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- 12" EP
- £22.99
- Cat Number
- PARLOUR001LP
- Release date
- 6 Jun '25
TRACK LISTING
1. Mother Mother
2. Homeward
3. From The Other Side Of The World I’d Hear You
4. Lighthouse
5. The Slow Fire Of Sleep

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- Coloured LP
- £20.99
- Cat Number
- ALONVX003
- Release date
- 30 May '25
- Format Info
Unique recycled coloured vinyl.
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- LP
- £20.99
- Cat Number
- ALONV003
- Release date
- 30 May '25
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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- ALONCD003
- Release date
- 30 May '25
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: A beautiful wash of brittle, folky guitars and hushed vocals morph into powerful passages of reflective exuberance and celebratory praise. Though Alon's hushed vocals suggest timidity, the beautifully confident strokes of musicality and majestic changes juxtapose it beautifully. Brilliant.TRACK LISTING
1. Glimmer
2. Of Amber
3. Don’t Fall Asleep
4. I Couldn’t Feed Her
5. Confession
6. Elijah
7. Liquid Gold 25
8. August Moon
9. Home Tapes
10. Zathura
11. Fairy In A Bottle
12. Sertraline

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- 2xLP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- 7569258
- Release date
- 9 May '25
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- 2xCD
- £13.99
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- 7595729
- Release date
- 9 May '25
TRACK LISTING
1. Wake Me Up
2. Cry For Me
3. I Can't Fucking Sing
4. São Paulo
5. Until We're Skin & Bones
6. Baptized In Fear
7. Open Hearts
8. Opening Night
9. Reflections Laughing
10. Enjoy The Show
11. Given Up On Me
12. I Can't Wait To Get There
13. Timeless
14. Niagara Falls
15. Take Me Back To LA
16. Big Sleep
17. Give Me Mercy
18. Drive
19. The Abyss
20. Red Terror
21. Without A Warning
22. Hurry Up Tomorrow

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- 2xLP
- £41.99
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- 5714278
- Release date
- 17 Nov '17
- Format Info
Remastered 2016 audio on 180-gram vinyl with remastered artwork and more.
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The Downward Spiral is a visceral, haunting concept album, telling the story of a mans descent into despair and depravity, modeled on Trent Reznor, the sole member of Nine Inch Nails. This despair is evident from the beginning, with the album opening with Mr Self Destruct, a song that displays Reznors trademark whisper / scream vocal dynamic throughout, before segueing into the bass-heavy piggy, with an almost chant like refrain of "nothing can stop me now / cause i don't care anymore". The bleakness of life that the Downward Spiral presents is shown through tales of self-loathing and sexual deviancy, subjects that have fueled many of Nine Inch Nails greatest songs, Including the infamous Closer. An MTV hit that has become greatly misconstrued as a song simply about sex, it is the embodiment of the escapism and nihilistic tendencies that are present in every second of this album. The textured soundscapes that Reznor creates help to form an experience that every listener longs for with an album; the music sounds insurmountably huge, with the vocals emerging from layers of distorted sounds and blank noise ambience, shown most prominently on eraser. While the album may be almost entirely desolate, the way Reznor crafts the songs with unflinching honesty and sonic precision make it such a pleasure to hear. On multiple listens, a new sound is picked up each time, or a lyric might have a different meaning than what you first thought.

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- 3xLP
- £54.99
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- 5714277
- Release date
- 17 Nov '17
- Format Info
Triple 180 gram remastered LP set.
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- Coloured LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- 6523308 (#RSD25)
- Release date
- 14 Apr '25

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- 2xColoured LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- 7567945 (#RSD25)
- Release date
- 14 Apr '25

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- Coloured 7"
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- 7582804
- Release date
- 11 Apr '25
- Format Info
Transparent vinyl
Transparent vinyl
TRACK LISTING
1. Conceited
2. Crush

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- 2xLP
- £33.99
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- 7501733
- Release date
- 7 Mar '25
- Format Info
Black vinyl.
Black vinyl.
TRACK LISTING
1. Dial Drunk
2. New Perspective
3. Everywhere, Everything (feat. Gracie Abrams)
4. Forever
5. Pain Is Cold Water
6. Maine
7. Paul Revere
8. All My Love
9. Your Needs, My Needs
10. You’re Gonna Go Far
11. Homesick
12. Growing Sideways
13. She Calls Me Back
14. Orange Juice
15. Northern Attitude
16. Mess
17. The View Between Villages
18. Stick Season

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- Coloured LP
- £25.99
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- 7576699
- Release date
- 28 Feb '25
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- Indies Exclusive LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- 7576462
- Release date
- 28 Feb '25
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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- 7576461
- Release date
- 28 Feb '25
'This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway' marks a remarkable shift in Lola’s sound as an artist. Recorded in LA and produced by friend and collaborator Solomonophic (Remi Wolf, BROCKHAMPTON, Dominic Fike), 'This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway' is a multi-faceted, fearless concept. As irresistible as it is unexpected, Lola’s album is crackling with kinetic energy and lyrically fuelled by rage, passion, narrative flair and comedy derision. A contemporary break-up album, 'This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway' encapsulates the sound of what it means to be young and in constant romantic chaos. With exciting plans up Lola’s sleeve, her upcoming record will undoubtedly add to her musical trajectory.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: A superb effort, moving between garage rock and punk-adjacent melodicism, soulful passages and grooves with cleverly wrought lyrics and ceaseless energy. Brilliantly written, incendiary lyrics and superb performances all round. Lola Young is one to keep an eye on.TRACK LISTING
1. Good Books
2. Wish You Were Dead
3. Big Brown Eyes
4. Conceited
5. Messy
6. Walk On By
7. You Noticed
8. Crush
9. Fuck
10. Intrusive Thoughts
11. Outro

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- Coloured 7"
- £11.99
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- 7534774
- Release date
- 31 Jan '25
- Format Info
Red vinyl
Red vinyl
TRACK LISTING
1. Messy
2. Messy (Acoustic)

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- Coloured LP
- £22.99
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- 5519448
- Release date
- 26 May '23
- Format Info
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- LP
- £22.99
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- 4554172
- Release date
- 26 May '23
- Format Info
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- CD
- £10.99
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- 4554170
- Release date
- 26 May '23
TRACK LISTING
1. Stream Of Consciousness
2. Revolve Around You
3. Annabel’s House
4. Semantic Satiation
5. Pretty In Pink
6. Money
7. What Is It About Me
8. Black Cab
9. Don’t Hate Me
10. Chill Out

Leeds’ finest band English Teacher release an exclusive limited edition 140g, 10” Crystal Clear vinyl of their Live from Maida Vale EP.
The EP includes 2 stunning covers of “Birds Of A Feather” by Billie Eilish and LCD Soundsystem’s “New York, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down”.
TRACK LISTING
BIRDS OF A FEATHER – Live From BBC Maida Vale
This Could Be Texas – Live From BBC Maida Vale
You Blister My Paint – Live From BBC Maida Vale
The World’s Biggest Paving Slab – Live From BBC Maida Vale
New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down – Live From BBC Maida Vale

