Albums

On their second album, the Chicago band strip back the layers – sonically and lyrically – as they continue to discover their own sound and voice “I’m translating my talk to tones,” Penelope Lowenstein sings on the bright ‘Information Content’. It’s a line that passes by quickly but can be…

With warm but spiky '80s art-indie, the Welsh rock veterans' 15th album finds no absolute design for life – but still plenty of fight Nicky Wire is mad as hell – and he ain’t gonna take it anymore. “It’s OK to not be OK / Live your best life / Be kind / Have some empathy / Speak truth to power…” No,…

Jojo Orme’s debut record is laser-focused and completely thrilling If you dare to enter the void, expect to hear Heartworms soundtracking the journey. Jojo Orme has set the UK DIY circuit aflame with her singular performance style, while NME hailed her as “your new favourite band of the year” upon the…

The stunning debut LP from the Leeds-based collective is a sprawling exploration of electronic music at its most ethereal and impulsive Although Honesty might wince at the word ‘collective’, the immersive, mysterious tracks birthed so far from the nucleus of their Leeds studio The Nave exceeds…

The four-piece continue to bend rock & roll into new shapes on this festival-ready record Inhaler have always dealt in swaggering guitar anthems. 2019’s breakout single ‘It Won’t Always Be Like This’ was a feisty, arena-sized belter, while their 2021 debut album of the same name saw their youthful…

Their third studio album is a collection of vignettes about cult leaders, sociopaths and cannibals Squid are as curious as ever in their third studio album, ‘Cowards’. Their songs are often stories that understand the lives of others. The sounds they make are often an attempt at understanding moods,…

With their debut album, the Brighton duo highlight the rough realities of life and society while making room for the personal The world is currently on fire. Donald Trump has been re-elected as president of the US, women’s rights are under threat, transphobia is rampant across the world and violence…

The Scottish indie heroes face their fears with a statement of intent that’s shamelessly Franz-y as fuck “If you are going to make music, then there’s no point in shying away from your identity or being embarrassed by who you are,” Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos told NME last year when news…