I hope when you listen, you’ll feel the same freedom, humanity, and joy that I felt while making it.”

TRACK LISTING

1. Intro
2. Waiting On A Blue Sky
3. Diamonds And Gold
4. Grandparents
5. Yes
6. Summer Of Love
7. Sad Song
8. Something Like This
9. Just A Few Folk
10. One Silver Bullett, One Revolver
11. Nothing Ever Changes
12. You Give Me Life
13. The Greatest Story Never Told

The anticipated new record will comprise 14 tracks by Sub Focus, with featured artists including Grimes, John Summit, Katy B, bbyclose, Fireboy DML, IRAH, Subsonic, Poppy Baskomb, Connie Constance, Emily Makis, Inez and more.

TRACK LISTING

1. Ecuador (feat. Fireboy DML)
2. So Many Colours (feat. Poppy Baskcomb)
3. Oringal Don (feat. Fireboy DML & IRAH)
4. Elevate
5. Entwined (feat. Grimes)
6. On & On (feat. Bbyclose)
7. Roll Too Deep (feat. Subsonic)
8. Go Back (with John Summit & Julia Church)
9. Water & Fire (feat. Connie Constance)
10. Lost In Heaven (feat. Emily Makis)
11. Push The Tempo (feat. Katy B)
12. Let Your Body Rock
13. Wildfire
14. Fade (feat. Inez)

25 years on from the release of their debut album, 'Lost Souls', Doves are proud to present 'So, Here We Are' – a collection of the band’s best, hand-selected from their six studio albums and more.

A compilation that spans a quarter of a century of meticulously fabricated songs of melancholic euphoria from the Manchester trio.

Having last released a ‘Best Of…’ CD compilation, 'The Places Between', in April 2010, following the release of their 2009 fourth album, 'Kingdom Of Rust', all three members of Doves have selected a new collection of tracks to feature on 'So, Here We Are: Best Of Doves'. The first such compilation to be pressed to vinyl, it includes singles, album tracks and rarities spanning their entire 27 year releasing history, a journey which began with their debut Cedar Room EP in November 1998.

The compilation includes the previously unreleased track, "Spirit Of Your Friend".

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: Doves are such a wonderful addition to the Manchester music scene. At the start of their career they even played in our shop and last year we had lead singer Jimi spinning records in his Nightjar incarnation. The band's doomy epicness, heavy with doses of melancholy and magic, has captured our imaginations for nearly three decades! A fitting time for a retrospective then. ‘So, Here We Are’ does not disappoint; all the big hitters are included, along with rarities and a previously unreleased track “Spirit Of Your Friend”.

TRACK LISTING

Black And White Town
Pounding
Snowden
Cold Dreaming
Catch The Sun
Broken Eyes
Kingdom Of Rust
Darker
There Goes The Fear
Renegade
Prisoners
Here It Comes
Carousels
Caught By The River
Walk In Fire
Lean Into The Wind
Spirit Of Your Friend
The Man Who Told Everything
The Cedar Room

25 years on from the release of their debut album, 'Lost Souls', Doves are proud to present 'So, Here We Are' – a collection of the band’s best, hand-selected from their six studio albums and more.

A compilation that spans a quarter of a century of meticulously fabricated songs of melancholic euphoria from the Manchester trio.

Having last released a ‘Best Of…’ CD compilation, 'The Places Between', in April 2010, following the release of their 2009 fourth album, 'Kingdom Of Rust', all three members of Doves have selected a new collection of tracks to feature on 'So, Here We Are: Best Of Doves'. The first such compilation to be pressed to vinyl, it includes singles, album tracks and rarities spanning their entire 27 year releasing history, a journey which began with their debut Cedar Room EP in November 1998.

The compilation includes the previously unreleased track, "Spirit Of Your Friend".

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: Doves are such a wonderful addition to the Manchester music scene. At the start of their career they even played in our shop and last year we had lead singer Jimi spinning records in his Nightjar incarnation. The band's doomy epicness, heavy with doses of melancholy and magic, has captured our imaginations for nearly three decades! A fitting time for a retrospective then. ‘So, Here We Are’ does not disappoint; all the big hitters are included, along with rarities and a previously unreleased track “Spirit Of Your Friend”.

TRACK LISTING

Black And White Town
Pounding
Snowden
Cold Dreaming
Catch The Sun
Broken Eyes
Kingdom Of Rust
Darker
There Goes The Fear
Renegade
Prisoners
Here It Comes
Carousels
Caught By The River
Walk In Fire
Lean Into The Wind
Spirit Of Your Friend
The Man Who Told Everything
The Cedar Room

Picture Parlour are an English indie rock band formed in Manchester by Katherine Parlour (vocals and guitar) and Ella Risi (guitar). Their lineup is completed by Kitty Fitz (bass/rhythm guitar), Joey Django (rhythm guitar/bass) and Michael Nash (drums). The band performed their debut show in December 2022 at the Windmill in Brixton and immediately became regular performers there. The band released their debut single 'Norwegian Wood' on 19 June 2023, which was followed by 'Judgement Day' on 18 October 2023.

TRACK LISTING

1. Cielo Drive,
2. 24Hr Open,
3.Who's There To Love Without You,
4. Used To Be Your Girlfriend,
5. Neptune 66,
6. Around The Bend,
7.Talk About It
8.Ronnie's Note #3 (Lucky Man),
9.4$ Fantasy
10. Norwegian Wood
11. The Travelling Show.

Marking the golden anniversary of Queen’s most celebrated recording, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' returns on vinyl. Mercury’s operatic masterpiece is paired with Roger Taylor’s roaring fan-favourite 'I’m In Love With My Car'.

TRACK LISTING

1. Bohemian Rhapsody
2. I’m In Love With My Car

Queen’s 1975 masterpiece 'A Night At The Opera' returns for its 50th anniversary, newly pressed on 180g clear vinyl with gold labels. Featuring the groundbreaking 'Bohemian Rhapsody', the timeless ballad 'Love of My Life', and the hit 'You’re My Best Friend', this lavish edition celebrates the landmark album that became Queen’s first UK No. 1 and their first U.S. platinum record.

TRACK LISTING

1. Death On Two Legs
2. Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
3. I'm In Love With My Car
4. You're My Best Friend
5. '39
6. Sweet Lady
7. Seaside Rendezvous
8. The Prophet's Song
9. Love Of My Life
10. Good Company
11. Bohemian Rhapsody
12. God Save The Queen

Taylor Swift's 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, will be released worldwide October 3, 2025. The LP includes 12 songs.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Taylor's back! Loads of pop hooks, masterfully written melodies and Tay's unmistakable vocals make for an album we could all accurately describe as Taylor Swift's most recent album.

Mercury and BRIT nominated Kae Tempest’s fifth studio album ‘Self Titled’ featuring Neil Tennant, Tawiah, Connie Constance and Young Fathers and co-produced by Fraser T Smith and Tempest. Tempest has an impressive list of prizes under his belt. His book Brand New Ancients made him the first person under 40 to receive the Ted Hughes Award in 2013. Kae also won the Ivor Novello Award for ‘Best Contemporary Song’ in 2024, following two previous Ivor Novello nominations in 2020 and a BRIT Award nomination in 2018. Kae has been shortlisted for the Mercury Prize twice.

