Thea Gustafsson – who writes, records, and produces under the moniker Becky and the Birds – turns a new leaf, entering an era of creative freedom and emotional release with her self-produced debut album Only Music Makes Me Cry Now, out today. Her new single ‘To trust you’ contributes an air of vulnerability to the LP’s emotively hard-hitting and sonically diverse soundscape through hypnotic looped vocals, stomping 808s, and transportive electric...
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British electronic duo Overmono return with new single ‘Good Lies’, the title track taken from their highly anticipated debut album, out via XL Recordings on Friday 12 May 2023. On ‘Good Lies’, vocals from Norwegian act Smerz are layered over a skittering two-step beat, building synths, and rumbling bassline to create a euphoric, pop-leaning track that shines. Overmono says “Good lies was the first track we wrote that we knew was going to be part of the album. The...
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Rough Trade and Remote Control are very excited to announce the exquisite debut solo album by award winning writer, singer and musician Josienne Clarke. Watch the video for ‘If I Didn’t Mind’ from the forthcoming album below. In All Weather is a new collection of songs, in which she goes it alone; musically, as this is her first solo record, and in her own life, laid bare and played out in...
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Sampha announces details of his highly-anticipated debut album. Titled Process, the ten track album will be released on Friday 3rd February 2017 via Young / Remote Control Records, featuring the singles ‘Timmy’s Prayer’ and ‘Blood On Me’. Since the release of his debut Sundanza EP in 2010 and 2013’s Dual EP, Sampha has quietly but assuredly become one of the UK’s most enigmatic and respected artists. Still just twenty seven years old,...
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Big Smoke have released their highly anticipated debut album Time Is Golden. The album, which was completed after singer and songwriter Adrian Slattery passed away, is an astounding and virtuosic document of a songwriter and a band at the height of their respective powers. Time Is Golden is cinematic, breathtakingly powerful and heartbreakingly intimate – a triumph in the face of unimaginable adversity. Above everything else, the album is a testament to the band’s determination...
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