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Indie & Alternative

Starting with the newest titles, bellow is all the Indie and Alternative Music that we currently have in stock at Drift. Indie.. Alt... it's more of a collection of Singer-Songwriters, Pop Bands, non-traditional Folk musicians, contemporary Country singers, Rock & Roll.... a bit of everything.

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    Juniore - Un Deux Trois

    Juniore

    Un Deux Trois

    Outré

    From £9.99
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    • Juniore - Un Deux Trois
    • Juniore - Un Deux Trois

    Juniore - Un Deux Trois

    £24.99

    LabelOutré
    InfoCD or LP24th February 2020
    Dinked Edition No. 37+ Unique alternative colourway sleeve+ Heavyweight Vinyl+ Numbered Edition of 500+ Exclusive bonus 7”+ Drinks Coaster /... View Details
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    Royal Trux - Quantum Entanglement

    Royal Trux

    Quantum Entanglement

    Fat Possum

    £20.99
    • Royal Trux - Quantum Entanglement

    Royal Trux - Quantum Entanglement

    £20.99

    LabelFat Possum
    InfoLP29th November 2019
    Greatest Hits of Royal Trux - tracks taken from multiple albums throughout the bands history. View Details
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    Jeff Buckley - Live On KCRW: Morning Becomes Eclectic

    Jeff Buckley

    Live On KCRW: Morning...

    Sony

    £25.99
    • Jeff Buckley - Live On KCRW: Morning Becomes Eclectic

    Jeff Buckley - Live On KCRW: Morning Becomes Eclectic

    £25.99

    LabelSony
    InfoLP29th November 2019
    One of the most magical, as-yet unreleased live performances by Jeff Buckley debuts on vinyl as part of the continuing... View Details
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    Cornershop - England Is A Garden

    Cornershop

    England Is A Garden

    Ample Play Records

    From £10.99
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    Cornershop - England Is A Garden

    £25.99

    LabelAmple Play Records
    InfoCD or LP6th March 2020
    + Limited Indie double LP is limited to just 1000 copies and is pressed on coloured vinyl, one green & one... View Details
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    Douglas Dare - Milkteeth

    Douglas Dare

    Milkteeth

    Erased Tapes

    From £12.99
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    • Douglas Dare - Milkteeth

    Douglas Dare - Milkteeth

    £26.99

    LabelErased Tapes
    InfoCD & LP21st February 2020
    Available as Dinked Edition No 35:+ Exclusive alternative sleeve art+ Pressed on colour vinyl+ Limited to 300 hand numbered editionsEnglish... View Details
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    Spinning Coin - Hyacinth

    Spinning Coin

    Hyacinth

    Geographic

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    Spinning Coin - Hyacinth

    £23.99

    LabelGeographic
    InfoCD, LP & Deluxe LP21st February 2020
    A brave step forward, Hyacinth is an album full of poetry, light and warmth of heart, and presents a band... View Details
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    Clock Opera - Carousel

    Clock Opera

    Carousel

    League Of Imaginary Na...

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    Clock Opera - Carousel

    £17.99

    LabelLeague Of Imaginary Nations/ !K7 Collective
    InfoCD & LP7th December 2019
    Clock Opera release their long-awaited third album Carousel on League of Imaginary Nations / !K7 Collective. Carousel takes a unique and... View Details
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    Drive-By Truckers - The Unraveling

    Drive-By Truckers

    By Truckers

    ATO

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    Drive-By Truckers - The Unraveling

    £9.99

    LabelATO
    InfoCD & LP31st January 2020
    The Unraveling is the 12th studio album  from Drive-By Truckers, and first new LP in more than three years – their  longest... View Details
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    Nada Surf - Never Not Together

    Nada Surf

    Never Not Together

    City Slang

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    • Nada Surf - Never Not Together

    Nada Surf - Never Not Together

    £10.99

    LabelCity Slang
    InfoCD & LP7th February 2020
    With their ninth studio album, Nada Surf, who are Matthew Caws, Daniel Lorca, Ira Elliot, and their longtime friend and... View Details
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    The Dilllinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine

    The Dilllinger Escape ...

    Miss Machine

    Relapse Records

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    The Dilllinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity

    The Dilllinger Escape ...

