Aldous Harding releases her new album Train On The Island, out today. Ahead of the album Harding shared a third and final single this week with album closer ‘Coats’, following early singles ‘Venus In The Zinnia’ and ‘One Stop’. In addition, to celebrate Train On The Island, Harding adds southern hemisphere dates to her growing headline tour where she announced her live return to Australia this November, with four exclusive...
Over the past twenty years, Future Islands have travelled a rare arc — from promising newcomers to something closer to a best-kept secret, from cult favorites to a band that has quietly endured. Rather than marking the moment with a traditional “best of,” they now present From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth – an immediate and accessible collection, with many of these songs appearing on streaming services for the...
One of the more enigmatic bands of the classic 4AD era, Swallow, have announced the reissue of their first two albums, Blow and Blowback, packaged together with an additional two-track single ‘Sleepers’, as a double LP + 12” / double CD entitled Blown, available from June 5. A chance for shoegaze fans to discover this forgotten gem from the 4AD catalogue, Blown is an essential but underrated body of work embracing the genre’s signature...
Aldous Harding releases a second single from her forthcoming fifth studio album, Train On The Island (out 8 May). Premiered by Lauren Laverne on her BBC 6Music show, ‘Venus In The Zinnia’ finds the New Zealander aided by H. Hawkline on bass, guitar and vocals, plus John Parish on drums, Wurlitzer piano and percussion. Adding to the impressive oeuvre of Aldous Harding visuals, the song’s companion video stars Harding and H. Hawkline, watch...
Coinciding with the 2026 World Cup, 4AD is pleased to present two alternative World Cup anthems from Air Miami and Colourbox, packaged as a special double A-side 7” single entitled Complicated Opposition, with artwork designed by Chris Bigg featuring photography by The Douglas Brothers. See details on each track below. Air Miami – ‘World Cup Fever’ (1995): Originally released on the band’s 1995 Me. Me. Me. Album. Came to be during the summer...
Earlier this year, Dry Cleaning released their new album Secret Love. The beloved band of vocalist Florence Shaw, guitarist Tom Dowse, drummer Nick Buxton and bassist Lewis Maynard’s third album received glowing Album of the Week/Month accolades from the likes of The Sunday Times, The Observer, Record Collector, The Guardian, MOJO, and more, with the latter’s 5* critique calling the album, “a surrealist masterpiece.” Ahead of the band’s extensive tour...
Over the past twenty years Future Islands have travelled a rare arc, from promising newcomers to best-kept secret, from cult favourites to heroes of the genre. As they reach this remarkable milestone, they resist the obvious move. Instead of a ‘best-of’ compilation victory lap, Future Islands present From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth – an immediate and accessible collection – half of which has never appeared on streaming...
His Name is Alive, the long-standing ethereal darkwave project of Michigan musician Warren Defever, announces the repressing of the band’s first three records on 4AD – Livonia, Home Is In Your Head, and Mouth By Mouth – available from May 8. Recently reissued in 2024 as part of a quickly sold-out colored vinyl boxset entitled How Ghosts Affect Relationships: 1990-1993, with audio sourced from the original analogue tapes and remastered by Defever himself, each album will now...
Meg Remy made her first foray into film last year, collaborating with filmmaker Grace Glowicki to compose the score for her directorial debut, a surreal horror-comedy entitled Dead Lover — which received its world premiere in the Midnight Section at Sundance, and screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, SXSW, International Film Festival Rotterdam, and Gothenburg Film Festival. With the theatrical release of Dead Lover from today (20 March), U.S. Girls shares the glamorous, romantic, and eerie centrepiece of her...
Anjimile releases his highly anticipated album You’re Free to Go, out today, along with the romantic final single ‘Rust & Wire’, ahead of its release this week. ‘Rust & Wire’ blooms in warm acoustic guitars, synth textures, lush strings, and delicate rhythmic layers; an intimate document of self-expression and emotional resonance. Watch the visualiser here. Anjimile shares, “This is a song about love and lust, blooming in the summertime. It’s about kissing...
On 8th May 2026, Aldous Harding will release her fifth studio album, Train On The Island. Now, the New Zealander shares a first taste in the form of the single ‘One Stop’. Premiered by Huw Stephens on his BBC 6Music radio show, ‘One Stop’ is accompanied by a Harding-fronted video directed by Michelle Henning, watch here. The 10-track Train On The Island was co-produced by long-time collaborator John Parish at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales, where...
Buck Meek’s fourth solo album The Mirror, is out now. Ahead of its release, Meek shared new single ‘Can I Mend It?’ which ponders connection amid conflict via warbling steel strings, chugging drums and delicate keys. The Mirror steps through phases of love, from freshly formed to union, and the songs seek an infinite curiosity rather than resolution. Love, as an idea, is always close – but in its reflection comes an...
Ahead of the release of their debut album Mārara on March 6, 15 15 unveil ‘Infinite Beach’, the final single and a new gateway into the insular universe they have been shaping over the past months. On the island of Mārara, some places have been abandoned. It is said they have become shelters for spirits. Infinite Beach is one of them: a stretch of white sand extending toward the illusion of infinity, slowly dissolving into...
North Carolina based singer-songwriter Anjimile releases ‘Waits For Me,’ the second single from his upcoming album You’re Free to Go, due March 13th. “When I was a little girl, I wanted to be free… When I was a little boy, I wanted to be real.” he disarmingly reflects on ‘Waits For Me’, a powerful reckoning on childhood identity, as he affirms and soothes his inner child via warm acoustic guitar, glimmering synths and bright...
Buck Meek releases ‘Ring of Fire’, the second single from his upcoming album The Mirror, out 27 February. ‘Ring of Fire’ offers a heartfelt promise glowing with warm guitars and Adrianne Lenker’s swooning background vocals. ‘Ring of Fire’ follows lead single ‘Gasoline’ released alongside a Noel Paul-directed music video, in which Meek holds the absurdity of devotion, the choice to love, with equal parts ache and grin. On The Mirror, love, as an...
In celebration of Record Store Day 2026, we’re thrilled to announce the following special releases, available in limited quantities exclusively in-stores on vinyl on Saturday, April 18. Adrianne Lenker – Live at Revolution Hall First-time vinyl pressing of 2025 43-track live album. 3xLP on standard black vinyl. Produced by Andrew Sarlo. Mark Lanegan – Bubblegum (Original Draft) Pressed on white vinyl, this 2xLP has been beautifully mastered by Geoff Pesche...
