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Gruff Rhys

Dim Probs

    The legendary Gruff Rhys returns with 'Dim Probs', his ninth solo album, fourth Welsh language long player, and first release through Rock Action Records.

    Featuring fellow Welsh artists Cate Le Bon and H. Hawkline on backing vocals, and produced with Ali Chant (Yard Act/PJ Harvey), 'Dim Probs' echoes the warmth and closeness of Gruff’s career defining first solo album (2005’s 'Yr Atal Genhedlaeth') and the stargazing melancholy of 2021’s 'Seeking New Gods'. Written and performed entirely in Welsh/Cymraeg, 'Dim Probs' places the listener side by side with one of the country’s greatest and most thoughtful songwriters in the corner of a studio as the songs grow around them from just voice and guitar. The result is an intimate and hypnotic record that mixes acoustic folk with whatever scratchy, primitive electronic machines come to hand on each track. One listen? Dim probs indeed!

    TRACK LISTING

    1. Pan Ddaw’r Haul I Fore
    2. Cân I’r Cymylau
    3. Saf Ar Dy Sedd
    4. Taro #1 + #2
    5. Dos Amdani
    6. Chwyn Chwyldroadol!
    7. Cyflafan
    8. Dim Probs
    9. Adar Gwyn
    10. Gadael Fi Fynd
    11. Slaw
    12. Acw

    Kathryn Joseph

    WE WERE MADE PREY.

      Continuing her creative partnership with 2022’s 'For You Who Are The Wronged' producer Lomond Campbell, recording took place in the remote Black Bay Studios on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. 'WE WERE MADE PREY.' dances on the knife-edge: of action versus inaction, of want versus wanting, of self-fulfilment versus shame. Kathryn's fourth album is both a reaction to and reprieve for the animal within. Eleven songs that accept her whole being, with all its hunger, lust and rage, and its devastating tenderness too.

      STAFF COMMENTS

      Barry says: Richly melodic electronic music that's steeped in the history of modern classical and post-rock, with flickers of folk and minimal singer-songwriter fare. Rock action are consistently one of the greatest labels in the game, and Joseph's latest is another stunning entry in their impressive label output. Brilliant.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. WOLF.
      2. DARK.
      3. HARBOUR.
      4. BEL(ll).
      5. BEFORE.
      6. DEER.
      7. DRAWN.
      8. ROADKILL.
      9. HOLD.
      10. CHILDREN.
      11. FIRE.

      Sacred Paws

      Jump Into Life

        Glasgow/London duo Sacred Paws return to the fold after a five year hiatus, with their new album ‘Jump Into Life’ via Rock Action Records.

        When the band broke through with their debut record 'Six Songs' EP, they did so with firm intent and rousing success. The duo of Ray Aggs (Trash Kit, Shopping) and Eilidh Rodgers (Golden Grrrls) have their roots in the punk world which they wound together with a myriad of influences, from Afrobeat, through pop and post-punk, to create a glorious and unique hybrid.

        STAFF COMMENTS

        Barry says: It's no secret that I love Rock Action Records, with Cloth (and Mogwai, obviously) being right up top in the list of my favourite bands, so I am always predisposed to enjoying their wares. Sacred Paws are a little different to the aforementioned though, they certainly have the jagged art-rock guitars and mathy percussion but their songs are a lot more melodic and anthemic than the instrumentation would suggest. A heady and entrancing mix of indie, post-rock and folky vocal harmonies.

        TRACK LISTING

        1. Save Something
        2. Another Day
        3. Fall For You
        4. Simple Feeling
        5. Through The Dark
        6. Turn Me Down
        7. Jump Into Life
        8. Slowly Slowly
        9. Ask Myself
        10. Winter
        11. Draw A Line

        Arab Strap

        I’m Totally Fine With It - Don’t Give A F**k Anymore

          Following their critically-acclaimed UK Top 20 album “As Days Get Dark”, Arab Strap return with their 2nd long player for Mogwai’s Rock Action Records with the excellent titled “I’m totally fine with it - don’t give a fuck anymore”. Almost 28 years after their debut, Arab Strap have never sounded more essential, and this new record is a fierce testament to their laser focus on wider horizons. Written and performed exclusively by Malcolm Middleton & Aidan Moffat, and finessed with longtime collaborator Paul Savage, the album furthers the band’s transformation from swooning, slow-core romantics to raging, alt-pop chroniclers.

          STAFF COMMENTS

          Barry says: A typically massive sounding, visceral blast of indie-adjacent avant-pop and shadowy electronica that's both instantly recognisable as Arab Strap, but furthers their already vast sonic explorations. With the uncompromising wit of Moffat & Middleton shining through every note, this really couldn't have been done by anyone else.

