Collections
Ambient
Some call it environmental music; Erik Satie called it furniture music (our favourite); but Brian Eno called it Ambient, and that's what stuck. Includes new age; drone; minimal electronic; and the softer side of experimental.
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Balladeers
Hard-learned life lessons from the cult-troubadours and long-roaming raconteurs. Tales of darkness and light with songs about all the vices. It's not a Country thing, it's just singing it like it is with a knowing gleam in the eye.
Best Sellers
Popular, in demand, new, recent, back in stock, on the stereo and featured at Drift!
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Books & Zines
We love stocking books and magazines, they feel very much part of the same culture as the records we rack. Most of the books are about music, some aren't.
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Country, Americana
Country rock and roll right through to traditional American roots music and old fashioned Country. We love the new generation of voices, stories and outlaws.
Dinked Editions
Limited, special vinyl editions available exclusively at Drift. Dinked is a collective of like-minded, independent record shops from all over the UK and Ireland, working together to release music we love.
Electronic
Compiled of electro, house, techno, disco, downtempo, IDM, italo, synth and synthpop. It also crosses over into Experimental.
Experimental
Incorporating elements of noise, free jazz, minimal electronic music, field recordings, metal, drones and loops. All require more investment, all offer huge rewards.
Folk, Traditional
Early and traditional music, with contemporary folk voices too. Incorporates field recordings and Blues.
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Funk & Soul
Releases that are Funk, Soul and all the crossovers in between. Traditional stylings through to modern adaptations, including Acid jazz and Afrobeat.
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High Culture
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Indie Record Shop Exclusives
Coloured vinyl, extra tracks, deluxe packaging and bonus stuff. Don't sleep on them, Indie Shop Exclusives they are always limited quantities.
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Indie, Alternative
That is quite a broad term right? We mean a collection of singer-songwriters, pop bands, non-traditional folk musicians and rock that isn't too heavy. Daytime 6Music vibes.
Jazz
Bop, Modal and West Coast, Bossa nova, free jazz and experimental, Ethio jazz, spiritual and a lot of contemporary. We've also been loving the current Blue Note reissue series.
Latest Releases
Released in the last few weeks; this is what is currently on the walls at Drift.
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Merch & Gifts
Drift vibrations on tees, sweats, totes and more. Seasonal tones and our favourite prints, wear them and think of us. All our clothing uses the best quality garments, they are built to last and made to feel premium.
Post-punk and Art rock
Dark, heavy and bleak, but not without humour. Social commentary, dissatisfaction, kicking against the apathy (pricks) and taking us on a trip to get there. Ranting and screaming guitar based music that layers to euphoria.
Punk, Rock, Metal
Also includes Krautrock, garage, grunge, alternative, hardcore, post-punk, drone, no wave and doom. This is plugged-in guitar based music.
Record Store Day
Available titles released exclusively on Record Store Day over the years.
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Records of the Year / July 2023
Beach days and big summer pop energy, beautiful voices, moody electronic washes, a tirade of riffs and the most epic returns.
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Records of the Year / June 2023
Those first summer nights with country-tinged scorchers, Zamrock, bubbling pop dreams, full-throated freakouts and an exotic take on Middle Eastern spaghetti Western.
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RECORDS OF THE YEAR / May 2022
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Records of the Year / November 2023
Taking stock with firebrand new shoegaze, rousing vocals, brain-blastin’ smashers, experimental techno and well-boiled endorphins.
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Records of the Year / September 2023
A goliath of a month with complex and knotty layers, dream pop icons, nocturnal jazz, rock belters, transcendental headspaces and soul voices.
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Records of the Year 2024
A collection of albums to cover the last 12 months of releases, with all the records that have especially struck a chord with us over the counter and on the stereo.
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Records of the Year 2025
The best of 2025, with all the albums that have been on heavy rotation on the shop stereo and doing brisk business over the counter too. Read more.
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Reissues
"New Not New". All time classics, anniversary editions, long lost gems and obscure favourites, the best new reissues at Drift.
Sale
New releases, previous Record Store Day releases, the odd box set, warehouse finds and plenty more. Adding more daily so keep clicking, but when they're gone... They're gone!
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SAYONARA
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Singer-Songwriter
All about the voice here. Big crossovers into folk, pop, country and Americana and even electronic.
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Soundtracks
Film soundtracks and original scores. Contemporary giants and some of the most iconic of all time.