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- 2xColoured LP
- £34.99
- Cat Number
- 6572773
- Release date
- 11 Oct '24
- Format Info
‘Prelude to Ecstasy: Covers and Acoustics’ on a 2-disc limited edition Amber vinyl, housed in a beautiful gatefold sleeve featuring new artwork.
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- CD
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- 6806877
- Release date
- 11 Oct '24
- Format Info
Prelude to Ecstasy: Covers and Acoustics’ on 1 disc CD, housed in a beautiful gatefold CD sleeve featuring new artwork.
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STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: For those of you that missed the couldn't-keep-it-in-stock-for-long-enough-for-everyone-to-buy-it hit that was the original album, this version features that heavy hitter plus a load of great acoustic and liver versions on a whole second disc. Lovely stuff.TRACK LISTING
SIDE A
1. Prelude To Ecstasy
2. Burn Alive
3. Caesar On A TV Screen
4. The Feminine Urge
5. On Your Side
6. Beautiful Boy
7. Gjuha
SIDE B
8. Sinner
9. My Lady Of Mercy
10. Portrait Of A Dead Girl
11. Nothing Matters
12. Mirror
SIDE C
13. Ceaser On A TV Screen – Acoustic
14. Sinner – Acoustic
15. My Lady Of Mercy – Acoustic
16. Nothing Matters – Live From Studio Brussel
17. Mirror – Acoustic From The Brudenell Social Club (Leeds)
SIDE D
18. This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us
19. Up North – Live From Hebden Trades Club
20. Wicked Game – Live From Showbox Sodo (Seattle)
21. Army Dreamers – Live From Studio Brussel

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- 2xColoured LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- 6598333
- Release date
- 2 Aug '24
- Format Info
Double Coke bottle clear vinyl in a gatefold jacket.
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- 2xLP
- £36.99
- Cat Number
- 5575018
- Release date
- 22 Sep '24
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- CD
- £14.99
- Cat Number
- 5832134
- Release date
- 22 Sep '24

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- LP
- £36.99
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- 6583557
- Release date
- 16 Aug '24
- Format Info
Black vinyl edition.
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- CD
- £12.99
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- 6595824
- Release date
- 16 Aug '24
A 9x diamond-certified GRAMMY® Award-nominated phenomenon, Dallas, TX artist Post Malone regularly rewrites history, blurs boundaries, and incites internet-breaking conversation with every move.
TRACK LISTING
Wrong Ones (Feat. Tim McGraw)
Finer Things (Feat. Hank Williams, Jr.)
I Had Some Help (Feat. Morgan Wallen)
Pour Me A Drink (Feat. Blake Shelton)
Have The Heart (Feat. Dolly Parton)
What Don't Belong To Me
Goes Without Saying (Feat. Brad Paisley)
Guy For That (Feat. Luke Combs)
Nosedive (Feat. Lainey Wilson)
Losers (Feat. Jelly Roll)
Devil I've Been (Feat. ERNEST)
Never Love You Again (Feat. Sierra Ferrell)
Missin’ You Like This (Feat. Luke Combs)
California Sober (Feat. Chris Stapleton)
Hide My Gun (Feat. HARDY)
Right About You
M-E-X-I-C-O (Feat. Billy Strings)
Yours

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- Coloured LP
- £24.99
- Cat Number
- 5876412
- Release date
- 12 Apr '24
- Format Info
Limited 140g green vinyl with printed inner sleeve.
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- LP
- £22.99
- Cat Number
- 5876407
- Release date
- 12 Apr '24
- Format Info
Black vinyl edition.
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- CD
- £10.99
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- 5885311
- Release date
- 12 Apr '24
The debut album by Leeds frontrunners ‘This Could Be Texas’ will be released on 12th April 2023.
Lead singer Lily Fontaine explains, “I want this album to feel like you’ve gone to space, and it turns out its almost identical to Doncaster. It’s about in-betweens, it’s about home, and it’s about Desire Paths."
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: It’s impossible to categorise ‘This Could Be Texas’ accurately, I mean, we’ll whack in in the indie section because in places, it does broadly fall under the sort of music you’d expect to find there. We’ve got distorted guitars, soaring synths and snappy percussion beneath Lily’s perfectly placed, athletically chameleonic vocals, but keep listening and there are hints of post-punk and art-rock, modern classical and even folk seeping through as things move further along.For me, the perfect opening piece is the beautiful and mysterious ‘Albatross’ which is so melodically intricate and deftly delivered that while it gives you an idea of what thematically diverse delights are in store, it doesn’t show you quite how well the band manage to pull together the sometimes disparate sound worlds. There are playful, minimalistic growers like ‘Mastermind Specialism’ which could comfortably sit on an Explosions In The Sky album, or the vocoded rhythmic nu-jazz leanings of ‘Best Tears Of Your Life’. A particular highlight for me is the dreamlike lounge of ‘Blister My Paint’, which sounds like a touch of psychedelics in a smokey late night bar, or the acidic groove and wry vocals of the instantly recognisable ‘R&B’. While there are moments in ‘This Could Be Texas’ that feel like they stick out enough to not smoothly transition to the next phrase, the fear is never realised. A wonderfully forged, impeccably conceived album and a sure sign of what’s to come from English Teacher.

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- Coloured LP
- £25.99
- Cat Number
- 6501652
- Release date
- 12 Apr '24
- Format Info
Indies exclusive blue vinyl edition.
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- LP
- £24.99
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- 6500353
- Release date
- 12 Apr '24
- Format Info
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- CD
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- 6500555
- Release date
- 12 Apr '24
On Silence Is Loud, her much-anticipated debut album, Nia Archives sounds thrillingly free as she looks to make music for beyond the rave. Working with Ethan P. Flynn (known for his work with FKA twigs and David Byrne) Nia is intent that Silence Is Loud is taken in as a full body of work of something “more song-focussed, putting interesting sounds on jungle.” It means that this is a record which finds gloomy Britpop, warm Motown, soaring indie, a love for Kings of Leon’s Aha Shake Heartbreak, skittering IDM, Madchester, classic rock, old skool hardcore and more, woven and fused into her ragga and junglist tapestry, all layered with feeling, imbued with her songwriterly lyricism about loneliness, relationships, family, navigating her 20s, and the intense potential power of silence.
Sitting in the push and pull between melancholy and euphoria, Nia’s work is always a snapshot of where she’s at when she’s making it. This might not be the debut album you were expecting, but that’s what makes Silence Is Loud so special. Nia Archives has learned the rules of her sound, and is unafraid to break them, pushing jungle and herself into new, unchartered territories that, in turn, go some way to map the history of the greats of British dance music. More than that, it plants her firmly in that lineage.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: 'Silence Is Loud' sees the brilliant Nia Archives flawlessly pulling together soul, jungle and synth-pop influences into a distinctly after-party flavoured groove thats both hugely enjoyable and undeniably skilled. A ground-breaking and hugely enjoyable debut from one of the biggest upcoming names in UK dance music.TRACK LISTING
Silence Is Loud
Cards On The Table
Unfinished Business
Crowded Roomz
Forbidden Feelingz
Blind Devotion
Tell Me What It’s Like?
Nightmares
F.A.M.I.L.Y
Out Of Options
Silence Is Loud (Reprise)
Killjoy !
So Tell Me…

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- Coloured 7"
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- 6511188
- Release date
- 22 Mar '24
- Format Info
White vinyl edition.
White vinyl edition.

