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...
AUGUST
The Bug Club - On The Intricate Inner Workings Of The System
We have been preaching feverishly at The Bug Club altar for quite some time now, so it’ll come as little surprise to anyone that their Sub Pop debut is very...
FEATURE
Gene Clark - No Other
Originally released in September 1974, No Other is an absolutely extraordinary album of Country-steeped rock and roll balladeering from The Byrds founding member, Gene Clark. An LP of huge innovation...
FEATURE
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
Released in September 1970, Curtis is the eponymous solo debut from Curtis Mayfield, an album soothing soul and biting social commentary.