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...
Discover slightly longer reads with an anthology of our favourite ‘Sunday Classic’ albums.
NOVEMBER
Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
Our November Record of the Month is Nobody Loves You More, the first full-length album from cult musician and legit cultural icon, Kim Deal.
FEATURE
The La’s - The La’s
One of the best eponymous albums ever. One of the finest debut albums ever. One of the most genuinely timeless albums ever.
SEPTEMBER
Kit Sebastian - New Internationale
The sound of early Autumn 2024 is very much the swirling and evocative combination of Anatolian rock and vintage global grooves…
FEATURE
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
The iconic second LP from A Tribe Called Quest. An absolute classic of murky beats, hazy samples and bubbling lyrical flows.