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- Deluxe CD
- £16.99
- Cat Number
- 6500334
- Release date
- 8 Mar '24
Where’s My Utopia? is the follow up to the Leeds band’s critically-acclaimed debut record The Overload which arrived in January 2022. The new album is a co-production between Yard Act and Gorillaz member Remi Kabaka Jr. The brand new album out 1st March 2024 features lead single ‘Dream Job’, which is out now.
The zine if printed on 140gsm uncoated paper and house in a beautiful 350gm uncoated cover. Includes the CD album.
TRACK LISTING
1. An Illusion
2. We Make Hits
3. Down By The Stream
4. The Undertow
5. Dream Job
6. Fizzy Fish
7. Petroleum
8. When The Laughter Stops
9. Grifter’s Grief
10. Blackpool Illuminations
11. A Vineyard For The North

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- Coloured LP
- £25.99
- Cat Number
- 5850837
- Release date
- 1 Mar '24
- Format Info
Maroon coloured vinyl.
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- Indies Exclusive LP
- £27.99
- Cat Number
- 5850838
- Release date
- 1 Mar '24
- Format Info
Indies exclusive "utopian orange" coloured vinyl with sticker set.
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- LP
- £25.99
- Cat Number
- 5850836
- Release date
- 1 Mar '24
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- CD
- £12.99
- Cat Number
- 5850839
- Release date
- 1 Mar '24
Since first steering their golden Rover into swift public acclaim back in 2020, Leeds quartet Yard Act have become one of the great indie success stories of the decade so far. Along the way, they’ve ticked off milestones ranging from a Number Two chart placing and Mercury Prize nomination for debut album The Overload, to a co-sign from Elton John who joined the band to guest on a string-laden reworking of album closer ‘100% Endurance’.
Yet, whilst the band’s trajectory continuously shot upwards, vocalist James Smith and his wife had also welcomed in a son. And it’s this duelling sense of responsibility and ambition, guilt, love, drive and everything in between that forms the narrative backbone of brilliantly exploratory second album Where’s My Utopia?
Written in snapshots of time between a relentless touring schedule, and produced jointly by the band and Gorillaz’ Remi Kabaka Jr, the quartet’s second act is a giant leap forward into broad and playful new sonic waters. “The main reason that ‘post-punk’ was the vehicle for Album One was because it was really affordable to do, but we always liked so much other music and this time we've had the confidence to embrace it,” James explains. Across the record, influences ranging from Fela Kuti to Ennio Moricone via Spiller’s ‘00s pop smash ‘Groovejet’ make themselves known.
It’s a celebratory palette upon which Smith allowed himself to reach lyrically deeper into himself than ever. Gone, largely, are the outward-facing character studies of yore, replaced with a set of songs that stare fully into the headlights of life, wrangling with the frontman’s own fears and foibles to create a sort of Promethean narrative - but with jokes. “You can commit to the idea that we’re just animals who eat and fuck and then we die, and that’s fine,” he suggests. “But for me, creativity always seems to be the best way of articulating the absolute minefield of what human existence is.”
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: It’s not easy to write about Yard Act. You immediately want to find other wry social commentators to group them in with – Mark E Smith, Sleaford Mods, Mike Skinner, Jarvis Cocker - but James Smith is none of these people. Less vulgar and course than Mark or Jason, more poetic than Skinner, and without Cocker’s romantic filter; James Smith tells his tales with both wit and simplicity, highlighting humour in the mundane with incredibly fast and clever prose. “This Is My Utopia“ does however, have its more tender moments: “Down By The Stream” ends with him vehemently chastising school bullies and other abusers; while “Blackpool Illuminations” is a beautiful, personal, heartfelt message to his (recently born) son. They could well end here; but instead gift us one last hurrah via the arms-aloft anthem: “A Vineyard For The North” (which alongside “We Make Hits“ and “When The Laughter Stops“ comprises the album’s big indie-disco hits).The band possess incredible depth and dimension. From jagged and jovial outbursts to lavish and luxurious orchestrations, sophisticated and structured arrangements seem to encompass more than they should, all with elegance and swagger. There’s sharp call-response vocal quips and jibes between Smith and his bandmates; while intricate, (sometimes) vocodered vocal harmonies, subtle dubs and plunderphonic sample usage a la Avalanches & DJ Shadow all contribute to a very ambitious album which pours out the contents of Yard Act’s hearts for us, the listener to digest and surmise: rock stars aren’t all that different to the rest of us.
TRACK LISTING
1. An Illusion
2. We Make Hits
3. Down By The Stream
4. The Undertow
5. Dream Job
6. Fizzy Fish
7. Petroleum
8. When The Laughter Stops
9. Grifter’s Grief
10. Blackpool Illuminations
11. A Vineyard For The North

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- LP
- £25.99
- Cat Number
- 5851903
- Release date
- 2 Feb '24
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- CD
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- 5851910
- Release date
- 2 Feb '24
Following a heady first-on performance to a packed crowd at the new Woodsies tent at Glastonbury, The Last Dinner Party released Sinner, another gloriously infectious, leftfield pop song that fuelled the fully-formed zeitgeist and set the band up for a Summer that replicated that success of Glastonbury with uncomfortably packed tents ensuing at the likes of Green Man, Reading & Leeds, Latitude and End of the Road (interspersed with support slots to the likes of Florence & The Machine, Lana Del Rey and First Aid Kit). It was a breakthrough Summer for one of the most talked about new British acts in years, delivering on all that early promise emphatically.
Concentrating on their own headline shows, the band skipped confidentally from venue to venue, playing to bigger rooms and on wider stages. Shows sold out and shows were upgraded. In London alone, the band have moved from sell-out dates at Moth Club to Camden Assembly, Oslo to two nights at EartH, and now move on to the 3000 capacity Roundhouse on the eve of album release (remaining tickets on sale now). Crucially, it’s not just London where the band finds its early fans, but right across the UK and into America too, with all five debut shows selling out several weeks in advance.
The band often set a themed dress code for the shows, with many fans relishing the task of rising to the request and donning their finery for a night with their new heroes.
But this is no case of style over substance. With the release of their third single, My Lady Of Mercy, an almost gothic, haunting rock song, and the atmospheric and anthemic ballad, On Your Side, the band’s songwriting is testament to all the buzz and excitement already accumulated. As it should be. Rather than wilt under the spotlight, they’ve arguably become a tighter, stronger unit because of it.
Prelude To Ecstasy is both the closing of that introductory chapter and the opening of the next. The Last Dinner Party? Believe the hype.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: A thrilling debut from The Last Dinner Party, channelling the spirit of PJ Harvey, the operatic intensity of Nick Cave and the soaring cinematic orchestral arrangements of Hans Zimmer or John Williams. A powerful, bold melting pot of perfectly manicured influences.TRACK LISTING
1. Prelude To Ecstasy
2. Burn Alive
3. Caesar On A TV Screen
4. The Feminine Urge
5. On Your Side
6. Beautiful Boy
7. Gjuha
8. Sinner
9. My Lady Of Mercy
10. Portrait Of A Dead Girl
11. Nothing Matters
12. Mirror

TRACK LISTING
Side A: Atomic City
Side B: Etched

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- Ltd 12"
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- 5577272
- Release date
- 25 Aug '23
All well and good, but, what does it actually sound like!? Basically this brand new track feels like something of a step up for this superb band. More propulsive and percussive with dare I say a funkier feel, frontman James Smith spins a typical yarn about, well......find out for yourselves!
The A side is a whopping 8 minuts long but flip it over and there's an Arthur Baker ( yes, THE!) remix which makes the whole 12 a most desirable package,, no hand print, poster, sticker or number notwithstanding !!!
STAFF COMMENTS
Andy says: A brilliant step forwards for one of our favourite bands Love it!TRACK LISTING
A-Side – The Trench Coat Museum
B-Side – The Trench Coat Museum (Arthur Baker Remix) (!)