    Calculating Infinity

    Relapse Records

    From £7.99
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    The Dilllinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity

    £7.99

    LabelRelapse Records
    InfoCD & 2LP29th November 2019
    First album from The Dilllinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity gets a 20th Anniversary reissue on CD and 2LP View Details
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    Islet - Eyelet

    Islet

    Eyelet

    Fire Records

    From £11.99
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    Islet - Eyelet

    £21.99

    LabelFire Records
    InfoCD or LP6th March 2020
    A Powys trio whose free-spirited invention and exuberant intensity flows through experimental pop: hypnotic, exhilarating and defiantly unique. The Welsh... View Details
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    Circa Waves - Sad Happy

    Circa Waves

    Sad Happy

    Prolifica Inc.

    From £9.99
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    Circa Waves - Sad Happy

    £21.99

    LabelProlifica Inc.
    InfoCD or LP13th March 2019
    An album of our times, ‘Sad Happy’ is formed of two diametrically distinctive sides – the first half of the... View Details
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    Boniface - Boniface

    Boniface

    Boniface

    Transgressive

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    Boniface - Boniface

    £18.99

    LabelTransgressive
    InfoCD & LP14th February 2020
    The self-titled debut from Canadian solo artist Boniface is a catalogue of  formative coming-of-age experiences, each moment captured in diary-like... View Details
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    Johnny Marr - Single Life [Limited Edition 7" Box Set]

    Johnny Marr

    Single Life [Limited ...

    New Voodoo Records

    £96.99
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    Grotbags - Grotbags

    Grotbags

    Grotbags

    Dipped In Gold Recordings

    £16.99
    • Grotbags - Grotbags

    Grotbags - Grotbags

    £16.99

    LabelDipped In Gold Recordings
    InfoLP14th February 2020
    When a band proclaims themselves "The Greatest Band in the World" and nobody opposes it then it's probably true. Dipped... View Details
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    Baxter Dury - The Night Chancers

    Baxter Dury

    The Night Chancers

    Heavenly

    From £9.99
    • Baxter Dury - The Night Chancers

    Baxter Dury - The Night Chancers

    £9.99

    LabelHeavenly
    InfoCD & LP20th March 2020
    Baxter Dury presents his brand new album The Night Chancers through Heavenly Recordings. The album was co - produced by long time... View Details
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    Blue Bendy - Suspension

    Blue Bendy

    Suspension

    Too Old For This

    £5.99
    • Blue Bendy - Suspension

    Blue Bendy - Suspension

    £5.99

    LabelToo Old For This
    Info7"18th November 2019
    Suspension is the debut 7" from South London's Blue Bendy - a breathless combination of pastoral psychedelia and jaunty post-punk.... View Details
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    Pale Saints - The Comforts Of Madness [30th Anniversary Remaster]

    Pale Saints

    The Comforts Of Madne...

    4AD

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    • Pale Saints - The Comforts Of Madness [30th Anniversary Remaster]

    Pale Saints - The Comforts Of Madness [30th Anniversary Remaster]

    £22.99

    Label4AD
    InfoCD or LP17th January 2020
    On the eve of a post-Thatcherite Britain, the Pale Saints, alongside the likes of Lush, Ride and Slowdive, were ushering... View Details
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    Moses Sumney - græ

    Moses Sumney

    græ

    Jagjaguwar

    From £9.99
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    • Moses Sumney - græ

    Moses Sumney - græ

    £9.99

    LabelJagjaguwar
    InfoCD & LP15th May 2020
    ++LP limited edition black and white vinylMoses Sumney evades definition as an act of duty: technicolour videos and monochrome clothes;... View Details
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    Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band - Nightmare Forever

    Nolan Potter's Nightma...