The album’s first single, ‘Statue In The Square,’ was released in March. Tempest’s fast flow delivers a raw, rhythmic track. The accompanying video was filmed in Deptford, London, and features key community voices, including Princess Julia, Joelle Taylor, Sweatmother, Debbie Smith, and Dr Ronx. The collaborations on Self Titled don’t stop there. For his fifth offering, Tempest has ensured a stellar line-up of features. Guest appearances include Neil Tennant, Young Fathers, Connie Constance, and Tawiah.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Tempest's brand new LP swims in the sort of gritty, downbeat hip-hop poetry we all loved on 2016's brilliant 'Let Them Eat Chaos', but this time around there's a grittier, industrial aesthetic underpinning proceedings. There are moments of sublime melodicism, much like there are segments of chaotic noise, but it's the perfect balance that sets Kae apart from the rest and keeps us coming back for more. A superb new outing from one of the UK's hottest poets.

TRACK LISTING

1. I Stand On The Line
2. Statue In The Square
3. Know Yourself
4. Sunshine On Catford
5. Bless The Bold Future
6. Everything All Together
7. Prayers To Whisper
8. Diagnoses
9. Hyperdistillation
10. Forever
11. Breathe
12. Till Morning

Co-produced by Lorde and Jim-E Stack, with contributions from Devonte Hynes (Blood Orange), Dan Nigro, Fabiana Palladino, Buddy Ross, and Andrew Aged, 'Virgin' is the sound of Lorde returning to the beat-driven and raw lyricism that propelled 'Pure Heroine' and 'Melodrama' to commercial and critical success. Preceded by lead single ‘What Was That’ (which peaked at #1 on the US Spotify Chart), Virgin marks the return of a truly generational artist.

TRACK LISTING

1. Hammer
2. What Was That
3. Shapeshifter
4. Man Of The Year
5. Favourite Daughter
6. Current Affairs
7. Clearblue
8. GRWM
9. Broken Glass
10. If She Could See Me Now
11. David

Loyle Carner's fourth album is a life-affirming exploration of fatherhood, childhood and alternative music. Whereas his previous albums drew on his past experiences, on 'Hopefully!' he takes a confident stride forward both musically and personally as he embraces change and looks to the future. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: An absolutely stunning, heartfelt new album from Loyle Carner, perfectly mixing his established disaffected lyrical flow with understated full-on singing! It's a perfect melodic counter to the more intense sections and lends a lovely sense of balance, showing that Carner (Larner) really is one of the UK's premier musical talents. Brilliant.

TRACK LISTING

1. feel At Home 
2. In My Mind
3. All I Need
4. Lyin
5. Time To Go
6. Horcrux
7. Strangers
8. Hopefully (Ft. Benjamin Zephaniah)
9. purpose (Ft. Navy Blue)
10. don't Fix It
11. about Time

With number-one albums in seven countries, Yungblud describes 'Idols' as “a project with no limitations,” marking his boldest and most ambitious work yet.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: We get a huge swathe of stadium rock progressions and Dom Harrison's massive vocal belting out on the first part of YUNGBLUD's Idols, showing that his days of hiding in the musical shadows have come to an end. Massive, anthemic pop music.

TRACK LISTING

1. Hello Heaven, Hello
2. Idols Pt. I
3. Lovesick Lullaby
4. Zombie
5. The Greatest Parade
6. Change
7. Monday Murder
8. Ghosts
9. Fire
10. War
11. Idols Pt. II
12. Supermoon

THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2025 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON SATURDAY APRIL 12TH ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8PM ON MONDAY APRIL 14th.

Back in stock for a super limited run. Remixes of Kate Bush's iconic Stranger Things anthem. Extended version with dub inflections, THAT earth shattering remix from Orlando Voorn and the now cult adored Ashley Beedle remix. Arguably the best dressed "Running Up That Hill" record anyone could ask for! 

TRACK LISTING

A. Running Up That Hill (Extended)
B1. Running Up That Hill (Orlando Voorn Remix)
B2. Running Up That Hill (Ashley Beedle Remix)

So, the original 'Tortured Poets Department' was a brand new full-length album, that was released the day before Record Store Day this year. It's good, lots of those trademark Swift choruses and huge, cathartic synth lines that back up her powerful anthemic vocals. Everyone was very happy, BUT then two hours later there was ANOTHER part of the album released digitally! It too is really good, if anything for my money it's even better than the original (sorry Taylor). All 31 songs of it are presented here, alongside four lovely acoustic numbers. The acoustic version of 'Fortnight' feat Post Malone. is particularly brilliant. All pressed on clear vinyl. Lovely. 

TRACK LISTING

Tortured Poets Department

1.Fortnight (Feat. Post Malone)
2.The Tortured Poets Department
3.My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
4.Down Bad
5.So Long, London
6.But Daddy I Love Him
7.Fresh Out The Slammer
8.Florida!!! (Feat. Florence And The Machine)
9.Guilty As Sin?
10.Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me?
11.I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)
12.Loml
13.I Can Do It With A Broken Heart
14.The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
15.The Alchemy
16.Clara Bow

Anthology

1.The Black Dog
2.Imgonnagetyouback
3.The Albatross
4.Chloe Or Sam Or Sophia Or Marcus
5.How Did It End?
6.So High School
7.I Hate It Here
8.ThanK You AlMee
9.I Look In People's Windows
10.The Prophecy
11.Cassandra
12.Peter
13.The Bolter
14.Robin
15.The Manuscript
16.Fortnight (Feat. Post Malone) - Acoustic
17.Down Bad - Acoustic
18.But Daddy I Love Him - Acoustic
19.Guilty As Sin? - Acoustic

Introducing the new album from Johnny Cash titled 'Songwriter'.

Johnny Cash recorded an album’s worth of unreleased, self-penned songs in 1993 ahead of him signing with American Records and his releases with Rick Rubin that re-established himself as one of world’s best songwriters to a new generation of fans. Songwriter’s 11 songs have been updated by his son John Carter and longtime producer David Ferguson.

In early 1993, the legendary Johnny Cash found himself between contracts in his then nearly 40-year career and recorded an album’s worth of songwriting demos at LSI Studios in Nashville of songs he’d written over many years. LSI at the time was owned by his son-in-law Mike Daniels and daughter Rosey, and he wanted to help the family financially while also record some songs special to him. Not long after the fruitful session, Johnny met producer Rick Rubin, and the recordings were shelved as the two embarked on an important and prolific musical partnership that revitalized the Man in Black’s career that would last the rest of his life.

Some thirty years later, John Carter Cash, the son of Johnny and June Carter Cash, rediscovered the songs and stripped them back to just Johnny’s powerful, pristine vocals and acoustic guitar. Along with co-producer David “Fergie” Ferguson, the two invited a handpicked group of musicians that played with Johnny, including guitarist Marty Stuart and the late bassist Dave Roe, along with drummer Pete Abbott and several others, to the Cash Cabin, a hallowed space in Hendersonville, Tenn. where Johnny would write, record and relax, to breathe new life into the tracks, taking the sound back to the roots and heart of the songs.

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl:
Side A
1. Hello Out There
2. Spotlight
3. Drive On
4. I Love You Tonite
5. Have You Ever Been To Little Rock?
Side B
1. Well Alright
2. She Sang Sweet Baby James
3. Poor Valley Girl
4. Soldier Boy
5. Sing It Pretty Sue
6. Like A Soldier

CD:
1. Hello Out There
2. Spotlight
3. Drive On
4. I Love You Tonite
5. Have You Ever Been To Little Rock?
6. Well Alright
7. She Sang Sweet Baby James
8. Poor Valley Girl
9. Soldier Boy
10.Sing It Pretty Sue
11. Like A Soldier

Bonus Disc (2CD):
1. I Walk The Line (1988 Version)
2. The Night Hank Williams Came To Town (with Waylon Jennings)
3. Sixteen Tons
4. Long Black Veil (1988 Version)
5. Cry, Cry, Cry (1988 Version)
6. Guess Things Happen That Way (1988 Version)
7. Get Rhythm (1988 Version)
8. Ring Of Fire (1988 Version)
9. Folsom Prison Blues (1988 Version)
10. Cat's In The Cradle
11. Hey Porter
12. Wanted Man

Loyle Carner has Mercury and Brits nominations, NME Awards, global brand campaigns, and 2 top #3 albums! After performing at a SOLD-OUT Royal Albert Hall on his 29th birthday, the multi-talented artist is looking to make history once again with this release.

