Hayley Scott

Benefits

Constant Noise

Like Underworld fronted by Simon Armitage, the Middlesbrough duo offer a trenchant call to arms, finds Hayley Scott

Rattle

Encircle

Percussion-heavy UK duo offer up a sinuous ritual born of sound, space, and a little bit of magick

John Glacier

Like A Ribbon

East Londoner sends fuzzy transmissions from an alternate dimension, finds Hayley Scott

Cate Brooks

Prismatics

The glossy idealism of consumer electronics is given a sinister twist in the latest from the English electronic artist aka The Advisory Circle

The Waeve

City Lights

On their second album, Rose Elinor Dougall and Graham Coxon are operating with a significantly expanded palette, finds Hayley Scott

The Soundcarriers

Through Other Reflections

Nottingham quartet evoke an aquarian age of pastoral British psychedelia, finds Hayley Scott

Phosphene

The Amber Time Machine

Serene psychedelia is occasionally interrupted by moments of chaos on an album which sees author and broadcaster John Cavanagh collaborating with a host of guests from Glasgow Improvers’ Orchestra, Bis, and Two Wings

NEBEL 3000

Frankenstein Freakout

Punk rock energy, madcap samples and a delirious eclecticism blur the lines between trashy and arty, finds Hayley Scott

Eric Chenaux Trio

Delights of My Life

Woozy, semi-improvised jazz ballads collide with celestial sophisti-pop as the Canadian songwriter jams loose with Philippe Melanson and Ryan Driver

Still House Plants

If i don’t make it, i love u

For their third album, the London via Glasgow trio trawl through their teenage idols and smash them all to pieces, finds Hayley Scott

Laetitia Sadier

Rooting For Love

The former Stereolab singer practices radical self-care on her first solo album since 2017

Where Were You – Independent Music From Leeds (1978–1989)

Various Artists

A new compilation of tracks by The Mekons, The Mission, Scritti Politti and The Wedding Present squarely cements the place of Leeds on the UK’s musical map, finds Hayley Scott

Jellyskin

In Brine

Leeds duo take experimental pop down to the very depths of the ocean, finds Hayley Scott

Future Hauntology: An Interview With Memorials

Following the release of their debut album, consisting of two very different soundtracks, Verity Susman and Matthew Simms speak to Hayley Scott about new collaboration Memorials

Sleaford Mods

UK Grim

Andrew Fearn and Jason Williamson return, just as pissed off as ever, finds Hayley Scott

Dry Cleaning

Stumpwork

South London quartet follow up their critically acclaimed *New Long Leg* with a more sombre record shot through with stony-faced rage

Crack Cloud

Tough Baby

The DIY collective cast any semblance of genre to the wind, as choirs and strings rub up against kazzos and jagged guitars

Reissue Of The Week: Broadcast – Microtronics, MITMW & BBC Sessions

Hayley Scott casts her eyes of a trio of timely Broadcast reissues, Microtronics, Mother Is The Milky Way and BBC Maida Vale Sessions

Anxiety Is Our Natural State: Hey What by Low

Low follow Double Negative with an equally enthralling effort that encourages us to stop worrying and learn to live through fear, finds Hayley Scott

Anika

Change

The Berlin-based artist's first LP in 11 years is an electronic pop treatise on the nature of evil, finds Hayley C Scott

The Goon Sax

Mirror II

Brisbane's The Goon Sax offers petulant romanticism and surreal imagery across a broad stylistic sweep, finds Hayley Scott

A Definitive Rant: The Fall’s Slates 40 Years On

Hayley Scott looks back four decades to the EP – or album if that's the way you see it – that really go things rolling when it came to what The Fall were about

Mush

Lines Redacted

Leeds post-punks Mush have returned. And they have brought the riffs. Hayley Scott smells a potential future classic

BOB

You Can Stop That For A Start

A time capsule from the early 90s proves remarkably timely, finds Hayley Scott

Cate Le Bon

Reward

Reward, the new record by Cate Le Bon, finds the Welsh musician moving into ever stranger territory while summing up the best of all her previous records, finds Hayley Scott

DUDS

Immediate

You never know what they’re going to do next, but it’ll definitely be brilliant

Sauna Youth

Deaths

The last in their trilogy – a haphazard, bristling triumph

Virginia Wing

Ecstatic Arrow

Melody, colour and introspection lead the way through frustration into something more powerful

Parquet Courts

Wide Awake

Dance, dance and be angry

The Orielles

Silver Dollar Moment

An idiosyncratic piece of perfect indie pop from Heavenly Recordings

Various Artists

C87 & C88

Following Cherry Red's extended C86 compilation, two ‘imaginary’ sequels - including The Sea Urchins, The Wake and The House Of Love.

Look Blue Go Purple

Still Bewitched