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- LP
- £31.99
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- 5522968
- Release date
- 16 Jun '23
- Format Info
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- £12.99
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- 5522967
- Release date
- 16 Jun '23
That June, after a month of inconclusive hospital tests Howard and his band returned to Le Manoir de Léon recording studio in south-west France, where they’d previously worked on his acclaimed third album ‘Noonday Dream’.
“We went in and put down ten songs in ten days, then spent the rest of the year tinkering with them”. The record was produced by Bullion, known for his work on Westerman’s ‘Your Hero Is Not Dead’ and Orlando Weeks ‘Hop Up’. Howard says, “We worked through the heatwave, the air conditioning broke, after what had happened I was so tired in the afternoons that I slept a lot. We just played solidly and slept, they was no time for retrospection”.
The result is ‘Is It’, a lush, sonically splintered album which captures Howard working through those moments of seismic shift. “I found it impossible not to dwell on the absurdity of it, that with one tiny clot, one can lose all faculties. It really ate into the writing of the record”.
The songs range from the peaceful quotidian Days of Lantana, to cut up samples and driven beats of Walking Backwards, the formers’ pitched and warped Linda Thompson chorus reminiscent of Malcolm Mclaren´s ‘Madame Butterfly’.
Moonraker, a song about climbing in the Guadarrama mountains touches on the meditational, while in the cyclical Richmond Avenue Howard talks of shared childhood moments with his father.
There are colourful, left-field production choices throughout- a staple of Bullion - but with a twist
“We really bonded over records in the studio” he says. “Nathan has an incredible ear and catalogue of sampled beats and rhythms which quickly became the bedrock…There were contributing factors also. Our mainstay drummer Kyle lives in Seattle and as we made the record on the fly we just leaned into drum-machine world, and really left almost all of that side of things up to Nathan.”
“We also did a session at Real World Studios and put most of the record through an echoplex”.
That session featured additional instrumentation from Raven Bush (violin, viola) and Mick Mcgoldrick (flute, Eileen pipes) as well as Howards mainstay band of Mickey Smith (Bass, guitars, percussion) R.D. Thomas (synths, keys, harmonium) and Nat Wason (guitars).
“It’s actually mostly a guitar record, but there are some nice additions. We bought an old harmonium at the beginning of the trip which made its way onto most tracks. I was very much stuck in stuttered delay and synth led guitar patterns. Mick McGoldrick came in to play on Richmond Ave and straight away played Liam O´Flynn lines from the Mark Knopfler record ‘Cal’ which is a long favourite of mine and a big connection to my Dad who had it on tape. That was a beautiful moment, perhaps one of my favourites moments in the studio ever.”
“It was a refreshing way to record, unweighted by the past”
The change is evident on ‘Is It’ - an album which represents a further creative evolution from an artist known for never repeating himself throughout his already-storied career.
¨I was so aware of the overwhelming information coming from everything, almost like my brain couldn’t filter what was happening and had to start again. So we just pushed forward, lyrically it seems obvious to me in parts, It’s about sitting there wondering what the hell is going on.”
Yet with each listen it feels like more than that. A characteristically onion-layered record which rankles like a series of questions, or a series of vignettes throughout Howard´s life, perhaps best distilled in the whirling chorus on ´Spirit´.
‘What’s mine anyway?
My feelings seem to be arranged.
What´s mine anyway?
Spirit? Is it?´
‘Is It’ stands quite starkly on it’s own, buoyed by the circumstances of its creation. “Just to be playing music in the studio felt like a real privilege and a luxury,” says Howard. “It was probably the best studio session we’ve ever had.”
R.J
TRACK LISTING
1. Could Not Make It Up
2. Walking Backwards
3. Days Of Lantana
4. Life In The Time Of Captivity
5. Moonraker
6. Richmond Avenue
7. Interim Of Sense
8. Total Eclipse
9. Spirit
10. Little Plant

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The album includes such instantly intriguing new musical vignettes as ‘Mona Lisa’s Packing, Leaving Late Tonight’ and ‘Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is’, songs which once again display Sparks’ seemingly ceaseless ability to craft complete, intricately detailed stories within perfect three-and-a-half minute pop masterpieces. Both characteristically timeless and unequivocally modern, The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte once again affirms that, after more than a half century making such masterpieces, Sparks remain inimitable, ingenious and, as ever, utterly one of a kind.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: The sound of Sparks is uniquely theirs, bold pop chorus' and snappy vocal hooks, blooming from subtle and minimalistic to grand and orchestral without batting an eyelid. The title track is particularly enjoyable, showing both innovative groove and classic, Sparks melodies.TRACK LISTING
1. The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
2. Veronica Lake
3. Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is
4. Escalator
5. The Mona Lisa's Packing, Leaving Late Tonight
6. You Were Meant For Me
7. Not That Well-Defined
8. We Go Dancing
9. When You Leave
10. Take Me For A Ride
11. A Love Story
12. It's Sunny Today
13. It Doesn't Have To Be That Way
14. Gee, That Was Fun

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STAFF COMMENTS
Martin says: I'm famously a massive fan of U2, and this epic collection sees them reworking (upcycling?) tons of their older tracks, but stripped back to a reasonably unadorned core instrumental skeleton. Once again, a clear sign of a band still in control of their craft.
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An artist on the rise and poised to soon be one of the world’s most recognisable names, in the last year alone, Nia has won a MOBO award for ‘Best Electronic/Dance Act’, the NME Award for ‘Best Producer’, been hotly tipped by BBC Radio 1 Dance as a ‘Future Star’ and Spotify as their ‘Our Generation’ cover star. With additional accolades such as #3 in the BBC Sound of 2023 Poll and a Brit nomination for the ‘Rising Star award’. Alongside her cover debut on one of the world’s most prestigious dance music publications, Mixmag, Nia Archives has been given the seal of approval from tastemakers across the board from British Vogue, Pitchfork, The Fader, i-D and CRACK.
Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against The Wall is that feeling when you’ve been at a afters and you’re in someone’s kitchen, all these thoughts running through your head, the sun comes up and it’s the most disgusting feeling ever with an element of bliss at the same time, all you wanna do is bang your head against the wall and teleport home.
Across the EP Nia is broadly talking about growing up as a person, reaching new levels of maturity, love and loss, rejection, estrangement, the come up and the come down. Nia says that “It’s the most exciting project I’ve made yet and It’s window into the future and the kind of artist I want to become. It’s six tracks with six different moods soundtracking the recent chapter in my life.”

