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15 September 2023

Announced: Snail Mail – Valentine Demos EP

Marking the two year anniversary of the release of her critically acclaimed album Valentine, Snail Mail (Lindsey Jordan) will put out Valentine Demos EP on November 3rd via Remote Control digitally and on vinyl. Consisting of four early stripped-down recordings of songs from the 2021 album including the previously shared ‘Adore You’ (a working title for ‘Valentine‘), it also features previously unreleased song ‘Easy Thing’. Pre-order / Pre-save Valentine Demos EP here.Stream / Purchase ‘Easy Thing’ here.

15 September 2023

Announced: Jockstrap – I<3UQTINVU

Jockstrap & Taylor Skye have today announced I<3UQTINVU, a fully remixed version of the Mercury Prize shortlisted 2022 album I Love You Jennifer B. I<3UQTINVU – I Love You Cutie, I Envy You – is set for release on November 3 via Remote Control and its lead single ‘Red Eye (feat. IAN STARR)’ is out now. The remix record is the brainchild of Skye, who was making multiple versions of the album’s original tracklisting to stay inspired during the writing of I Love…

15 September 2023

Announced: Brendan Perry – Eye Of The Hunter & Live At The I.C.A

Brendan Perry announces the reissue of his 1999 album, Eye of the Hunter, expanded for its first ever repress to now include a bonus live album Live at the I.C.A., recorded during 4AD’s infamous 13 Year Itch residency at the storied London venue in 1993. A record that has been out of print on vinyl since its release in 1999, people have been asking for it to be repressed for long enough. Having been…

8 September 2023

Announced: Sampha – LAHAI + ‘Only’

Sampha announces his sophomore album LAHAI, out October 20th. Taken from his paternal grandfather’s name, which is also Sampha’s middle name, LAHAI revels in the awe and magic of our existence, synthesising the exquisite chaos that one experiences confronting the cycle of life and the beyondness. With contributions from some of Sampha’s closest friends, peers and collaborators including Yaeji, LéaSen, Sheila Maurice Grey (Kokoroko), Ibeyi, Morgan Simpson (Black Midi), Yussef Dayes, Laura Groves and Kwake Bass, LAHAI, in contrast to Process, is a communal affair…

8 September 2023

Out now: Romy – Mid Air

Romy releases her debut solo album Mid Air, an album about celebration, sanctuary and salvation on the dance floor. It’s an album that deals with love, grief, relationships, identity and sexuality and is a love letter to the queer clubs where Romy found community and connection. It’s a coming-out album in a way, although she came out in her personal life a long time ago, but it’s also a coming-through album…

8 September 2023

Out now: Courtney Barnett – End of the Day

A new and gorgeous chapter from Courtney Barnett releases her first instrumental album End Of The Day. Comprised of 17 improvisations that were originally recorded in 2021 as part of the score to the film Anonymous Club, Barnett returned to these tracks a year later, remixing, re-ordering and reframing them into a seamless meditative collage. Barnett also collaborated with filmmaker Claire Vogel to create an album-length visual accompaniment to End…

8 September 2023

Out Now: Anjimile – The King

Anjimile releases his new album, The King – his debut release for 4AD / Remote Control and first full-length since 2020’s breakthrough Giver Taker. The record includes recently released singles: powerful title track ‘The King’, the gently emotive ‘Father’, protest song ‘Animal’, and the haunting new single ‘Black Hole’. The songs of The King document the range of complicated emotions of Anjimile’s lived experience – from the deep appreciation of parental support in ‘Father’, to the grief (‘Genesis’),…

8 September 2023

Listen: Overmono – ‘Blow Out’

The prolific electronic duo, Overmono – Tom and Ed Russell – return with explosive new single ‘Blow Out’, which follows their long-awaited debut album Good Lies, released in May this year to huge acclaim (“UK rave history is distilled to perfection” – The Guardian). Debuting at #11 in the UK Charts, Good Lies is widely regarded as one of the greatest electronic records released in recent years. ‘Blow Out’ is rich in bass-heavy textures, and the infectious vocal hook makes…

8 September 2023

Watch: Ethan P. Flynn – ‘Clutching Your Pearls’

