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…
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…
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…
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…
Hampshire trio Uncle Junior release their debut single ‘Melt Me’ ahead of tours supporting Man/Woman/Chainsaw and Tooth over the next couple of months. Even before releasing this song, the band – made up of Oli Noble, Eric Rye Lees and Isaac West – has been featured on Crack and BBC Radio 6 Music. They’ve also…
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…
Jawdropped have shared another damn fine single ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Secret to Spare’ on 18 September via Transgressive Records. ‘Cup’ has a touch of Lemonheads or Dinosaur Jr. in its scuzzy guitar sounds but blends this with the poppier sensibilities of Teenage Fanclub. Following the lead character of an older…
Winter Gardens have shared new single ‘Adored’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘Macabre Divine’ on 16 September, 2026. The song explores the discomfort of existing in spaces dominated by corporate masculinity and how performative conversations can sometimes overtake genuine exchange: ‘It’s about the tension between having something meaningful to say and navigating a…