          TRACK LISTING

          1. Allatonceness
          2. Bliss
          3. Sociometer Blues
          4. Hide YOur Fires
          5. Summer Season
          6. Molehills
          7. Strawberry Moon
          8. You’re Not There
          9. Haven’t You Heard
          10. Safe & Well
          11. Dreg Queen
          12. Turn Off The Light

          Bdrmm

          Standard Tuning

            Standard Tuning is the final song recorded at The Knave Studios, Leeds as part of the bdrmm's recording sessions for their acclaimed 2nd album "I don't Know" released last summer 2023. The 10" comes with a remix of album track "Alps" by Nathan Fake, an etched b-side and exclusive artwork by band member Jordan Smith.

            STAFF COMMENTS

            Barry says: A superbly atmospheric distillation of BDRMM's sound with a lot more propulsive electronics and airy shoegaze breeze. Backed with a lovely remix from Nathan Fake too! Nice.

            TRACK LISTING

            1. Standard Tuning
            2. Alps (Nathan Fake Remix)

            Mogwai

            Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996-1997) - 2023 Reissue

              ‘Ten Rapid’ is a compilation of songs released between 1996 and 1997 on various labels, including their debut single release for their own Rock Action label, ‘tuner’.

              LP includes digital download code.

              TRACK LISTING

              1. Summer
              2. Helicon 2
              3. Angel Versus Aliens
              4. I Am Not Batman
              5. Tuner
              6. A Place For Parks
              7. Helicon 1
              8. End

              Mogwai

              Government Commissions (BBC Sessions 1996-2003) - 2023 Reissue

                ‘Government Commissions (BBC Sessions 1996 - 2003)’ is a compilation album consisting of sessions recorded between 1996 and 2003 for BBC Radio.

                This is the first time that the album has been available on vinyl since the original pressing in 2005.

                TRACK LISTING

                1. Hunted By A Freak
                2. R U Still In 2 It
                3. New Paths To Helicon Pt II
                4. Kappa
                5. Cody
                6. Superheroes Of Bmx
                7. Like Herod
                8. Secret Pint
                9. New Paths To Helicon Pt I
                10. Stop Coming To My House

                Mogwai

                ZeroZeroZero

                  To celebrate the UK airing of the acclaimed eight-part cocaine crime drama, “ZeroZeroZero”, we are pleased to release Mogwai's soundtrack to the series for the first time on double white vinyl and exclusively for Record Store Day. It will come with a MP3 download included. The soundtrack has only previously been available digitally. ‘...a masterful collection from a band who enter their second quarter century as essential as ever.’ Clash Magazine 8/10

                  TRACK LISTING

                  SIDE A
                  1 Visit Me
                  2 I'm Not Going When I Don't Get Back
                  3 Telt
                  4 Chicken Guns
                  5 Nose Pints
                  6 Fears Of Metal

                  SIDE B
                  7 Space Annual
                  8 Invisible Frequencies
                  9 Moon In Reverse
                  10 Don't Make Me Go Out On My Own
                  11 Lesser Glasgow

                  SIDE C
                  12 Frog Marching
                  13 El Dante
                  14 Major Treat
                  15 Rivers Wanted
                  16 Summon The Sacred Beast

                  SIDE D
                  17 Modern Trolls
                  18 The Winter's Not Forever
                  19 He Loved Trees
                  20 Witches Of Alignment
                  21 The Wife Was Touched

                  Rave Tapes is the eighth studio album by Mogwai and their second on Rock Action, the label they set up almost 18 years ago to issue their debut 7" single, Tuner/Lower. In between, the Scottish quintet have established themselves on the international stage through a prolific recorded output and a commitment to touring that few of their peers can match.

                  Clocking in at just under 50 minutes, the 10-track album is a lustrous collection mined from the same quarry as its predecessors, wreathed in painterly textures underpinned by increasingly electronic beats. The haunted strains of Deesh channel the slow-burning ecstasy of their 2006 song “Auto Rock” (a key presence in the denouement of Michael Mann’s film of Miami Vice that year) while the guitars on which Mogwai built their reputation remain, if for the most part less overtly belligerent this time round, as evidenced by the somnambulant opener “Heard About You Last Night” and the sonic scowl of “Hexon Bogon”. With Rave Tapes, Mogwai’s mastery of sound and space is firmly at its apex.


                  STAFF COMMENTS

                  Barry says: Mogwai, Veteran post-rockers and noise merchants ramp it up in this latest iteration, with synths! Pulsing, brooding and mysterious, and juxtaposed with their trademark melodic highs. Groovy, imaginative, and downright brilliant. Post-rock for the 21st century.

                  TRACK LISTING

                  Heard About You Last Night
                  Simon Ferocious
                  Remurdered
                  Hexon Bogon
                  Repelish
                  Master Card
                  Deesh
                  Blues Hour
                  No Medicine For Regret
                  The Lord Is Out Of Control


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