TRACK LISTING

Hate
Plastic
Georgetown (feat. John Agard)
Polyfilla
Desoleil (Brilliant Corners) (feat. Sampha)
Homerton (feat. JNR Williams)
Blood On My Nikes (feat. Wesley Joseph & Athian Akec)
Nobody Knows (Ladas Road)
Still
Loose Ends (feat. Jordan Rakei)
A Lasting Place
Speed Of Plight
The Cycle
HGU
Ottolenghi (feat. Jordan Rakei)

Queen Rock Montreal presents Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon at their most excitingand exhilarating. As Brian May puts it, this is Queen “live and dangerous.” Queen were on all-conquering form when they returned to Montreal, Canada for the fourth time in November 1981 to play two hugeconcerts at the 18,000-seat Forum. This pair of Montreal concerts marked an historic moment for Queen. After their massive success in the 1970s, the band entered the 80s bigger than ever, with the hugely successful The Game album producing their two biggest ever US singles in Another One Bites The Dust and Crazy Little Thing Called Love (both Billboard No.1’s), followed by theUK No.1 single Under Pressure. Queen’s return to Montreal came afteralmost two years of touring, including their very firsttours of South and Central America, which saw the band playing two nights at Sao Paulo’s Morumbi Stadiumtomore than 150,000 devoted fans. As a result, when the band arrived in Canada in November 1981 they were in electrifying form. “Montreal is one of our favourite cities, it’s a great audience there, very full of energy,” says Brian May. “We’d played this particular venue, The Forum, several times before, and it was always full of really enthusiastic people giving us a lot of energy back.”

The original concerts,which took place on November 24 and 25, 1981, were truly ground-breaking. They were arranged specifically to be filmed for a full-length concert film to document their live show. Director Saul Swimmer planned to shoot them using state-of-the-art Double Anamorphic 35mm footage, which allowed it to be projected on a gigantic, five-storey high screen.Backstage tensions between the members of Queen and Swimmer could have caused problems, but instead they propelled the band to new heights.

“We were very, very hyped up, some of the tempos are really fast, there’s a lot of really incisive, angry playing,” says May.

Queen Rock Montreal features a rawer version of the band who had released Bohemian Rhapsodyhalf a decade earlier, showcasingtheirunparalleled musicianship, soaring vocal powerand unstoppable live energy.“There’s no one on the stage apart from us,” says May.

Says Taylor: “It's fascinating to now realize how free we were on stage in 1981. It's a four piece, just the four of us in Queen, and to see Freddie. It's like being on stage with the band because the cameras are very high quality for the time. I've never seen anything that makes you feel quite so involved with the performance.”

From Freddie Mercury’s opening cry of “Hello Montreal… long time no see. You wanna get crazy?” through to the thrilling climactic one-two of We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions, the energy rarely lets up – and even then only for signature ballad Love Of My Life. The powerful vocal acrobatics of Mercury, May’s dazzling six-string pyrotechnics, Deacon’s rock solid heartbeat bass, Taylor’s unstoppable rhythmic display, and not to mention the unique combination of all four voices – Queen Rock Montreal shows the total cohesion and individual strengths of four musicians who were, as Brian May says, “at the top of our game”.

TRACK LISTING

2CD

CD1
1. Intro
2. We Will Rock You (Fast)
3. Let Me Entertain You
4. Play The Game
5. Somebody To Love
6. Killer Queen
7. I'm In Love With My Car
8. Get Down, Make Love
9. Save Me
10. Now I'm Here
11. Dragon Attack
12. Now I'm Here (Reprise)
13. Love Of My Life


CD2
1. Under Pressure
2. Keep Yourself Alive
3. Drum And Tympani Solo
4. Guitar Solo
5. Flash
6. The Hero
7. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
8. Jailhouse Rock
9. Bohemian Rhapsody
10. Tie Your Mother Down
11. Another One Bites The Dust
12. Sheer Heart Attack
13. We Will Rock You

3LP

SIDE A
1. Intro
2. We Will Rock You (Fast)
3. Let Me Entertain You
4. Play The Game
5. Somebody To Love

SIDE B
1. Killer Queen
2. I'm In Love With My Car
3. Get Down, Make Love
4. Save Me

SIDE C
1. Now I'm Here
2. Dragon Attack
3. Now I'm Here (Reprise)
4. Love Of My Life
5. Under Pressure

SIDE D
1. Keep Yourself Alive
2. Drum And Tympani Solo
3. Guitar Solo
4. Flash
5. The Hero

SIDE E
1. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
2. Jailhouse Rock
3. Bohemian Rhapsody
4. Tie Your Mother Down

SIDE F
1. Another One Bites The Dust
2. Sheer Heart Attack
3. We Will Rock You
4. We Are The Champions
5. God Save The Queen

Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductees, Pearl Jam, return with their highly anticipated new album Dark Matter.

The band’s 12th studio album was produced by Grammy® Award Winning Producer, Andrew Watt.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A blistering new LP of soaring grunge hooks and Big Ed's unmistakeable vocal fire. It's a brilliantly recognisable sound that Pearl Jam make, but has just enough moments that veer outside of their already venerable canon to make it sound fresh. Lovely stuff.

TRACK LISTING

CD & LP Tracklisting:
Sacred Of Fear
React, Respond
Wreckage
Dark Matter
Won’t Tell
Upper Hand
Waiting For Stevie
Running
Something Special
Got To Give
Setting Sun

The Tortured Poets Department is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on 19th April 2024. Swift announced the album at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards on February 4, 2024, after winning Best Pop Vocal Album for her tenth studio album, 'Midnights' (2022).

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: There's no doubt there's been a big reassessment of Taylor's sound since the superb duo of Folklore and Evermore (and the brilliant Long Pond sessions LP from RSD last year), and mass appreciation for Midnights so it's with some excitement that her new LP 'The Tortured Poet's Department' lands. I for one am excited to hear it.

The Libertines are excited to announce the release of their fourth studio album entitled, All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade out 8th March 2024. The release marks the band’s first new album in nine years and opens with the infectious new single, Run Run Run.

On All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade, the quartet of unlikely lads have gathered from their new-found homes in France, Denmark, Margate and London to solder a strongest-ever internal bond, and scale new creative heights resulting in the best music of their extraordinary career so far.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Gotta love a bit of The Libertines, and this their first album in nine years continues the legacy of swooning, melodically rich pieces centred around the perfect chemistry of Doherty & Barat. Guitar lines and vocals weaving together effortlessly like they always did, a more mature, slightly less chaotic maelstrom but ram-packed with classic Libertines sounds.

TRACK LISTING

Run Run Run
Mustang
I Have A Friend
Man With The Melody
Oh Shit
Merry Old England
Night Of The Hunter
Baron’s Claw
Shiver
Be Young
Songs They Never Play On The Radio

English alternative rock band The Blinders' return with third album, 'Beholder'.

The perfect introduction to their album, 'Brakelights' drips with a dark atmospheric intensity which equally lurks across the albums other 9 tracks. Beholder shares a frenetic energy with their previous albums, but there's a new depth both lyrically and musically to the album.

