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…
Dublin post-punk rockers Gurriers follow up 2024’s debut ‘Come and See’ with the powerfully titled ‘Nobody’s Coming to Save You’ (out on 25 September, 2026). The title track kicks off the album with demanding vocals and wiry post-punk guitars while the lyrics discuss medication and ruminations. This is followed by a spoken-word news report sample…
Fitting somewhere between electronica and hardcore punk with plenty of irreverent humour to boot, Leeds act Adult DVD are set to release their self-titled debut album via Fat Possum on Friday 25 September, 2026. ‘Do As I Please’ opens the record with a groove and drumming that brings to mind Happy Mondays before morphing into…
Jawdropped are a four-piece from LA who grew up on a diet of Teenage Fanclub and Lemuria. Already a cult favourite after sensational sets at The Great Escape and other festivals over the past 12 months, the band have now signed to Transgressive and are all set to release debut album ‘Secret to Spare’ on…
A Stoke-on-Trent band that embraces the typo in their name, Formal Sppeedwear release their debut album ‘Punch Card’ on 11 September, 2026. When talking about the record, the band said: ‘Our aim is to undermine anything leaning too far one way or the other. We shoot for homogeneity – if it sounds good and its…
With an original mission statement of ‘If you’ve got too many chords in it, you’re wrong’, much-hyped Manchester-based four piece Westside Cowboy release their debut album ‘It Goes On’. Focusing on the joy that can be found in each other’s company and the organic chemistry that resonates with this, it’s a record the band want…
Embrace return with ‘Avalanche’, the Yorkshire band’s ninth studio album. Released via Cooking Vinyl, Danny McNamara says the song is one that looks for joy in the simple moments: ‘Real, deep, honest-to-God joy doesn’t live in the big, dramatic moments we’re all taught to chase. It doesn’t live in huge, unattainable goals or impressive, life-changing…
Galway trio Shark School have shared ‘Don’t Trust a Man’ ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Selachimorpha’, via Strange Brew on 26 June, 2026. The band say ‘’Don’t Trust A Man’ is an abrasive and raw track lamenting the desperation for women to comfortably just be; to just exist free of the burden…
Recorded in Los Angeles with John Congleton (Lana Del Rey, St. Vincent), Good Kid’s new album ‘Can We Hang Out Sometime?’ centres around the importance of connection and how anxiety, miscommunication and self-doubt can strain relationships with friends, lovers, family and yourself. ‘Rift’ opens the record in woozy and melodic fashion, the catchy hooks backing…
Leeds band Present Nature release their self-titled debut album on Friday 20 March, 2026. Produced by Bill Ryder-Jones at his West Kirby YAWN studio, the record finds singer-songwriter Jonny Woolnough taking inspiration from songwriters including Neil Finn and Roddy Frame and storytellers like Max Porter and Virgina Woolf. ‘Picaresque’ opens the album in subtle, understated…
