Editors return with their eighth studio album ‘Surface, Echo & Sound’, released via Play It Again Sam Records on 30 October, 2026. The record finds them heading back to their roots and embracing a more organic sound – inspired by frontman Tom Smith’s acoustic sketches – than on 2022’s electronically tinged ‘EBM’. Opening with the…
Willie J Healey has shared new single ‘Benjamin’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Lucky’ on 12 March, 2027 via V2. While the album looks at life’s biggest issues (death, God, religion), the single is a simple, acoustic piece that has an ‘off-the-cuff’ feeling as Willie asks to be saved by ‘whatever’s out there…
Cloud Nothings have returned with ‘Death Keeps Me Alive’, the first single to be taken from upcoming album ‘What Kind of Hell Did You Survive?’, which will be released via Pure Noise Records on 29 January, 2026. The song hints at a louder, heavier but no less melodic sound – with Dylan Baldi living out…
Reclus.É have shared new single ‘Isolationist’ ahead of the release of their debut album ‘The World Can’t Take Any More’ on 13 November, 2026 via Rise Records. The duo – made up of Soren Bryce (Tummyache) and Daniel P Carter – were one of our highlights at this year’s 2000trees Festival and this song shows…
Chvrches have shared the video for new single ‘Roses’ ahead of the release of new album ‘All the King’s Men’ on 22 January, 2027. The song hints at the band heading in a new direction on this record, with Lauren Mayberry demanding you ‘raise a glass to delusions of the good days of blood and…
Doves’ guitarist and vocalist Jez Williams has shared ‘Hollow Me’ ahead of the release of his debut solo album ‘Life of Me and You’ on 26 February, 2027. A song about the pressures and always-on nature of modern life – plus the sheer amount of misinformation out there – Jez wrote it in one go,…
The Spook School have shared new single ‘Corporate Caring’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Like a Heartbeat’ via Alcopop! Records and Slumberland Records on 29 January, 2027. The record release will be accompanied by a UK tour (dates below). Anyone who has had experience in the corporate world will be familiar with the…
We first saw Reading five-piece The Race play at the West End Centre in Aldershot before they had even released their debut album ‘Be Your Alibi’ back in 2006. Now, they’re back with a new four-track EP after almost two decades away. The songs cover the power of community, the concept of ageing and ever-changing…
Eels return with their 16th (!) studio album, ‘Cookie Happened’. This record finds E (Mark Oliver Everett) taking stock of some of life’s messier moments and examining just what is the point of it all: ‘All of this will be forgotten. Every joy, accomplishment and hardship will one day become so irrelevant it will be…
Dublin-based Basht are set to release their debut album ‘Poor Advice’ via LAB Records on 9 October, 2026. Produced by Ali Chant (Dry Cleaning, Lime Garden, Sorry), the band tackle the unease between church and state, boardrooms and barracks, and so much more, in their homeland throughout the 10 tracks… ‘Terror TV’ opens in a…
