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26 May 2026

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Aldous HardingTrain On The Island

"A spellbinding listen, the high water mark of Harding's singular career" (9/10 - Exclaim. "It’s an oblique character study of herself, and the best album of her career so far" (9/10 - Pitchfork)

KneecapFENIAN

"After their Glastonbury fracas and legal troubles, political friction provides the backbone to this dense, musically adventurous third album" (9/10 - musicOMH).

FrikoSomething Worth Waiting For

"A record that leaves the kind of impression more associated with acts with far lengthier histories" (9/10 - DIY). "A euphoric, breakneck adventure towards a promised land" (8/10 - The Skinny)

Lime GardenMaybe Not Tonight

"A breakup album that wears its messiness on its sleeve, Lime Garden’s second is figuring life out, track by track" (9/10 - NME). "A new indie disco essential" (9/10 - DIY)

Angine de PoitrineVol.II

"There's a ferocity and alienness to the complexity" (10/10 - Exclaim). "It breathes on its own and speaks without words. Angine de Poitrine let the music do the talking" (8.4/10 - Northern Transmissions)

The Twilight SadIt's The Long Goodbye

"An astonishing body of work that firmly emphasizes what an important band The Twilight Sad are" (9/10 - Under The Radar). "A powerful and truly wonderful return from The Twilight Sad" (9/10 - Clash)

White Fence

Family Perfume Vol. 1

The latest offering of lo-fi psychedelia from the one-time Strange Boy, Tim Presley

Label: Woodsist
UK Release date: 03/04/2012
US Release date: 03/04/2012

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8.0 | Beats Per Minute

A pleasantly disarming ride, loaded with great, barely noticeable moments
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7.0 | Bowlegs

Another ragged and lovable outing by the man presumably buried by a retro vinyl collection
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7.0 | Consequence Of Sound

Just listen and accept that a genius is at work, that Presley has captured a sound and a feeling forgone for decades
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7.0 | Spin

First of ex-Strange Boy's two-disc opus is a frizzled, fried, raucous ride through late '60s psych
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