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TRACK LISTING
1. Struggle
2. Say My Name
3. I Know Pt. 1
4. Lucky Bean
5. Facets
6. Rise And Fall
7. Sad Face Baby
8. Turmoil
9. Land And Sky
10. Crying Out
11. Understanding

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The new EP marks Skinner’s second release as The Streets this year, after linking up with Master Peace for ‘Wrong Answers Only’ in January. Last year, he celebrated lockdown ending on the ‘Who’s Got the Bag (21st June)’, and remixed Greentea Peng‘s ‘Free My People’.'
TRACK LISTING
Brexit At Tiffany’s
3 Minutes To Midnight
Test Of Time

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Signposting a bold and ambitious new era for the band, Sports Team explain that ‘R Entertainment’ explores “The packaging down of all human experience into entertainment, prompted by the infinite scroll through social feeds and the manic formlessness of the images we are hit with every day. Graphic news interrupted by ads for season 17 of The Bodyguard, news as a rubbernecking, passively waiting for the next drop of horror as we flick through recipes.”
Sports Team are Alex Rice (lead vocals), Rob Knaggs (rhythm guitar + vocals), Henry Young (lead guitar), Oli Dewdney (bass), Al Greenwood (drums) and Ben Mack (keyboard + percussion). Formed in 2016, the band released two EPs Winter Nets and Keep Walking! before sharing their debut album Deep Down Happy in June 2020 to widespread critical acclaim, praised by The Times for their “indomitable spirit and a refusal to take things too seriously” and The Guardian for their “sharply observational lyrics skewering the mores of suburbia”.
TRACK LISTING
The Game
Dig!
The Drop
Cool It Kid
Unstuck
R Entertainment
Kool Aid
Getting Better
Fingers
Light Industry

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Kick-started by growing pains and life’s unlucky twists, fuelled by the simple salvation of six guitar strings and supercharged by the fans that found them slogging their gear into the north of England’s pubs and small venues, The Lathums story may turn out to be the perfect not-all-nice-guys-finish-last tale.
It was only in the summer 2019 that the band’s fuse was lit by Tim Burgess, who offering them a late slot at Kendal Calling where, inside 24 hours, social media chatter caused their audience to spill into the field beyond their tent. A year later they had achieved their first UK Album Chart Top 20 for vinyl-only EP compilation, The Memories We Make, recorded their debut appearance for Later… With Jools Holland and joined the BBC Sound Poll 2021 list of tipped acts at the end of a year that skidded on the black ice of a global pandemic but, somehow, left the band on their feet.
For a band whose singing songwriter had never been to a gig before playing his own, yet incomprehensibly carried a trunk load of sensitively-crafted, empathetic, sing-a-long anthems straight into their first rehearsal, The Lathums have flown at nosebleed speed to where they are now.
Hailing from Wigan on the overlooked fringes of Greater Manchester, The Lathums are Alex Moore, casting a new outline of the modern frontman, singing alongside student of the Marr-esque jangle guitar, Scott Concepcion, rapid-fire, wise-cracking bassist, Jonny Cunliffe (aka: Bass Mon Jon) and the steady, rhythmic, wise head, Ryan Durrans on drums. Pithily described by those closest as ‘like The Inbetweeners in a Shane Meadows film’, they are four bright, wild flowers growing between grey paving stones.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: This new LP is sure to continue the meteoric upwards trajectory of The Lathums, swimming with influences from The Smiths, The Coral and 90's Britpop into a wonderfully upbeat and undeniably melodic full-length. This Wigan quartet are definitely going places.TRACK LISTING
1. Circles Of Faith
2. I’ll Get By
3. Fight On
4. How Beautiful Life Can Be
5. The Great Escape
6. I Won't Lie Side B
7. I See Your Ghost
8. Oh My Love
9. I’ll Never Forget The Time I Spent With You
10. I Know That Much
11. Artificial Screens
12. The Redemption Of Sonic Beauty

Reissue is faithful to the original recording and package, cutting by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering under the guidance of longtime PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish.
TRACK LISTING
Side A
To Bring You My Love
Meet Ze Monsta
Working For The Man
C’mon Billy
Teclo
Side B
Long Snake Moan
Down By The Water
I Think I’m A Mother
Send His Love To Me
The Dancer

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Vinyl:
Side A
To Bring You My Love - Demo
Meet Ze Monsta - Demo
Working For The Man - Demo
C’mon Billy - Demo
Teclo - Demo
Side B
Long Snake Moan - Demo
Down By The Water - Demo
I Think I’m A Mother - Demo
Send His Love To Me - Demo
The Dancer - Demo
CD:
To Bring You My Love - Demo
Meet Ze Monsta - Demo
Working For The Man - Demo
C’mon Billy - Demo
Teclo - Demo
Long Snake Moan - Demo
Down By The Water - Demo
I Think I’m A Mother - Demo
Send His Love To Me - Demo
The Dancer - Demo

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180 gram black vinyl.- Includes MP3 Download Code.
180 gram black vinyl.
The set features the same line-up as the "Dry" sessions (Polly doing vocals, guitar, violin, cello and organ, Stephen Vaughan on bass and Robert Ellis on drums, vocals and harmonium), but the extra money shows in the much slicker production to the album's predecessor. Recorded by Steve Albini, this forceful sophomore effort veers from hoarsely quiet to ferociously looming in one beat.
Reissue is faithful to the original recording and package, cutting by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering under the guidance of Steve Albini.
TRACK LISTING
Side A
Rid Of Me
Missed
Legs
Rub ‘Til It Bleeds
Hook
Man-Size Sextet
Side B
Highway ’61 Revisited
50ft Queenie
Yuri-G
Man-Size
Dry
Me-Jane
Snake
Ecstasy

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180 gram black vinyl.
It includes eight demos of songs from the album, Rid of Me, released earlier in that year along with six demos of additional songs.
Reissue is faithful to the original package, with vinyl cutting by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering.
TRACK LISTING
A1 Rid Of Me 3:42
A2 Legs 3:47
A3 Reeling 2:59
A4 Snake 1:56
A5 Hook 4:31
A6 50FT Queenie 2:48
A7 Driving 2:38
B1 Ecstasy 2:56
B2 Hardly Wait 2:48
B3 Rub 'Til It Bleeds 5:10
B4 Easy 3:16
B5 M-Bike 2:43
B6 Yuri-G 3:53
B7 Goodnight 4:17

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Features brand new artwork with previously unseen photos by Maria Mochnacz.
TRACK LISTING
LP
Side A
Oh My Lover (Demo)
O Stella (Demo)
Dress (Demo)
Victory (Demo)
Happy And Bleeding (Demo)
Side B
Sheela-Na-Gig (Demo)
Hair (Demo)
Joe (Demo)
Plants And Rags (Demo)
Fountain (Demo)
Water (Demo)

