The year Nate Daviau spent falling apart became his debut EP
Recorded during Daviau's first year of sobriety, The Apology's title track was written before recovery, walking through the addiction cycle in real time rather than looking back on it.
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The Healing Power of Horses release debut EP Summer Indoors (or outside wearing black)
Two acclaimed singles down, The Healing Power of Horses release their first EP and confirm a run of summer and autumn shows.
Jo From School shares new single 'Weight' ahead of debut EP Grace, Flair & Distance on 7th August
Jo Geller works part-time at Alexandra Palace ice rink and is releasing her debut EP on Chess Club Records on 7th August. 'Weight', filmed in Wales by her sister, is the final single.
Phoebe Bridgers shares 'Lost Boy (Acoustic)' and announces 300 global midnight listening parties for Lost Weekend
Phoebe Bridgers performed 'Lost Boy' on The Tonight Show twice in one week: first with a band of children, then acoustically with veteran musicians. The acoustic version is out now and 300 midnight listening parties follow on 13th August.
Man/Woman/Chainsaw share album closer 'Something Else To Give' as Cannonball confirmed as Rough Trade's Album of the Month
Man/Woman/Chainsaw have shared 'Something Else To Give', the closing track of their debut album Cannonball, out 7th August via Fiction Records,...
Asha Jefferies shares new single 'Cool Guy' from sophomore album Desire Is An Angel
Asha Jefferies' album treats desire as a path to self-knowledge rather than a form of lack. 'Cool Guy' is what that philosophy sounds like when the longing is not returned.
Overmono and John Joseph Holt share new single 'Knight In Shining Prada' from album Pure Devotion
Overmono's Prophet analogue synthesiser, a voice note from The Fens and 80 attempts to get it right: 'Knight In Shining Prada' is the centrepiece of Pure Devotion and a tribute that earns every second of that care.
Sharp Pins reissue teenage cassette Mod Mayday 23 on vinyl and share new single 'Saturday Sun'
Sharp Pins' teenage cassette debut gets its first vinyl release in September. Kai Slater plays King Tut's, The Deaf Institute and the ICA this August. 'Saturday Sun' bridges the two moments.
Brann Dailor lost his mother and his bandmate of 25 years in the same year. Marrow Deep is how Mastodon processed both.
Mastodon lost Brent Hinds in 2025 and Brann Dailor lost his mother. Marrow Deep, their ninth album and first without Hinds, addresses both losses directly, with the Three Fates of Greek mythology as its conceptual framework. It arrives on 28th August.
Sam Tompkins' father died in 2023. His second album closes with a home video of him.
'Crawling Out My Skin' is about appreciating life when it is just ordinary and stable. Sam Tompkins recorded it outside in a garden at the end of a writing camp. It is one of his best songs.
Frost Children's Tweaker Poem is out now: six songs made in 24 hours in Tokyo after fleeing a stalker
Frost Children fled a stalker in New York, flew to Tokyo and made six songs in a single sleepless sitting. Tweaker Poem, three minutes long and out today, is one of the most emotionally charged releases of the year.
TV Priest announce new album Cartoons and share new single 'Love Song (A Good Kind of Weapon)'
TV Priest have never written a love song before. 'Love Song (A Good Kind of Weapon)' is their first, and it arrives as the most emotionally open and most immediately beautiful thing they have released.
Willie J Healey announces new EP 143 and shares lead single 'Ditch'
'Ditch' was sent from above, with the windows all the way down and Loren Humphrey at the wheel. Willie J Healey has described his new EP as his most Neil yet. Both of these descriptions make complete sense.
Jawdropped announce debut album Secret to Spare and share new single 'Split Lip'
The Lemonheads, Teenage Fanclub, Dinosaur Jr. and the darker side of Los Angeles: Jawdropped's debut album is an immediately loveable piece of alt-country-adjacent indie rock from a band with nothing to lose and everything to say.
Really Good Time release 'The Love Song' ahead of debut album as bassist takes the mic for the first time
Three weeks before Affirmations, Really Good Time release the most warmly human thing they have ever made. Basist Jacque le Coque takes lead vocals for the first time. Tell your friends you love them.
