Teenage Tom Petties and Rural France’s Tom Brown releases the first record under his solo moniker, Lone Striker. Five years in the making, this self-titled album was recorded at Tom’s home using a selection of bedroom instruments, wobbly doo-wop samples, off-kilter drum loops and found sounds. ‘Blip One’ opens the record with a Sparklehorse sound…
Keg release their debut album ‘Fun’s Over’ via Alcopop! Records on 14 March, 2025. Known for their infectious live performances, this record finds the seven-piece showcasing a more vulnerable, human side amidst the chaos of synths, trombone and barbed guitars… Album opener ‘Photo Day’ has a long, mathy, post-rock-inspired build up that makes for a…
‘It’s meant to feel very contradictory and confusing but it’s also fully realized’. Courting’s Sean Murphy-O’Neil hits the nail on the head when describing the Liverpool band’s third album ‘Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’ (out via Lower Third on 14 March…
Michael Cera Palin, an Atlanta trio made up of Elliott Brabant (vocals/guitar), Jon Buncic (drums – Chad Miller joined after the album’s completion) and Jon Williams (bass), release their debut album ‘We Could Be Brave’ via Big Scary Monsters on 7 March, 2025. A clattering of drums and Kinsella-esque guitar noodling signals the start of…
Moreish Idols release their debut album ‘All in the Game’ on 7 March 2025 via Speedy Wunderground. Produced by the label’s Dan Carey, the record is inspired by iconic US indie rockers including Pavement and Sonic Youth but also has elements of contemporary art rock that offer something quite fresh and unique. Album opener ‘Ambergrin’…
Following their hugely acclaimed ‘Heady Metal’ EP and tours with Everything Everything and Bombay Bicycle Club, Nottingham quartet Divorce are all set to release their debut album ‘Drive to Goldenhammer’ via Gravity/Capitol on 7 March 2025. Produced by Catherine Marks (boygenius, Wolf Alice, Foals), the record invites you to join the band in their fantasy…
25 years after the release of their debut album ‘Lost Souls’ (still an all-time Top 10 for us), Doves return with ‘Constellations for the Lonely’, a record filled with ten songs that find the band in the role of narrators, offering contemplations on shattered images of a world in flux. Andy Williams, drummer, vocalist and…
The Murder Capital return with ‘Blindness’, their third album following the success of ‘Gigi’s Recovery and debut ‘When I Have Fears’. Recorded with producer John Congleton, the record finds the band in renewed and re-energised form as they tackle everything life is throwing at them. The opening ‘Moonshot’ is a statement of intent, its wiry,…
Trevor Powers returns with his Youth Lagoon moniker, following up 2023’s ‘Heaven is a Junkyard’ with ‘Rarely Do I Dream’ (released via Fat Possum on 21 February 2025). This record finds Trevor armed with a shoebox of home videos that allows him to blend memories and more innocent times with aland filled with drifters, drug…
Newport, Wales quintet The Nightmares follow their 2023 debut album ‘Séance’ with new record ‘Fire in Heaven’ (released on 14 February, 2025 via Venn Records). With its title inspired by a quote from Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman, The Nightmares vocalist and guitarist Adam Parslow said: ‘This record explores the curiosity between the struggles of human…
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