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Every track has one if not two guests, who, though underpinned by Mike’s distinctive lyrical flair, usually perform atop a genre or sound not previously explored within the realm of The Streets. “You know that thing where if you wore it the first time round, don’t wear it the second time round? I would never put on Aquascutum at this point in my life. It would be stupid, a pastiche of what I did twenty years ago. For all of us. Whereas now I’m going back and I’m picking things that I didn’t pick before.” The inclusion of, say, Mercury Prize nominated punk group IDLES (who perform what Mike describes as a sea-shanty tinged track inspired by an overnight ferry to Dover) and teenage wünderkind Jimothy Lacoste help ground things firmly in the here and now.
But there are familiar faces of the past too. Birmingham legend, Dapz On The Map, pops up on merky rap track “Phone Is Always In My Hand”. While Rob Harvey, previously of The Music and Skinner collaboration The D.O.T, tunes into pensieve penultimate track “Conspiracy Theory Freestyle”. “The guests had to be into me, as much as I was into them,” jokes Mike, of the featured artist selection process. Really, though seemingly disparate on paper, the acts on the record are connected by their singular talent for “talking about normal stuff.” “All the different things I’ve tried to do, they’re who is doing that now.” “But instead of talking about abstract emotions on this record, I’m talking about things and objects and details.” Couched in those UK and Euro wide experiences with TONGA, this results in tales of hardly partying, but partying hard. The path to excess.
The morning trying to climb in under the curtains as you’re busy putting the world to rights. Like anything that happens between the nightclub and the bus home, there’s as much connection as disconnection in this world; as many new relationships forged as there are trails left behind from the ghosts of previous companionships past. Communication, or lack thereof, plays a huge part in this present-day experience. “One thing I’ve ended up doing is talking about being on my phone,” says Mike. “It was very easy on my first album to say, well: where am I? I’m in a pub. I’m at home. I’m in a betting shop. I’m getting a kebab. It felt fairly straightforward and no one had really written about it. Whereas when making this record, everything now basically happens on your phone.” These dual themes of nightclub and connection land the record in the simple yet eternally complicated prism of human interaction. “You’re ignoring me but you’re watching my stories”, on “Phone Is Always In My Hand”, is a black comedy mantra of our times. Same goes for “every girl has a dude in her inbox talking to himself” on the Oscar #WorldPeace featuring “The Poison I Take Hoping You Will Suffer”. References abound to missed calls (on opening track “Waiting For It To Stop”, Kevin Parker sings, trance like, about neglecting to call someone back) and “five minute” journeys (the kind where you lie about leaving the house).
Despite its humble mixtape beginnings, None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive is a precise and very human body of work from a modern UK music pioneer. Emotionally poignant, full of one liners, club ready. More than anything, it’s exciting – a call back to those fun and responsibility free evenings at TONGA. Yet “the result is much more than I thought it would be. It’s become a real album,” says Mike. And so, as the new decade begins, so too does a new era for The Streets...
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: It's been a few years since the last Streets album proper, but even though 'None Of Us...' is technically a 'Mixtape' (I still don't particularly understand that when it's neither mixed, nor on a tape), it has all of the cohesive drive and thematic intensity you'd expect from a fully formed and sequenced LP. Not to mention the host of superb guests sprinkling the credits, or the superb songwriting and groove we've come to expect from Skinner. A triumph.TRACK LISTING
1 Call My Phone Thinking I'm Doing Nothing Better With Tame Impala
2 None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive
3 I Wish You Loved Me As Much As You Love Him
4 You Can't Afford Me
5 I Know Something You Did
6 Eskimo Ice
7 Phone Is Always In My Hand
8 The Poison I Take Hoping You Will Suffer
9 Same Direction
10 Falling Down
11 Conspiracy Theory Freestyle
12 Take Me As I Am

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Sports Team came up on the back of word of mouth live hype, drawing round the block queues to chaotic early gigs at The Five Bells and Moth Club before releasing any music. Recording their first EP (Winter Nets) in a converted Timberyard in Hammersmith, the band have consistently set themselves apart from the acts they came up playing with, showing an intoxicating ambition, and their debut album Deep Down Happy, looks set to deliver on all bold claims, and confirm their place at the head of a group of young guitar acts.
Talking about the record charismatic frontman Alex Rice says: “I don’t think we were conscious of doing it but the album maps the journey of moving in together in Harlesden, moving back to home towns to sleep on floors for 18 months, then coming back to London, weighing up whether being in a band with your mates, being young in London is still the best thing in the world. I think it probably is.”
STAFF COMMENTS
Darryl says: Ace raucous indie-pop, London based six-piece Sports Team finally release their debut album after a plethora of singles, and it doesn't disappoint. Spiky indie guitars, furious driving rhythms and off-kilter melodies.TRACK LISTING
Lander
Here It Comes Again
Going Soft
Camel Crew
Long Hot Summer
Feels Like Fun
Here’s The Thing
The Races
Born Sugar
Fishing
Kutcher
Stations Of The Cross

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Tumbling into 2019 by headlining festival stages on the other side of the world, McCann (vocals, guitars), Johnny Bond (guitars), Robert ‘Bob’ Hall (drums) and Benji Blakeway (bass) take a huge gulp of air before their homecoming and the start of another new chapter. Catfish and The Bottlemen’s 2019 new album release follows 2014’s platinum-certified debut, The Balcony and 2016’s gold, number one follow-up, The Ride. Companion to the release of their third album is the anticipation, if not vocal impatience, of their waiting fans and the knowledge within the band that it represents a likely escalation of the successes of the last three years. Three years in which they’ve seen sales of one million albums and, in 2018 alone, nearly a quarter of a million UK fans experiencing them play live.
Practically of no fixed abode, the band has toured constantly since their formation, now over a decade ago. Hotel rooms, tour buses, airport lounges and live venues are home, with the band’s roots seemingly indeterminable. McCann is extensively quoted saying that his band’s isolation in the fast lane of emotive, youthful alternative rock is thanks to their conscious plot to ‘think inside the box’. While typical chaos swirls around an in-demand, arena-filling rock band, that uncharacteristically strategic starting point for the journey remains their pivot. When judged fairly from distance, Catfish and The Bottlemen are a natural reaction to an age of perpetual identity-crises, fruitless cravings for elusive individuality and the ‘curation’ of everything from shoes to breakfast cereals. They’ve proved that simplicity isn’t, as it turns out, a sin or the safest route to take.
Freed from opinion and expectation, young music fans flock in their tens of thousands to see and hear the band in concert, exercising joyful release, in communion, as the rest of the world appears to fight with itself on the outside. Four years on, a new Catfish and The Bottlemen record could never sound like The Balcony. The band's activities supporting their debut album quickly brought festival main stages and US late night television appearances. The Ride propelled them further into UK sell-outs at Don Valley Stadium, Wembley Arena, Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park and Cardiff Castle. Significantly, it also invited more quality time with global fans on tours to the USA, South America, Australia and Japan. Some of McCann’s youthful restlessness on record, a distinct and endearing awkwardness as he approached relationships with friends and lovers, was destined to evolve with each, giant step.
The first snapshot of a new album, ‘Fluctuate’, performed throughout summer 2018, teased out a lean, refreshed version of everything Catfish fans find so easy so to love. McCann performed what sounded like a personal diary entry and he sang it to them, about them, for them and with them. They, typically, soon started to sing every word back. What had changed, subtly, was the cool, open air in which the song was allowed to hang, McCann’s rhythmic delivery in each verse pinned to the bass and drums, saving the collective push for a supercharged chorus. It’s a progression that remains satisfyingly inside the box.
Catfish and The Bottlemen went it alone for near to a decade, before their guerrilla tactics (throwing demos on numerous stages and jamming them under car windscreen wipers) and relentless gigging paid off. “We’ve still been unsigned for longer than we’ve been signed,” says McCann, seemingly never allowing himself to forget the self-initiated activity of their formative years, despite living in the new reality of being a platinum-selling, arena-filling young front man. In person, he’s a character of kind humility, contrasting the magnetic image of the hip-swinging, black-clad front man that makes thousands of fans sway effortlessly to his every, energetic move. You get the feeling that he’d do it all again, no matter how long it took, to get Catfish and The Bottlemen to where they are now.
There are no red carpets for the band (they tried desperately to delay their arrival at the 2016 Brit Awards to avoid the frenzy), no tabloid-stirring relationships or ostentatious shows of excess. It’s not restraint; it’s the private life of four friends getting on with the jobs their fans have afforded them the privilege to get done. As McCann stares out into the endless sea on a windswept promenade he’s far from the voracious desire of his audience, one which easily finds affinity with him and reaches out for personal connection. Yet the scene is dramatically poised. It’s the very definition of the calm before the storm.
TRACK LISTING
Longshot
Fluctuate
2All
Conversation
Sidetrack
Encore
Basically
Intermission
Mission
Coincide
Overlap