With a visceral urgency live to more than match the likes of contemporaries IDLES or Fontaines DC, The Blinders live shows are brooding and intense, recalling the dark atmospherics of The Bad Seeds or peak-period Bunnymen.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Swimming with gothic influence, but kept moving along with propulsive percussion and throbbing post-punk bass, The Blinders' new outing 'Beholder' has all of the moody drive and melodic leaning of their previous two but refined into a finely honed melodic powerhouse. Reminiscent of several bands but with a sound all of their own.

TRACK LISTING

1. Ceremony
2. Brakelights
3. While I’m SVll Young
4. At Any Hand But Hers
5. Always
6. Iggy Got Camaro
7. Waterfalls Of Venice
8. Nocturnal Skies
9. Swallowing Static
10. All I Need

“With the world we’re living in now, it feels like we’re all just trying to hang onto our souls. Everything seems to be getting more extreme and everyone keeps wondering, ‘WHAT NOW? What’s next?’

By the same coin, the only constant on this record is that you never know what’s going to happen next: every song is its own aquarium, its own little miniature world built around whatever I was feeling and thinking at the time.”

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Though Howard's brand of wonky psychedelic soul has always been packed full of great musicianship and bold, inventive production, for me 'What Now' is her greatest moment thus far. Swimming with melody, deeply rooted in soul, but playful and full of surprises.

TRACK LISTING

1. Earth Sign
2. I Don’t
3. What Now
4. Red Flags
5. To Be Still
6. Interlude
7. Another Day
8. Prove It To You
9. Samson
10. Patience
11. Power To Undo
12. Every Color In Blue

Entitled Rebel Diamonds, the album of highlights features 20 tracks, including the modern day classics “Mr. Brightside,” “When You Were Young,” “All These Things That I’ve Done,” “Human,” “Read My Mind” and at least one song from each of the band’s seven studio albums. The album also carries through to the band’s most recently released, critically-lauded single, “Your Side of Town” and includes a brand new anthem ready to be sung at festivals across the world called “Spirit.”

The album is a curated dive into an impressive catalog of songwriting and musicianship - one that has solidified the band as one of the most important voices in rock ‘n’ roll over the last two decades.

TRACK LISTING

Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
Mr. Brightside
All These Things That I’ve Done
Somebody Told Me
When You Were Young
Ready My Mind
Human
Spaceman
A Dustland Fairytale
Be Still
Runaways
The Man
Caution
My Own Soul’s Warning
Dying Breed
Pressure Machine
Quiet Town
Boy
Your Side Of Town
Spirit

TRACK LISTING

1.    "Welcome To New York" Taylor's Version
2.    "Blank Space" Taylor's Version
3.    "Style" Taylor's Version
4.    "Out Of The Woods" Taylor's Version  
5.    "All You Had To Do Was Stay" Taylor's Version
6.    "Shake It Off" Taylor's Version
7.    "I Wish You Would" Taylor's Version
8.    "Bad Blood" Taylor's Version
9.    "Wildest Dreams" Taylor's Version
10.   "How You Get The Girl" Taylor's Version
11.   "This Love" Taylor's Version
12.   "I Know Places" Taylor's Version
13.   "Clean" Taylor's Version
14.   "Wonderland" Taylor's Version
15.   "You Are In Love" Taylor's Version
16.   "New Romantics" Taylor's Version
17.   ""Slut!"" Taylor's Version (From The Vault)
18.   "Say Don't Go" Taylor's Version (From The Vault)
19.   "Now That We Don't Talk" Taylor's Version (From The Vault)
20.   "Suburban Legends" Taylor's Version (From The Vault)
21.   "Is It Over Now?" Taylor's Version (From The Vault)

The Chemical Brothers - one of the most acclaimed and innovative electronic duo in the world - have announced details of their tenth studio album For That Beautiful Feeling.

Recorded in the band’s own studio just near the south coast, this is a record that hunts for and captures that that wild moment when sound overwhelms you and almost pulls you under yet ultimately lets you ride its wave, to destinations unknown. It’s a record that pinpoints the exact moment you lose all control, where you surrender and let the music move you as if pulled by an invisible thread.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Rocketing into orbit with the stadium inferno that is “Live Again”, there’s little chance to touch down, as Tom and Ed hit the thrusters for one of the most stratospheric ‘Chems LPs we can remember. A rousing & rebellious message for our times, with the usual smattering of guest appearances and sampled vox articulating their uplifting insubordination with soaring, memorable hooks.

Barry says: There is absolutely no sign that The Chemical Brothers are slowing down, with 2019's incendiary 'No Geography' blowing people away and 'For That Beautiful Feeling' set to do so even more. It's a triumphant, heavy hitting marvel that is enhanced perfectly by Halo Maud's distinctive vocal talents. Classic 'chems and then some.

TRACK LISTING

1. Intro
2. Live Again (feat. Halo Maud)
3. No Reason
4. Goodbye
5. Fountains
6. Magic Wand
7. The Weight
8. Skipping Like A Stone (feat. Beck)
9. The Darkness That You Fear (Harvest Mix)
10. Feels Like I’m Dreaming
11. For That Beautiful Feeling (feat. Halo Maud)

Their debut album documents the journey through their friendship, from school to where they now find themselves, commenting on what's around them.

"translating to ‘further beyond’, a latin naval term adopted by those exploring uncharted waters, we present a collection of our best works to date, each lyrically distinct but venturing into new territories that life presents; mass media, tory austerity, mental health, homelessness, the deprived nhs and the release that music gives you from it all. come with us to make sense of what lies beyond in this world through questions, power and statements that we stand by."

STAFF COMMENTS

Laura says: This is one of my favourite albums this year. Think the super melodic pop of The Rolling Blackouts but swathed in Rainy City drizzle rather than Antipodean sunshine.

TRACK LISTING

1 Full Round Table (Explicit)
2 Wayfinding
3 Kulture
4 Need You No More
5 Wide Asleep (Explicit)
6 Fair Game
7 Opaque
8 Not In Love (Explicit)
9 My Fall
10 My Fall II
11 Can I Trick

Beck and Phoenix mark the kick-off of their hotly anticipated Summer Odyssey tour with the physical release of their collaborative sun-splashed banger, “Odyssey."

Their collaborative single hailed by UPROXX as "an empowered, shimmering anthem" and by FLOOD as "a joyful slice of hedonistic disco-pop" is released as a limited edition yellow vinyl 7" single featuring the "Odyssey (Instrumental)" on its B-side.

TRACK LISTING

1. Odyssey
2. Odyssey Instrumental

‘Pearls’ sees the dancefloor diva back where she belongs. Thumping with 70’s funk infused basslines and infectious grooves towed by sonic synthesisers, the track was co-written and produced by Coffee Clarence JR, Sarah Hudson and legendary British producer Stuart Price. The track is riding high on captivating energy that seems like it could’ve emerged straight from a mirror ball.

“Pearls is a record that doesn’t take itself too seriously but demands you to have a dance. It’s inspired by divas like Donna Summer, Evelyn Champagne King, Teena Marie and Chaka khan and I guess attempts to show - in lightness - all the hats I try to wear (usually at the same time). It’s the second song you will hear from my collaboration with Stuart Price and Coffee - with the wonderful addition of Sarah Hudson - and hopefully gives you a taste of the fun we have working together. “ Jessie also added, “That! Feels Good! stems from over 10 years of understanding who I am, and who I enjoy being as an artist and the thrill of performance. “

The new single follows recent release ‘Free Yourself’, that offered a taster session to Jessie’s upcoming studio album. ‘Free Yourself’ went on to have the biggest week one streams in both the UK and internationally ahead of any other Jessie single to date.