Brooklyn songwriter Belle Blue shares new single 'Wash' and announces East Coast tour including Newport Folk Festival debut
A Brooklyn teenager with a Newport Folk Festival debut and a single that sounds like it has been distilled from years of patience: Belle Blue is one to watch, and 'Wash' makes that case plainly.
Ezra Collective share new single 'Well Organised' featuring Lila Iké from album Here Because Of Hope
Ezra Collective heard a steel pan line at a Hackney youth club, recorded it on a phone and built a summer anthem around it. 'Well Organised', featuring Lila Iké and interpolating Max Romeo, is their best single in years.
Oasis share first teaser for reunion documentary Don't Look Back In Anger, in cinemas 11th September
One year on from Cardiff, Oasis have shared the first teaser for their reunion documentary. Don't Look Back In Anger opens in IMAX on 11th September and features the brothers' first joint interview in over 20 years.
All Points East announces new acts for Deftones' Outbreak London headline show on 23rd August
IDLES, Amyl and the Sniffers and Interpol on the same bill as Deftones, Mannequin Pussy and JPEGMAFIA: All Points East Outbreak London is one of the summer's most essential days out.
Jorja Smith announces third album What Are The Odds and shares new single 'Alive' featuring Wizkid
Jorja Smith made her third album in three sessions after visiting P2J's studio and finding two years of ideas waiting. What Are The Odds, a dancefloor record spanning UK garage, grime and Afro house, arrives 21st August with Wizkid on the lead single.
Matilda Mann releases new single 'Make Up' from sophomore album Kismet, out 4th September
Kismet is Matilda Mann's counterpart to the upheaval of her debut: breezy, major-key and steeped in the particular joy of early love. 'Make Up' is the most accessible entry point yet.
Adult DVD announce self-titled debut album and share new single 'Cowboy On Aisle 3'
Adult DVD's debut album was inspired, in part, by imagining going completely nuts in a Lidl. 'Cowboy On Aisle 3' is the result and it is one of the year's most immediately thrilling singles.
Bloc Party share new single 'Love Bombs' from album Anatomy Of A Brief Romance
Synth lines, an urgent vocal and lyrics about wanting to crawl all over someone: 'Love Bombs' is Bloc Party doing exactly what they do best.
Walton Goggins stars in The Strokes' 'Going Shopping' video
Walton Goggins has played a cult leader, a US Marshal and now a Strokes video co-star. Reality Awaits arrives 24th July, and the campaign around it just got considerably more interesting.
Mary In The Junkyard share new song 'Blood' ahead of debut album Role Model Hermit, out Friday
Mary In The Junkyard's debut album arrives this Friday and the in-store tour to celebrate it is already mostly sold out. 'Blood' is the final preview, built from spider-like guitar and the feeling of watching someone fall in love.
Kasabian share new single 'Superpowers' from ninth album Act III, out 17th July
Kasabian headline Finsbury Park in nine days, Leeds Festival in August and release their ninth album in July. 'Superpowers' suggests Act III is worth the anticipation.
Blondshell announces third album Violins and shares anthemic title track single
Blondshell is done overexplaining. Violins, her third album, arrives on 25th September and 'Violins' is the most anthemic thing she has released, about healing slowly and refusing to be rushed.
Beabadoobee announces fourth album Pylon and first-ever arena tour
Violet Grohl supports the European dates. Hayley Williams appears on the album. Beabadoobee is playing The O2. The fourth album is going to be her biggest year yet.
Chelsea Wolfe's secret pre-order sold out in 30 minutes. Two new songs and a 43-date world tour later, it is clear something significant is coming
Chelsea Wolfe is teasing a ninth studio album with two of the most affecting songs she has ever released. If you are not already familiar, 'Death Is Not The End' is the place to start.
Maya Ongaku announce second album Nothing Space Music and share new single 'Astral Echoes'
Maya Ongaku built their own studio near a seaside shrine, constructed an album around the concept of Nothing Space and made one of the year's most quietly extraordinary records. Nothing Space Music arrives on 7th August.
