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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)

Trashcan Sinatras

In The Music

Fifth album of guitar pop in just 20 years from the not exactly hyperactive Scots

Label: Lo-Five
UK Release date: 14/09/2009

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8.0 | The List

Trashcans have been around long enough now be fingured as an influence rather than being influenced, and then there’s the imaginative capture of American legend Carly Simon on backing vocals for ‘Should I Pray?’
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7.0 | PopMatters

With In the Music, the band’s lovely new record, they’ve concocted a consistently satisfying listen, pushing the soul mostly to the side and turning out their most mature and elegant album to date
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6.0 | Mojo

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6.0 | The Guardian

In the Music is the sort of record that might give the middle of the road a good name
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