‘That! Feels Good!’ is the follow up album to 2020’s ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’, which proved her status as one of the UK’s most influential artists and became her highest charting album to date. It included singles ‘Save A Kiss’, ‘Spotlight’ and Barack Obama approved ‘Remember Where You Are’ (added to his NYE playlist). Last year saw Jessie support juggernaut Harry Styles in the USA, gain 2.4 billion global streams and complete a fantastic run of live shows including career defining sets at Glastonbury and Primavera. She continues to cement herself as a formidable force and at the forefront of UK pop.

STAFF COMMENTS

Liam says: Following on from her incredible disco odyssey 'What's Your Pleasure?', 'That! Feels Good!' sees Jessie Ware fully diving into high camp. Lead single 'Free Yourself' is empowering disco floorfiller, whilst 'Pearls' serves as a long-lost Chaka Khan-esque funk cut that has 'Ru Paul's Drag Race Lipsync For Your Life' written all over it. It's infectious, sultry and undoubtedly got the potential to be the party record of the year - Mega, mega stuff!!

TRACK LISTING

1. That! Feels Good!
2. Free Yourself
3. Pearls
4. Hello Love
5. Begin Again
6. Beautiful People
7.Freak Me Now
8. Shake The Bottle
9. Lightning
10. These Lips 

Speak Now (Taylor's Version) is the upcoming third re-recorded album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, set for release on July 7, 2023, via Republic Records. It is a re-recording of Swift's third studio album, Speak Now (2010), and follows her 2021 re-recorded albums, Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version).

The re-recording is a part of Swift's counteraction to her 2019 masters dispute. Speak Now (Taylor's Version) was announced on May 5, 2023, at the first Nashville show of her ongoing concert tour, the Eras Tour. It features collaborations with American rock acts Fall Out Boy and Hayley Williams.

TRACK LISTING

1. "Mine"
2. "Sparks Fly"
3. "Back To December"
4. "Speak Now"
5. "Dear John"
6. "Mean"
7. "The Story Of Us"
8. "Never Grow Up"
9. "Enchanted"
10. "Better Than Revenge"
11. "Innocent"
12. "Haunted"
13. "Last Kiss"
14. "Long Live"
15. "Ours"
16. "Superman"
17. "Electric Touch" (featuring Fall Out Boy)
18. "When Emma Falls In Love"
19. "I Can See You"
20. "Castles Crumbling" (featuring Hayley Williams)
21. "Foolish One"
22. "Timeless"

After much anticipation, Sub Focus has today announced that he will be releasing his new album ‘Evolve’ on May 12th via EMI Records. The album will be the third full-length solo LP by the acclaimed, London-based electronic music producer and artist - following his 2009 debut ‘Sub Focus’ and 2013’s ‘Torus’ and the collaborative album ‘Portals’ with Wilkinson in 2020. ‘Evolve’ will feature 14 tracks, including the recent UK Top 30 hit ‘Ready To Fly’ with Dimension. …Drum & Bass has never felt stronger or more popular as a genre and I’m proud to have been a part of such a thriving scene for so long. I’ve dabbled with multiple genres in the past but this time I wanted to make an album that speaks to my D&B core, with breakbeats laced through every track as a backbone."

Produced by Greg Fidelman with Hetfield & Ulrich, and clocking in at over 77 minutes, the 12-track 72 Seasons is Metallica’s first full length collection of new material since 2016’s Hardwired…To Self-Destruct.

Speaking on the concept of the album title, James Hetfield said: “72 seasons. The first 18 years of our lives that form our true or false selves. The concept that we were told ‘who we are’ by our parents. A possible pigeonholing around what kind of personality we are. I think the most interesting part of this is the continued study of those core beliefs and how it affects our perception of the world today. Much of our adult experience is reenactment or reaction to these childhood experiences. Prisoners of childhood or breaking free of those bondages we carry.”

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: New Metallica! With pummelling percussion and chugging guitars (a Flying V no less), they cut the figure of a band who haven't lost any momentum since their early days and will continue for the foreseeable. Classic, unmistakeable Metallica.

TRACK LISTING

72 Seasons
Shadows Follow
Screaming Suicide
Sleepwalk My Life Away
You Must Burn!
Lux æterna
Crown Of Barbed Wire
Chasing Light
If Darkness Had A Son
Too Far Gone?
Room Of Mirrors
Inamorata

Irish indie rock band The Academic are very excited to announce details of their new album, “Sitting Pretty” . The album was produced by Nick Hodgson at Snap Studios in London. Sitting Pretty is an album about navigating life in your 20s; the uncertainties and the ever-shifting sense of self. “It’s about the entrance into true adulthood and how that can alienate you from yourself, making you feel like you’re playing a supporting role in your own life,” the band explain. “In one moment feeling 100% certain about everything, only to become overwhelmed with feelings of aimlessness and lack of direction in the next.” 

It was back in April 2021 when Johnny Borrell, Andy Burrows, Björn Ågren and Carl Dalemo revealed they’d been back working together for the first time in over a decade, correcting the unsatisfactory conclusion to their original formation.

Crucial to the group’s reunion was an emotional meeting between Borrell and Burrows near Johnny’s home in the Basque country in summer, 2020, which plays a pivotal part in the groups forthcoming ‘Fall To Pieces’ documentary, premiering on November 4th at the Genesis Cinema in Whitechapel & is part of this year's Raindance film festival.

“I had to go and chat with Johnny and make things good,” recalls Burrows. “If I didn’t, I’d have gone on thinking about it for the rest of my life, that we should’ve met up, we should’ve played together again, it was too special to leave behind.”

Bridges have been built. The artistic, and sometimes unwieldy, connection between the two has been re-established. It has been a heartening experience for those involved. “My trust with Andy was at absolute zero so to get that back was really inspiring,” says Borrell. “That’s never happened before and it made me think a lot about my life, like if I can get my trust back with Andy, I could do it with anybody.” “Whilst our relationship hasn’t always been plain sailing, when Johnny and I sit down to write music together, there’s a magic that happens. I’m so grateful to have him and the band back in my life,” agrees Burrows.

TRACK LISTING

Golden Touch
In The Morning
Who Needs Love?
Before I Fall To Pieces
Violence Forever?
Stumble And Fall
America
Somewhere Else
You Are Entering The Human Heart
Rip It Up
Good Night

In hugo, there’s a central question that Loyle Carner keeps coming back to: “I’m young, Black, successful and have a platform - but where do I go next?” The answer is explored in this epic scream of a third album. With urgent delivery and gloriously widescreen production, Carner confronts both the deeply personal (“You can’t hate the roots of a tree, and not hate the tree. So how can I hate my father without hating me?) and the highly political (“I told the black man he didn’t understand I reached the white man he wouldn’t take my hand”).

Cinematic in scale and scope, hugo is both a rallying war cry for a generation forged in fire and a study of the personal internal conflict that drives the rest of the album - as a mixed-race Black man, as an artist, as a father and as a son. With Mercury and Brits nominations, NME Awards and appearances in global brand campaigns (Nike, YSL, Timberland), Carner has undoubtedly had a meteoric rise to the top, culminating with his second album Not Waving, But Drowning charting at number 3 in the UK albums chart in 2019. However, hugo sees Carner taking a sharp detour from his previous work, putting it down to lockdown and the “hedonistic side of career being stripped away. There were no shows, no backstage, no festivals, no photoshoots”. By continuing to write in these tumultuous times with a renewed clarity and sense of artistic freedom, Carner reached deeper beneath the surface than he ever had before. The result is his most cathartic and ambitious record yet, a coruscating journey into the heart of what it means to be alive in these tumultuous times, and one which looks set to neatly cement his position as one of the most potent and vital young talents around today. Working alongside renowned producer kwes. (Solange, Kelela, Nao), Carner leaves no stone unturned on this album, in both its sound and its stories.

