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Kamasi Washington - Heaven & Earth

Kamasi Washington follows his incredible debut album - The Epic - with a hugely audacious double album about Earth, Heaven and the paths and connections. It's an album of incredible scope, so many...

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs

Record of the Week is an album that we have been absolutely playing to death these last few weeks. Melbourne's Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever release their first full-length LP on...

Boy Azooga - 1, 2, Kung Fu!

1, 2, Kung Fu! is the debut album from Boy Azooga on Heavenly Recordings, a band we're THRILLED to have join us this summer in Totnes for Sea Change.You can...

Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer

Record of the Week is God’s Favorite Customer, Josh Tillman's fourth album as Father John Misty. It's not as gushy as Honeybear and not as decadent as Pure Comedy, it's all...

Ari Roar - Calm Down

Calm Down is the debut album from Ari Roar on Bella Union. It's a real beauty and the very embodiment of short and sweet. Clocking at just 28 minutes, few...

It's a four way tie...

Something great has happened this week. For the first time (that I can remember), Drift internally have failed to agree on this week’s Record of the Week. We have a...

Beach House - 7

Record of the Week is album number seven - 7 - from Beach House. They have always had the ability to create rich sonic spaces, but 7 might be their...

Jon Hopkins - Singularity

Record of the Week is a huge return in our world from Jon Hopkins. It is his first full-length solo outing since our 2013’s Record of the Year, Immunity and is...

Speedy Ortiz - Twerp Verse

Twerp Verse is the third full LP from the marvellous Speedy Ortiz. We've always dug these guys, a sparkling pop sensitive garage band who are tight, smart and unified, but...

Drinks - Hippo Lite

Back in the real world, Record of the Week is an absolutely bonkers album of trippy pop nuggets. We went nuts for the debut Drinks LP Hermits on Holiday a...

Rival Consoles - Persona

Very welcome return today on Erased Tapes from Rival Consoles with an absolute banger of an LP called Persona. We were lucky enough to be sent a copy a while back and...

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Sex & Food

The mighty Unknown Mortal Orchestra return with Sex & Food and it's a knockout! The fourth LP isn't too markedly different from their previous three - the occasional burning solo, densely...