Beautiful voices, immaculate production and 101 other wonderful noises. It is a BIG week in the racks.
So firstly, Adrianne Lenker’s magnificent Bright Future is out now. It is our Record of the Month and you can read a little more here and cop that ECO vinyl here. It sounds even more majestic on the Drift shop stereo, it has to be said.
Our Record of the week is Tigers Blood, the glorious new album from Katie Crutchfeld as Waxahatchee. Picking up where she left off with the landmark Saint Cloud LP, this is heartbreaking roots and country music, but the difference is how she subtly brings back in some of the scuzz and fuzz of her early Waxahatchee days. Heartbreaking and raw, it’s an uncannily gratifying listen with deeper melancholy on the repeat plays. A superb artist in tip-top form.
Julia Holter returns on Domino this week with Something in the Room She Moves and it is so dreamy! Musically there is such a richness with gently humming reeds and a fretless bass guitar that really glides, but it’s her voice that is so enthralling this time out. Mostly whispered, it's all such an immersive and nurturing vibe. We genuinely felt much better after listening to this album.
+ Available on limited double 'Calder' Red vinyl.
+ We also have limited signed glossy prints.
Released as a limited edition pressing as part of Weird Walk's new Record Cult, Daisy Rickman’s Howl is absolutely the real deal. Very much a folk album, there are all sorts of smart and curious little gestures which keep it suitably weird and her voice is just so enthralling. Deserves to be huge.
+ Available on very limited Gold colour vinyl.
Having recently provided guest vocals to last year's new The Chemical Brothers LP, multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer Halo Maud returns this week on Heavenly with her new Celebrate album. It is such a lavish treat, with woozing and vintage dream-pop and layers of psychedelia. In a very full week, this is one of the albums that you must promise to spend a bit of time with as it has such charm.
Alongside today’s announcement that UK post-punk trailblazers Billy Mahonie return with a first new LP in some 24 years under the Dinked badge, we also have two absolute beauties this week that we were very proud to be involved in.
Lighthouse is the debut LP from Jana Bahrich as Francis Of Delirium and it really is fantastic. Every so often someone puts out an album that really feels like something. This one feels like adolescence and finding your place in the world, and managing to capture that without relying on overused platitudes. It really has it going on.
All Now is the fourth album and hugely triumphant return of The Staves. It was produced by John Congleton, giving it both gloss and some weirdness, but the hero remains their rich voices. Sisters Jessica and Camilla (now a duo after the third sister in the group, Emily, decided to step away from the band to focus on motherhood) really do sound incredible together, a divine duo.
Oh how we do love being Dinked!
Swansongs is the new LP from American songwriter Odetta Hartman and it’s sultry stuff. Classically trained and raised on traditional music, this one is quite a departure with glossy pop production and slow grinding timbres. Self-described as "cowboy soul, future folk", it’s really full of character.
+ Available on Limited Milky Clear colour vinyl.
As many of you will remember, we all (Lee especially) went totally wild for Swiss group Klaus Johann Grobe’s 2018 Du bist so symmetrisch LP, so we are well-hyped to have them back on Trouble In Mind this week with the all-new Io tu il loro. Broadly a more subtle affair, but still so rich in vintage hues and ear-worm pop idiosyncrasies. A great band.
Electronic musician Jlin returns on Planet Mu with her hugely impressive new Akoma album. It is so meticulous in it’s tiny beats and clicks, creating dense and captivating suites. We’ve only listed once all the way through now, but this really is one to check out and one that we’ll be talking about for ages. Oh yeah, it features guest appearances from Björk, Philip Glass and Kronos Quartet… 🤯
+ Available on limited Gold colour vinyl.
Bite Down is the Merge Records debut from acclaimed songwriter Rosali. It’s another of this week's beautiful vocal performances, with such effortless grace and sweet melody. The band and guests create such a warm base and leave Rosali ample room at the front. Really great stuff.
+ Available on Exclusive Pink Vinyl.
+ We have some signed posters.
Drift favourites Fears return on the esteemed TULLE label with Affinity this week. Constance’s voice here is very special indeed, hushed lullabies that ebb and flow in and out of smoky production.
+ Available in Indie Exclusive Pink Marble coloured vinyl.
Mercury Prize nominated composer & alto saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi releases her new Gratitude composition with the seed. ensemble on International Anthem Recording Co. Now this is some lofty stuff - stunning subtlety.
+ Available on exclusive Smoke In The Sun colour vinyl.
Also this week. NYC icons Gossip release the pounding new Real Power. Psychedelic post-punks VR SEX release the blazing Hard Copy on Dais Records. Rocket Recordings release The BBC Sessions from sonic adventurers The Utopia Strong. A revitalised elbow return with their tenth studio LP, AUDIO VERTIGO. We have some matching tote bags in the shop! Glasgow Eyes is the new studio LP from icons The Jesus And Mary Chain. We still have a few of the Translucent Red vinyl edition. Little Sun is the new LP from folk troubadour Charlie Parr and it has such a good spirit to it, we’ve been playing this quite a bit. Feel Worse is the new album from London noise-rock quartet USA Nails. Sinseerly Yours is the new set from iconic RnB act Thee Sinseers on Colemine Records and it is pretty much bottled feel-good swagger!
We have just a last few copies of Metronomy and Pan Amsterdam’s collaborative Nice Town 12” on Ninja Tune, we also have the super limited Fat Dog All The Same 7” on Domino, and boy are we into those guys.
Guys, Andre 3000 is close! We have CD copies of New Blue Sun in the building and we expect our LP stock to arrive late next week. Glorious stuff.
So lastly today, a hugely ambitious new LP that has absolutely blown our minds! Japanese shredders Bo Ningen have only written, performed and recorded a live score to the most mind-blasting of all cult movies in The Holy Mountain. Alejandro Jodorowsky’s 1973 surreal opus remains like nothing else and Bo Ningen have genuinely taken it somewhere even darker and more driving. Serious stuff and this limited 3LP set is suitably lavish.