In a 10-track album that moves from gorgeous neo-soul moments to thundering hip hop, with immediate, infectious bangers and sampled interludes from non musicians (mixed-race Guyanese poet John Agard and youth activist and politician Athian Akec) Carner shifts seamlessly from micro to macro, confronting everything from strained relationships with family to the societal tears caused by class stratification. It also lays bare bruises in his personal life that he has never revealed before – often in painful, deeply uncomfortable ways, focusing on Carner's experience of becoming a father in the context of growing up without contact with his biological father. With the song “Polyfilla”, against the backdrop of a warm melodic beat, Carner explores his desire to “break the chains in the cycle” of dysfunctional Black fatherhood, commenting on the narrative of fatherhood in the genre, and saying a key part of the process was realising that his father “grew up in a world where nobody showed him how to love or nurture”. The follow up track “A Lasting Place” is an exploration of the MC’s failure and inability to be perfect in this mission. The album closer is a powerful statement of love and forgiveness; with his signature lyrical dexterity, Carner declares his relentless commitment to his son and sees forgiving his father as a key part of this. The song closes with an emotional ending of Carner telling his dad “still I’m lucky yo that we talk”. There’s a striking duality of hugo’s bold, multilayered tracks and its often starkly intimate and tender lyricism, and that dichotomy is deliberate - it is a message for young Black men, but really, anyone, who is listening. Cognizant of the immense pain and fear and confusion that we are faced with everyday, Carner has thrown down the gauntlet, defying us not to rise above the fray, wake up each day and be ambitious. Ambitious in building strong personal relationships. Ambitious in our pursuit of our goals. Ambitious in never refusing to back down against injustice. Rejecting the title of leader, Loyle Carner sees himself “as holding up a mirror”, and that clearly translates into the album's universal messages.

STAFF COMMENTS

Millie says: It’s been three long years since his last album, ‘Hugo’ takes a moment for self reflection for Loyle Carner. There’s some incredible tracks and I’ve only dipped in briefly (so it’s only going to get better) ‘Nobody Knows’ has a killer beat while paired with personal subject matter alongside a gospel choir sample which sets it alive. Another highlight is ‘Hate’ doing what Carner does best, within every bar is just fierce. Cue listening on repeat.

TRACK LISTING

Hate
Nobody Knows
Georgetown
Speed Of Plight
Homerton
Blood On My Nikes
Plastic
A Lasting Place
Polyfilla
HGU 

Taylor Swift’s new studio album Midnights is available everywhere on October 21st. It’s a collection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams. The floors we pace and the demons we face - the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout Taylor’s life.

Vinyl albums include: 
Unique marbled color vinyl disc.
13 Songs.
Collectible album jacket with unique front and back cover art.
Unique marbled color vinyl disc.
Collectible album sleeve (each side features a different full-size photo of Taylor).
Full-size gatefold photo.
A collectible 8-page lyric booklet with never-before-seen photos.

The Chemical Brothers have announced details of a 25th anniversary reissue of their visionary breakthrough second album.

Dig Your Own Hole was recorded and road tested in the underground. On its release on 7th April 1997, the duo’s second album immediately redrew the boundaries of the mainstream. What had been created as a relentless, rapturous soundtrack to basements and backrooms entered the UK album charts at No 1 on the back of two No 1 singles (Setting Sun and Block Rockin’ Beats), and the US Billboard charts at No 14. The first British electronic record to crack the US rock charts, it would go on to sell half a million copies in the States in six months.

Dig Your Own Hole always was, and always will be, a total trip. Painstakingly constructed like a mixtape, Dig… is an hour spent travelling through a kaleidoscopic tunnel; a tumble into a rabbit hole, destination unknown and light source not always visible. Once on the journey, gear changes shift the music’s speed without warning; bass and drums lock into a metronomic union, vocal samples fly in and out of the darkness. And it all builds, and builds, towards a giant, deeply psychedelic crescendo, a chaos cascade of woodwind and distorted noise.

There are myriad voices and musical contributors woven into the sonic fabric of the record - Oasis’ Noel Gallagher on Setting Sun, regular guest Beth Orton on Where Do I Begin, fellow astral travellers Mercury Rev on The Private Psychedelic Reel, samples of rapper Schooly D and DJ Kool Herc, liquid bass from Seggs and Ali Friend - yet each individual melds into the artistic greater good. No one reroutes the Chemical Brothers’ distinctive direction of travel. How could one even begin to try to?

The 25th Anniversary edition of Dig Your Own Hole features five previously unreleased tracks and alternate versions from the recording sessions. The first of these - a frenetic demo version of Elektrobank - is digitally everywhere today; the other four tracks (previously unreleased recordings Cylinders and I Love Tekno and alternate mixes of It Doesn’t Matter and Where Do I Begin) will follow in the coming weeks,

The album will be available as a CD with the 5 new tracks. The bonus tracks will each be released digitally over the coming weeks.

TRACK LISTING

1. Block Rockin’ Beats
2. Dig Your Own Hole
3. Elektrobank
4. Piku
5. Setting Sun
6. It Doesn’t Matter
7. Don’t Stop The Rock
8. Get Up On It Like This
9. Lost In The K‐Hole
10. Where Do I Begin
11. The Private Psychedelic Reel

Bonus Tracks:
12. It Doesn’t Matter (Alt Mix) 28/9/96
13. I Love Tekno (Alt Mix) 4/10/96
14. Elektrobank (Demo) 3/6/96
15. Cylinders 25/9/96
16. Where Do I Begin (Alt Mix) 15/6/96 

Neneh Cherry announces a new project titled The Versions, a collaboration album of covers from her expansive catalogue by an all female lineup of some of the most exciting and revered artists of our time. 

The Versions is a 10-track album featuring Neneh Cherry reworks from artists that have a personal connection to the artist and her music. Sia expresses her love for Neneh and her family saying, “Neneh was my favorite artist when she hit the scene. I saved my pocket money for red filas and dreamt one day we would meet. When I was struggling with my mental health in my early twenties, I somehow ended up in their house being taken care of as if I was one of their own children. I called her husband during a suicide attempt, who had been mentoring me as an incredible music producer, and they gave me all the love I could have dreamt of. I owe them a huge thanks and would sing ‘a-b-c’ for them if they asked.
Neneh, my very first queen, Cameron my bonus dad, I love you forever amen!

Other artists involved include long-time friend, one of pop's treasured musical geniuses and woman behind some of the most memorable songs of recent decade, Robyn who teamed up with Mapei to re-imagine the seminal track “Buffalo Stance” into a slinky, scandipop song with the help of Dev Hynes on production. Pop provocateur, ANOHNI lends her haunting vocals to “Woman”, delivering an arresting remake of the empowering track and south London nomad Greentea Peng transforms “Buddy X” into a garage infused number. Singer-songwriter and poet Jamila Woods adds her soulful touch on “Kootchi” with artist and violinist Sudan Archives completely reconstructing “Heart” into a sparse and delicate offering. Seinabo Sey adds Scandinavian soul to “Kisses On The Wind”, Kelsey Lu’s ethereal vocals on her version of “Manchild” transports the track into unworldly heights with Neneh’s daughter TYSON bringing her own sensual attitude to “Sassy” before Honey Dijon wraps things up and taking things to the dancefloor with her house remix of “Buddy X”.