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STAFF COMMENTS
Martin says: TThe Slits untamed, naive and totally wonderful thrash of 1977 was unrepentantly unhindered by the ability to play their instruments. Two years later their sound had been transformed by their having some idea of what they were doing, but certainly not enough to spoil things, only to enable them to express themselves as they had always wanted, adding reggae rhythms and vocal styling into the post punk mix. Their joyful insolence was undimmed - "Shoplifting" extolls the virtues of free stuff ("Ten quid for the lot? We pay fuck all!"), "Typical Girls" deals with lazy gender constraints, "Instant Hit" Keith Levene's drug use, "So Tough" Sid Vicious and John Lydon's antics and "F.M." radio news indoctrination - it is only the method of delivery that differs. And what delivery it is! The songs are amazing, with Ari Up's flat wild German delivery completely perfect and completely unforgettable.
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- Release date
- 31 Aug '18
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: It's a pretty good week for the punk revival isn't it? First with Idles' second outing and now this sleek thumper from Macc's own Spring King. Snapping snare drums and roaring overdrive pedals overlaid with two-part harmonies bound to get even the most staunch of heads bobbing. Brimming with attitude and the skills to back it up.TRACK LISTING
1. Static - Intro
2. Animal
3. Ready For War
4. Let's Drink
5. Paranoid
6. The Hum
7. Lightning - Interlude
8. Us Vs. Them
9. Echo Chamber
10. No More
11. Radioactive!
12. Have You Ever Looked Up Into The Sky?
13. Thicker Skin
14. Thunder

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- 5725879
- Release date
- 27 Jan '17
The duo Tom Higham and Ben Fletcher share their debut album 'Silhouettes'. From the outset, the title track is a resplendent and delicate balance of bass, strings and angelic sweeps, constructing harmonic monoliths before breaking them down into their constituent parts. It is this sort of constructive insight that changes the tracks from their individually stunning building blocks into a breathing lenticular construction, layered, deep and multi-dimensional.
'Almost Over' begins with a stunning organic synth swell, before being joined by pitch perfect vocals and a softly tickled piano riff, adding weight to the airy and inauspicious beginnings before blooming into a full-force orchestral odyssey.
'Never Seen You Get So Low' beginning with the words 'Slow Down' is perhaps the most apropriate beginning for a piece wholly constructed from 80bpm beats, gloriously emotive Rhodes and two-part harmonies. A graceful and triumphantly constructed slice of hopeful melancholic writing, and following this with the stunning 'Low Light' ; Shining delayed guitars and throbbing bass, topped with heavenly vocal refrains and soaring arepggios.
As the album moves on, it becomes clear that Higham and Fletcher have a delicate and unique sound, mournfully visceral, triumphantly hopeful and resolutely beautiful.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: A beautiful collection of delicately balanced instrumentation, mournful but hopeful vocals and heart-wrenching orchestral interludes. A brilliant introduction, and a band to watch out for.
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- 4797336
- Release date
- 28 Oct '16
TRACK LISTING
A1. Keep The Family Close
A2. 9
A3. U With Me?
A4. Feel No Ways
A5. Hype
B1. Weston Road Flows
B2. Redemption
B3. With You FT. Partynextdoor
B4. Faithful Ft. Pimp C & DVSN
B5. Still Here
C1. Controlla
C2. One Dance Ft. Wizkid & Kyla
C3. Grammys Ft Future
C4. Childs Play
C5. Pop Style
D1. Too Good Ft. Rihanna
D2. Summers Over Interlude
D3. Fire & Desire
D4. Views
D5. Hotline Bling (Bonus)

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- LP
- £16.99
- Cat Number
- 4798856
- Release date
- 2 Sep '16
The aptly-titled ‘No Mind No Money’ touches frequently on those less-glamorous uncertainties of post-campus life: apathy, escapism, and the distance between your own future and the iconic bands or movies you grew up on. “One of the best new bands in Britain” Sunday Times Breaking Act. “Make no mistake, Beach Baby have every means of triumphing in the big leagues” DIY. “Captures the best of several genres – post-punk, baggy, shoe gaze, grunge –without sounding like a mess” Guardian. “That aching, inexplicable magic of college innocence is all here” Stereogum. “You’ll fall for this London foursome” i-D

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- LP
- £16.99
- Cat Number
- 4793302
- Release date
- 10 Jun '16
Whipping up a frenetic, fun-filled brew of surf pop and garage rock, this Manchester quartet have been creating quite a stir with a handful of great 7" singles and high octane live shows over the last few months.
"Tell Me If You Like To", is their debut album and it's choc full of garage-punk gems (including their three 7" single tracks) as you'd expect - think The Ramones covering The Beach Boys, OD-ing on Haribo's!
"the most promising band of 2016" (NME)
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: Rousing and anthemic rock from the sunny shores of Manchester. Gnarly hooks and 3-part harmonies permeate the churning rhythm section. Pounding, triumphant punk-tinged rock and roll. A superb outing from Spring King, and if only an insight into what's to come, a bright future is ahead. Great stuff.TRACK LISTING
1. City
2. Detroit
3. Who Are You?
4. It's So Dark
5. Take Me Away
6. Demons
7. Rectifier
8. Tell Me If You Like To
9. The Summer
10. Heaven
Bonus Tracks - Deluxe CD Only
11. Let's Ride
12. Better Man
13. Mumma
14. They're Coming After You
15. Let's Ride - Live At Maida Vale

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- LP
- £27.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 4779986
- Release date
- 27 May '16
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- CD
- £12.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 4781148
- Release date
- 27 May '16
“I feel like the last album was the support band, or even the soundcheck and this one’s the headliner,” says charismatic frontman Van McCann.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: Glistening pop-rock anthems a plenty on this newest release from Wales' Catfish and The Bottlemen. Driving and heartfelt odes to love and loss underpinned by shimmering production and emotive instrumental performances, impeccable vocal harmonies float atop the main vocal lines before the distortion kicks in, and breaks it all down into pulsing, grooving rock territory. Everything you'd come to expect, and more.TRACK LISTING
1 7
2 Twice
3 Soundcheck
4 Postpone
5 Anything
6 Glasgow
7 Oxygen
8 Emily
9 Red
10 Heathrow
11 Outside