Ethan P. Flynn releases ‘Clutching Your Pearls’, the latest single from his highly anticipated debut album Abandon All Hope, out 6 October. Written, and produced by Ethan P. Flynn, ‘Clutching Your Pearls’ is a captivating fable about letting go, told using a uniquely-tuned mandola. The new single is accompanied by a cinematic music video, directed by Ethan P. Flynn and shot by CHILD studio (Pa Salieu, Anaiis, The xx). Reflective of the liberating single, the mythical video for…

8 September 2023

Announced: Pretty Girls Make Graves – The New Romance (20th Anniversary)

Today, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pretty Girls Make Graves’ sophomore album, The New Romance. Originally released in 2003, this was the Seattle punk band’s Matador Records debut. After more than a decade out of print, the album will return to us in a limited edition white vinyl pressing in stores on November 3. A deluxe digital version also lands and features two b-sides ‘Magic Lights’, newly available on…

8 September 2023

Watch: Molly Burch ‘Tattoo’

Molly Burch shares the third offering ‘Tattoo,’ from her upcoming album Daydreamer out September 29th. The song is dedicated to her late best friend, Lena, and is an ethereal ballad featuring sweeping harp and backup vocals from Hannah Kim (Luna Li). Watch the accompanying video created by Burch and Lena’s sister below! Having recently relocated to her hometown of Los Angeles, the beginnings of her latest album came together after Burch found her old diaries from age 13 and younger. Renowned for her captivating…

7 September 2023

Announced: Xylouris White – Australian Tour

Melbourne-born duo Xylouris White tackle Australia with a debut appearance at the Queenscliff Music Festival and a run of east coast dates. The dynamic duo; lute player George Xylouris and drummer Jim White, will also include Meeniyan, Hepburn Springs, Hobart, Wollongong and Canberra alongside big city plays in Sydney and Melbourne. The tour comes off the back of 2023’s release The Forest in Me, an instrumental album drawn from multiple sessions spawned across two continents; Jim in New York City and George in Crete and pulled together by…

1 September 2023

Out now: Gena Rose Bruce – Lighting Up EP

Delicate vocals and breathtaking strings imbue the latest EP Lighting Up from singer-songwriter Gena Rose Bruce out now. Following her critically acclaimed album Deep Is The Way, Lighting Up features the brand new title track alongside reimaginings of album songs, new life breathed into them by the ethereal Budapest Art Orchestra. This weekend Bruce will mesmerise audiences in the UK appearing at End Of The Road Festival and then Reeperbahn…

1 September 2023

Listen: Carla Geneve – ‘Euthymia’

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Carla Geneve today shares the second cut ‘Euthymia’ from her upcoming album HERTZ out 27th October – ‘Euthymia’ is Geneve at her most authentic. The track lands alongside news of the expansion of her national tour. As the clinical term for a state of balance within bipolar disorder, ‘Euthymia’ embodies its namesake – Geneve’s angelic, yet reserved tones float across bobbing acoustic guitar, later joined by restrained drums and licks of electric guitar. She shares “This song is about peace, growth…

1 September 2023

Announced: Glenn Hopper – Something About The Weather + ‘Easy Way Out’

Sydney’s multi-hyphenate Glenn Hopper follows up his melancholic debut single with the shimmering piano ballad ‘Easy Way Out’. The track lands alongside news of his first EP Something About The Weather which will arrive on Friday, 13th October. With a measured blend of humour and sincerity, ‘Easy Way Out’ explores a crisis of identity and motivation. Early 2022, in the aftermath of a heavy breakup is when the phrase “there is no easy way out” came to him, the idea that one often looks for…

1 September 2023

Announced: Pale Saints – In Ribbons 30th Anniversary Reissue

Pale Saints announce an expanded reissue of their 1992 album In Ribbons, featuring previously unreleased demo’s and two reworks by The Tintwistle Band to be released October 6th. Missing its original release date last year due to Covid delays and production plant woes, the record, which Pitchfork named one of The Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time, is finally getting the 30th Anniversary celebration it deserves with a special double LP / CD release. Pre-order In Ribbons 30th Anniversary Reissue: https://4ad.ffm.to/inribbons30