Neneh Cherry has continued to define and redefine culture, style and music, releasing five studio albums, including 2018’s Broken Politics, produced by Four Tet, which was met with critical acclaim by the likes of The Guardian, Rolling Stone, The Times, Q and Pitchfork. 2020 saw her reissue her radically influential debut album Raw Like Sushi to celebrate its 30th anniversary and recently received the honorary Icon Award at the NME Awards 2022. 

TRACK LISTING

01_Robyn Feat Mapei - Buffalo Stance
02_Sia - Manchild
03_Anohni - Woman
04_Greentea Peng - Buddy X
05_Jamilia Woods - Kootchi
06_TYSON - Sassy
07_Sudan Archives - Hearts
08_Seinabo Sey - Kisses On The Wind
09_Kelsey Lu – Manchild
10_Honey Dijon – Buddy X Rework 

Ribbon Around The Bomb is the first new music from Blossoms since their ‘vibrant single’ (NME) Care For, which was released in 2021. 

Speaking about the new album and single, Blossoms’ Tom Ogden says:
‘While on tour in 2019 in Mexico, I visited Frida Kahlo’s house. Looking at her paintings on show, someone had described one of them as being like a ‘ribbon around a bomb’. I immediately thought that it was a great title for a song and album because of the imagery that it evoked in my mind. I thought about how lots of things in life could be described as being a ribbon around a bomb in the sense that as people we often dress things up which have a darkness lying beneath them’.

The band’s new album is produced by their consistent and renowned collaborators James Skelly and Rich Turvey and revolves around a central character ‘The Writer’. 

Tom Ogden explains:

"The more songs I wrote, the more I realised that the writer referenced in the songs was in fact me. Having been so busy for the past eight years I and the band have never really had the chance to step back and reflect on what we’ve achieved. You’re so focused on the future; write the next album then tour. Your life is usually mapped out at least two years in advance".

Standout tracks on the record include Ode To NYC, described by Tom as ‘a love letter to my favourite city, as well as my wife’, The Writer which deals with the fear of and frustration associated with writers block and Everything About You, one of the album’s only love songs, which Tom says is ‘as honest as they come’. Visions meanwhile contains one of the album’s key lyrics ‘Was I complete at 23’, as Tom explains. ’At 23 I had just had a number 1 album and begun my relationship with my now wife Katie. Reflecting on what I’d achieved at such a young age left me wondering, what now?’ 

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Blossoms are back! Stockport's favourite export bring with them all the vim of their 2020 hit, 'Foolish Loving Spaces' and expand into even more neon-tinged electronic realms. It's as bold as anything they've done, but perfectly in keeping with their keen grasp of melodicism and pop progressions.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Writer’s Theme
2. Ode To NYC
3. Ribbon Around The Bomb
4. The Sulking Poet
5. Born Wild
6. The Writer
7. Everything About You
8. Care For
9. Cinerama Holy Days
10. Edith Machinist
11. Visions
12. The Last Chapter 

Live At Sefton Park - Deluxe CD Bonus Disc:
1. Intro Live At Sefton Park
2. Your Girlfriend Live At Sefton Park
3. There’s A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls) Live At Sefton Park
4. I Can’t Stand It Live At Sefton Park
5. Getaway Live At Sefton Park
6. My Swimming Brain Live At Sefton Park
7. Paperback Writer Live At Sefton Park
8. Blown Rose Live At Sefton Park
9. Honey Sweet Live At Sefton Park
10. Sunday Was A Friend Of Mine Live At Sefton Park
11. If You Think This Is Real Life Live At Sefton Park
12. Oh No (I Think I’m In Love) Live At Sefton Park
13. At Most A Kiss Live At Sefton Park
14. Charlemagne Live At Sefton Park 

Elvis Costello and The Imposters release, ‘The Boy Named If,’ a new album of urgent, immediate songs with bright melodies, guitar solos that sting and a quick step to the rhythm.

Costello tell us, ”The full title of this record is 'The Boy Named If (And Other Children’s Stories).’ ‘IF,’ is a nickname for your imaginary friend; your secret self, the one who knows everything you deny, the one you blame for the shattered crockery and the hearts you break, even your own."

Produced by Sebastian Krys & Elvis Costello - the album is a collection of thirteen snapshots, “That take us from the last days of a bewildered boyhood to that mortifying moment when you are told to stop acting like a child - which for most men (and perhaps a few gals too) can be any time in the next fifty years," as Costello put it.

TRACK LISTING

1. Farewell
2. The Boy If Named
3. Penelope Halfpenny
4. The Difference
5. What If I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
6. Paint The Red Rose Blue
7. Mistook Me For A Fool
8. My Most Beautiful Mistake
9. Magnificent Hurt
10. The Man You Love To Hate
11. Death Of Magic Thinking
12. Trick Out The Truth
13. Mr Crescent

Metallica’s eponymous album, better known as The Black Album is remastered.

The Black album is one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed records of all time, with global sales of over 35 million, and contains a series of unrelenting singles, “Enter Sandman,” “The Unforgiven, “Nothing Else Matters, “Wherever I May Roam,” and “Sad But True.” Remastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering and overseen by executive producer Greg Fidelman. 

When the Covid-19 pandemic shut down the promotional run and worldwide tour for The Killers’ majestic, critically-acclaimed 2020 album Imploding the Mirage, “everything came to this grinding halt,” says frontman Brandon Flowers. “And it was the first time in a long time for me that I was faced with silence. And out of that silence this record began to bloom, full of songs that would have otherwise been too quiet and drowned out by the noise of typical Killers records.” Indeed, for the first time since 2004, the relentless momentum and pressures of being in a globally-renowned, stadium-shaking band stopped. Enter Pressure Machine: a view into the everyday realities of a small American town with a stark, tough beauty, and The Killers’ most restrained and resonant album yet.

A quieter, character-study-driven album, Pressure Machine lives squarely in Flowers’ hometown of Nephi, Utah, a close-knit community of 5300 people with no traffic lights, a rubber plant, wheat fields, and the West Hills. Nephi is the place Flowers spent his formative years (10-16), saying “had it not been for advancements in the automotive industry, Nephi in the 90s could have been the 1950s.” The album’s songs are based on the memories and stories of people that impacted him growing up, interspersed with commentary from current Nephi locals about their town. “We were discussing [Brandon] moving to Nephi as a kid and being stuck in the middle of nowhere,” says the band’s drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. “And during Covid-19, it started to feel like we were all in the middle of nowhere.” Concurs Flowers, “I discovered this grief that I hadn’t dealt with,” he says, “many memories of my time in Nephi are tender. But the ones tied to fear or great sadness were emotionally charged. I’ve got more understanding now than when we started the band, and hopefully I was able to do justice to these stories and these lives in this little town that I grew up in.”

The resulting record is an aural document of growing up - and living - in the American Southwest, told from a myriad of perspectives. For the first time in his life, Flowers had complete lyrics before a note of music was put to tape. No stranger to inhabiting different characters in songs, on Pressure Machine he steps into the shoes of some of the people whose lives he watched unfold as a teen. The album weaves the threads of Flowers’ signature lyricism throughout his career into a perfect whole culminating in the most elegant album The Killers have ever made.

Through its characters and also its title, the album squares up to the unbending pressure of the American dream compounded by religious disenchantment. A born optimist, moments of beauty inevitably shine out of the grief of Flowers's songs: the healing arrival of summer, the first crop of hay, sweeter skies. Pressure Machine’s stories detail the real life personal battles, overwhelming regrets, local tragedies, and the opioid epidemic that hit Flowers’ hometown, as well as every hometown in America. Flowers sings about the choices people make, for better and for worse, and the consequences of those choices; the ones who were left behind, and the ones that can’t be forgotten.