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- LP
- £31.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 4727622
- Release date
- 25 Sep '15
‘Exodus’ transformed Marley’s career. A recording of extraordinary creative maturity, the album resonated with audiences around the world. In the UK alone in stayed on the chart for 56 consecutive weeks and included three massive hit singles. Bob Marley was established as the Third World’s first superstar, a legacy that survives thirty years after the album’s release.
TRACK LISTING
1. Natural Mystic 3:28
2. So Much Things To Say 3:08
3. Guiltiness 3:19
4. The Heathen 2:32
5. Exodus 7:40
6. Jamming 3:31
7. Waiting In Vain 4:16
8. Turn Your Lights Down Low 3:39
9. Three Little Birds 3:00
10. One Love / People Get Ready 2:52

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- LP
- £27.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 5360068
- Release date
- 25 Sep '15
TRACK LISTING
A1 Concrete Jungle 4:12
A2 Slave Driver 2:53
A3 400 Years 2:45
A4 Stop That Train 3:55
A5 Baby We've Got A Date (Rock It Baby) 3:56
B1 Stir It Up 5:32
B2 Kinky Reggae 3:36
B3 No More Trouble 3:51
B4 Midnight Ravers 5:09

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- LP
- £31.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- E1776241
- Release date
- 24 Jul '15
- Format Info
180g vinyl pressing in gatefold sleeve.
180g vinyl pressing in... [ + ]
TRACK LISTING
A1. Stronger Than Me 3:54
A2.1 You Sent Me Flying 6:50
A2.2. Cherry
A3. Know You Now 3:03
A4. Fuck Me Pumps 3:20
A5. I Heard Love Is Blind 2:10
A6.1 Moody's Mood For Love 3:28
A6..2 Teo Licks
A7. (There Is) No Greater Love 2:08
A8. In My Bed 5:17
B1. Take The Box 3:20
B2. October Song 3:24
B3. What Is It About Men? 3:29
B4. Help Yourself 5:01
B5.1 Amy Amy Amy 13:16
B5.2 Outro
B5.3 Brother
B5.4 Mr Magic (Through The Smoke)

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- Ltd LP
- £27.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- COMM109
- Release date
- 15 Sep '14
Includes the singles ‘Fallout’, ‘Kathleen’ and ‘Cocoon’. Produced by Jim Abbiss, the man behind critically acclaimed releases by Arctic Monkeys, Adele and Kasabian.

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- CD
- £12.49
- Cat Number
- 3712787
- Release date
- 24 Sep '12
TRACK LISTING
1. Babel
2. Whispers In The Dark
3. I Will Wait
4. Holland Road
5. Ghosts That We Knew
6. Lover Of The Light
7. Lovers Eyes
8. Reminder
9. Hopeless Wanderer
10. Broken Crown
11. Below My Feet
12. Not With Haste

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- CD
- £12.49
- Cat Number
- 3701055
- Release date
- 27 Aug '12
Crafting epic songs inspired by their amazing homeland, fairy tales and personal history, the band went from battle of the bands winners to the breakthrough act at this year’s Iceland Airwaves and SXSW festival. The bands self-released, first single ‘Little Talks’ to date has sold an impressive 400,000 copies and received 3 million views on YouTube.
Of Monsters and Men continue to make waves among fans and tastemakers alike. ‘My Head is an Animal’ has already enjoyed huge success in Iceland and Europe. Mirroring that feat in America ‘My Head is an Animal’ entered the iTunes alternative chart at #1 and album chart at #2 however went on to top the album charts one week later. And in Germany the album debuted at #4 on their official album chart.
Along with a penchant for crafting rising epic pop numbers ‘My Head is an Animal’ has beautifully delicate moments and signal a fully-fledged band destined to win the hearts of musical lovers worldwide.
STAFF COMMENTS
Ryan says: A stern bit of icelandic pop right here, it's a bit folky but they manage to turn humble folk into a collection of sing-out-loud anthems. It's brilliant!TRACK LISTING
1. Dirty Paws
2. King And Lionheart
3.Mountain Sound
Slow And Steady
5.From Finner
6. Little Talks
7. Six Weeks
8. Love Love Love
9. Your Bones
10. Sloom
11. Lakehouse
12. Yellow Light

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- CD
- £5.99
- Cat Number
- CID 9993
- Release date
- 19 Sep '11

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- CD
- £5.99
- Cat Number
- IMCD 249
- Release date
- 19 Sep '11

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- CDS
- £2.99
- Cat Number
- 2725337
- Release date
- 23 Nov '09
- Format Info
Includes "Quicksand" original mix and Beni / Boy 8-Bit remixes.
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- CD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- 2703335
- Release date
- 13 Jul '09


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- 2xLP
- £36.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 4797612
- Release date
- 28 Apr '08
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- CD
- £6.99
- Cat Number
- 1764013
- Release date
- 28 Apr '08
TRACK LISTING
Silence 5:01
Hunter 3:59
Nylon Smile 3:20
The Rip 4:31
Plastic 3:31
We Carry On 6:28
Deep Water 1:33
Machine Gun 4:46
Small 6:47
Magic Doors 3:32
Threads 5:48


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- CD
- £5.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- CID8002
- Release date
- 18 Feb '08


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- 2xCD
- £12.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 9849276
- Release date
- 16 Jul '07

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- LP
- £27.99
- Cat Number
- 1734128
- Release date
- 25 Jun '07
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- CD
- £6.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 171 3041
- Release date
- 30 Oct '06
TRACK LISTING
Rehab 3:34
You Know I'm No Good 4:17
Me And Mr Jones 2:33
Just Friends 3:13
Back To Black 4:01
Love Is A Losing Game 2:35
Tears Dry On Their Own 3:06
Wake Up Alone 3:42
Some Unholy War 2:22
He Can Only Hold Her 2:46
Addicted 2:45




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- CD
- £14.99
- Cat Number
- 1703468
- Release date
- 18 Sep '06


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- CD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- IMCD319
- Release date
- 14 Nov '05

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- CD
- £12.99
- Cat Number
- CID8158
- Release date
- 13 Jun '05

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- CD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- IMCD308
- Release date
- 2 Aug '04

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- LP
- £27.99
- Cat Number
- 1745697
- Release date
- 12 Jul '04
- Format Info
An authentic reproduction of the 1972 first pressing, with original gatefold sleeve plus bonus voucher with a choice of download formats.
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- CD
- £6.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 3706995
- Release date
- 26 Apr '04
TRACK LISTING
Pink Moon
Place To Be
Road
Which Will
Horn
Things Behind The Sun
Know
Parasite
Free Ride
Harvest Breed
From The Morning

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- CD
- £8.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 3706990
- Release date
- 24 May '04

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- CD
- £6.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 3707008
- Release date
- 26 Apr '04
- Format Info
Repackaged in mint-packs.
Repackaged in mint-packs.
TRACK LISTING
Time Has Told Me 3:56
River Man 4:28
Three Hours 6:01
Day Is Done 2:22
Way To Blue 3:05
'Cello Song 3:58
The Thoughts Of Mary Jane 3:12
Man In A Shed 3:49
Fruit Tree 4:42
Saturday Sun 4:00

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- CD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- IMCD301
- Release date
- 20 Oct '03

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- CD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- IMCD303
- Release date
- 20 Oct '03


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- CD
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- CID8112
- Release date
- 15 Jul '02


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- CD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- IMCD281
- Release date
- 22 Oct '01

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- CD
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- CID8104
- Release date
- 9 Apr '01

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- CD
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- CID8102
- Release date
- 20 Nov '00
