Following a 10-year relationship, Pip Blom and Willem Smit (frontman of Personal Trainer) have made their first and only record as a duo – Long Fling. The self-titled record is a truly collaborative effort, with sessions often ending in arguments due to the pair’s passion. ‘Remember that time we had Chinese for breakfast and you…
Richard Ashcroft follows up a celebratory summer supporting Oasis with the release of ‘Lovin’ You’ on 10 October, 2025. This is Richard’s first album filled with new material since 2018’s ‘Natural Rebel’ and finds the singer-songwriter exploring, experimenting and celebrating love. ‘Lover’ opens the record with its take on Joan Armatrading’s ‘Love and Affection’. The…
Joseph Mount formed Metronomy in 1999 and in over a quarter of a century since, the band have brightened up indie discos, their own gigs and festivals – quite literally at some of their first shows, when they’d wear T-shirts with synchronised lights woven in (including the first time we saw them, supporting The Pipettes…
Brooklyn band Stay Inside follow up last year’s debut album ‘Ferried Away’ with ‘Lunger’, a record filled with tales of hope, heartbreak and exploration. Now signed to Tiny Engines, the record dips and dives through different genres with experimental energy. ‘Counting Electric Sheep’ opens with ferocious drumming and riffs, squeals and synths that recall Motion…
With cover artwork photographed from the exact same spot as the sleeve for ‘Hope Is Important’ – only facing in the opposite direction and in glorious colour – Idlewild make a welcome return with their new self-titled record. The tenth album in the band’s career, it finds them ‘looking back without being nostalgic’ according to…
Signed to Jack White’s Third Man Records, Nashville band Snooper are set to release ‘Worldwide’, their second album, on 3 October, 2025. Recorded with John Congleton (St Vincent, Eels, Chelsea Wolfe), the songs continue to capture the punk rock energy of their live shows – which feature props, puppets and giant papier mâché heads –…
Ash reach for the stars on their ninth album ‘Ad Astra’, released on 3 October, 2025 via Fierce Panda Records. Fittingly, the album opens with a cover of ‘Zarnthustra’, the famous Strauss piece that kicks off the opening scene of Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’. Ash have added sprinklings of their own style to…
Made up of Eva and Grace Tedeschi, sister duo The Cords are all set to release their debut, self-titled album via Skep Wax (UK/Europe) and Slumberland Records (US) on 26 September, 2025. Formed when they started playing drums as kids and realised they enjoyed ’80s and ’90s indie music more than the other kids round…
When discussing the title of Biffy Clyro’s tenth album, Simon Neil explains ”Futique’ is an exploration of ideas, objects or relationships that exist across time – we are never aware when we do anything for the last time and there’s a beauty and sadness within that’. Inspired by the way the always-on digital era has…
‘Rainy Day Afternoon’ (out on 19 September, 2025) is the thirteenth album from The Divine Comedy, and it feels luck is in for Neil Hannon following the top five charting of 2019’s album ‘Office Politics’ and blockbuster success of his soundtrack to the Wonka film. Neil has been thinking about mortality, memories, relationships and political…
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