Pressure Machine’s album cover image was shot on the highway just outside Nephi, taken as photographer Wes Johnson passed a roadside inspirational display set up by a local Baptist church. Johnson took dozens of incredible images of Flowers’ hometown throughout the early part of 2021, many of which are featured in the album’s packaging for the physical edition. 

TRACK LISTING

1. West Hills
2. Quiet Town
3. Cody
4. Terrible Thing
5. Sleepwalker
6. Runaway Horses Featuring Phoebe Bridgers **
7. In The Car Outside
8. In Another Life
9. Desperate Things
10. Pressure Machine
11. The Getting By

Eighth studio album by the American singer-songwriter. The album was created in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, with production from Aaron Dessner (The National), Jack Antonoff (Bleachers) and Swift herself. Departing from the mainstream pop sound of Swift's previous releases, 'Folklore' is an indie folk, alternative rock, electro-folk and chamber pop album driven by pianos and guitars.

TRACK LISTING

1. The 1
2. Cardigan
3. The Last Great American Dynasty
4. Exile (featuring Bon Iver)
5. My Tears Ricochet
6. Mirrorball
7. Seven
8. August
9. This Is Me Trying
10. Illicit Affairs
11. Invisible String
12. Mad Woman
13. Epiphany
14. Betty
15. Peace
16. Hoax
17. Lakes 

The band’s breakthrough record It’s My Life saw the arrival of producer and multi-instrumentalist Tim Friese-Greene, who became a significant creative force in the band and an unofficial fourth member for the remainder of its existence.

It’s My Life saw the band seek a less synthesized sound and less New Romantic image, which included keyboardist Simon Brenner leaving the band. The new sound gave the band commercial success, with the title track becoming a hit on both sides of the Atlantic. It went on to be covered by No Doubt in 2003 reaching number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and remaining on the chart for 28 weeks.

The album also contained the single "Such a Shame" (a song inspired by the book The Dice Man) which became a Top 10 hit across Europe. A third single, "Dum Dum Girl", was also a success in Europe and NZ in particular.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1:
1) Dum Dum Girl
2) Such A Shame
3) Renée
4) It’s My Life

Side 2:
1) Tomorrow Started
2) The Last Time
3) Call In The Night Boys
4) Does Caroline Know
5) It’s You

Talk Talk’s classic albums ‘Spirit of Eden’ and ‘The Colour of Spring’ get re-issued on 180g heavyweight vinyl cut from the original analogue master, together with a DVD featuring the album delivered as a 96kHz/24 bit LPCM stereo mix. The DVDs both feature one extra track … ‘Spirit of Eden’ has the ‘b’ side ‘John Cope’ while ‘The Colour of Spring’ includes the ‘b’ side ‘It’s Getting Late In The Evening’.

Also released on CD with updated artwork - art directed by Mark Hollis - 'Spirit of Eden', 'The Colour of Spring', 'It's My Life' and 'The Party's Over'.

Talk Talk’s classic albums ‘Spirit of Eden’ and ‘The Colour of Spring’ get re-issued on 180g heavyweight vinyl cut from the original analogue master, together with a DVD featuring the album delivered as a 96kHz/24 bit LPCM stereo mix. The DVDs both feature one extra track … ‘Spirit of Eden’ has the ‘b’ side ‘John Cope’ while ‘The Colour of Spring’ includes the ‘b’ side ‘It’s Getting Late In The Evening’.

Also released on CD with updated artwork - art directed by Mark Hollis - 'Spirit of Eden', 'The Colour of Spring', 'It's My Life' and 'The Party's Over'.

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: One of Elbow-man, Guy Garvey's favourite ever albums, this has a drifting but heavy, otherworldly vibe.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Rainbow (1997 - Remaster)
2. Eden (1997 - Remaster)
3. Desire (1997 - Remaster)
4. Inheritance (1997 - Remaster)
5. I Believe In You (1997 - Remaster)
6. Wealth (1997 - Remaster)

Bonus DVD With Vinyl:
1. The Rainbow
2. Eden
3. Desire
4. Inheritance
5. I Believe In You
6. Wealth
7. John Cope

Says Yoko: 'In this very special year which would have seen my husband and life partner reach the age of 70, I hope that this remastering/reissue programme will help bring his incredible music to a whole new audience. By remastering almost 150 songs spanning 8 of his most brilliant albums, I hope also that those who are already familiar with his work will find renewed inspiration from his incredible gifts as a songwriter, musician and vocalist and from his power as a commentator on the human condition'.

TRACK LISTING

1. Imagine (2010 Digital Remaster)
2. Crippled Inside (2010 Digital Remaster)
3. Jealous Guy (2010 Digital Remaster)
4. It's So Hard (2010 Digital Remaster)
5. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (2010 Digital Remaster)
6. Gimme Some Truth (2010 Digital Remaster)
7. Oh My Love (2010 Digital Remaster)
8. How Do You Sleep? (2010 Digital Remaster)
9. How? (2010 Digital Remaster)
10. Oh Yoko! (2010 Digital Remaster)

Says Yoko: 'In this very special year which would have seen my husband and life partner reach the age of 70, I hope that this remastering/reissue programme will help bring his incredible music to a whole new audience. By remastering almost 150 songs spanning 8 of his most brilliant albums, I hope also that those who are already familiar with his work will find renewed inspiration from his incredible gifts as a songwriter, musician and vocalist and from his power as a commentator on the human condition'.

TRACK LISTING

1. Mother (2010 Digital Remaster)
2. Hold On (2010 Digital Remaster)
3. I Found Out (2010 Digital Remaster)
4. Working Class Hero (2010 Digital Remaster)
5. Isolation (2010 Digital Remaster)
6. Remember (2010 Digital Remaster)
7. Love (2010 Digital Remaster)
8. Well Well Well (2010 Digital Remaster)
9. Look At Me (2010 Digital Remaster)
10. God (2010 Digital Remaster)
11. My Mummy's Dead (2010 Digital Remaster)

Originally released in 1981, this critically lauded album was the one of the first major label releases to heavily incorporate sample-heavy 'found sounds' and global beats. Lebanese mountain singers, preachers, exorcism ceremonies, Muslim chanting, Egyptian pop and radio talk shows all make an appearance, spread over hypnotic percussive rhythms and layered instrumentation.

Overseen personally by Brian Eno and David Byrne, this new version has been remastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound (Interpol / Kings Of Leon) and features seven previously unreleased bonus tracks of out-takes and ideas from the album's original sessions from 1979 and 1980. The enhanced CD also includes Bruce Conner's film to "Mea Culpa". The packaging differs from all previous Eno reissues – a jewel case within a slipcase, plus very special added extras. The slipcase and artwork have been designed by Peter Buchanan Smith, and 28 pages of sleevenotes have been provided by David Toop and David Byrne.

TRACK LISTING

America Is Waiting 3:36
Mea Culpa 3:35
Regiment 3:56
Help Me Somebody 4:18
The Jezebel Spirit 4:55
Qu'Ran 3:46
Moonlight In Glory 4:19
The Carrier 3:30
A Secret Life 2:30
Come With Us 2:38
Mountain Of Needles 2:35

In 1978, Brian Eno released Ambient 1: Music for Airports, a landmark album in ambient and electronic music. Although it wasn’t the first ambient album, it was the first album to be explicitly labelled as ‘ambient music’. Music for Airports was a continuation of Brian Eno’s experimentation with the tape machine as a compositional tool, a process he’d begun three years prior with 1975’s Discreet Music. It also saw Eno’s further exploration of generative, systems-created music, whereby Eno would focus on creating a system that would generate ambient music, something he continues to explore in the modern age with his range of iOS apps.