    Nightmare Forever

    Castle Face

    From £14.99
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    Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band - Nightmare Forever

    £14.99

    LabelCastle Face
    InfoCD & LP6th December 2019
    "Nightmare in name only, the inspiration runs white-hot with this one—the wizard’s gaze cast over a distant landscape, bits of... View Details
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    Grimes - Miss Anthropocene

    Grimes

    Miss Anthropocene

    4AD

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    • Grimes - Miss Anthropocene

    Grimes - Miss Anthropocene

    £14.99

    Label4AD
    InfoCD & LP21st February 2020
    Grimes releases her long awaited new album Miss Anthropocene on 21 Feb 2020 on 4AD. Includes the singles” So Heavy... View Details
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    Villagers - The Sunday Walker EP

    Villagers

    The Sunday Walker EP

    Domino

    £11.99
    • Villagers - The Sunday Walker EP

    Villagers - The Sunday Walker EP

    £11.99

    LabelDomino
    Info12" EP22nd November 2019
    As autumn draws in, Villagers are here with The Sunday Walker EP. The four tracks collected are primarily songs recorded... View Details
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    Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Blue Moon Rising EP

    Noel Gallagher's High ...

    Blue Moon Rising EP

    Sour Mash Records

    £12.99
    • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Blue Moon Rising EP

    Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Blue Moon Rising EP

    £12.99

    LabelSour Mash Records
    Info12" EP6th March 2020
    + Limited edition Indie Shop version is pressed on gold coloured vinyl. Noel says of the 'Blue Moon Rising' track:... View Details
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    Bill Fay - Countless Branches [2019 Repress]

    Bill Fay

    Countless Branches [2...

    Dead Oceans

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    • Bill Fay - Countless Branches [2019 Repress]

    Bill Fay - Countless Branches [2019 Repress]

    £21.99

    LabelDead Oceans
    InfoCD or LP17th January 2020
    Bill Fay returns with the third album in the celebrated second phase of his recording career. A prime Fay song... View Details
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    Okay Kaya - Watch This Liquid Pour Itself

    Okay Kaya

    Watch This Liquid Pou...

    Jagjaguwar

    From £9.99
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    Okay Kaya - Watch This Liquid Pour Itself

    £18.99

    LabelJagjaguwar
    InfoCD or LP24th January 2020
    In Okay Kaya songs, her world looks a lot like ours — Netflix, jetlag, vegan peanut butter and chocolate ice... View Details
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    A Girl Called Eddy - Been Around

    A Girl Called Eddy

    Been Around

    Elefant

    From £11.99
    • A Girl Called Eddy - Been Around

    A Girl Called Eddy - Been Around

    £11.99

    LabelElefant
    InfoCD & LP17th January 2020
    A little more than a year ago Elefant released a very special album from a new project called The Last... View Details
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    James Righton - The Performer

    James Righton

    The Performer

    DEEWEE

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    • James Righton - The Performer

    James Righton - The Performer

    £9.99

    LabelDEEWEE
    InfoCD & LP20th March 2020
    After coming to prominence as the frontman of the Mercury Prize-winning Klaxons, recording with Arctic Monkeys, and crafting his Shock... View Details
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After coming to prominence as the frontman of the Mercury Prize-winning Klaxons, recording with Arctic Monkeys, and crafting his Shock Machine project, James Righton now brings us his debut solo album The Performer. Its an album that stands in stark contrast to the electro-hedonism of his work with Klaxons. Instead, it spins through various points from 1970 onwards. It touches on the suave art-lounge of Roxy Music, the jangly grooves of R.E.M., the sumptuous psychedelia of latter day Beach Boys, and the songwriting gift of Nick Lowe. In short, it uses classic elements as the groundwork for something which feels a natural fit for right now.

Those influences permeate the album’s title track and lead single. On one hand, it’s an existential dilemma of trying to reconcile the flamboyance of being an artist with the mundanity of family life. On the other, it’s escapist – slipping into another identity allows them to co-exist without one overruling the other. As Righton questions, “Am I this showman up on stage? Or am I the dad changing nappies? Am I living in the moment and doing something enjoyable? Or am I fucking miserable? I find that really interesting: this idea of putting on a suit and becoming this other thing.”

The album’s flits between two core themes. Fatherhood has changed Righton’s life. It’s altered the relationship with his wife Keira Knightley, which he explores on the 90s-tinged pop-rock of ‘Start’ and the crescendo that soars through ‘Lessons In Dreamland, Pt2’. But there are simpler emotions too, with the unrequited love and sweet harmonies of ‘Edie’, a song he wrote for his daughter when she was just a few days old.

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1. The Performer
2. Edie
3. See The Monster
4. Devil is Loose
5. Lessons In Dreamland, Pt1
6. Are You With Me?
7. Start
8. Heavy Heart
9. Lessons In Dreamland, Pt2

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