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Public Service Broadcasting: The Last Flight
New album: Inspired by the same subject as Laurie Anderson’s Amelia album earlier this year, a the experimental news archive-digging British rock group formed by J Willgoose Esq return by paying tribute to the pioneering female American aviator Amelia Earhart
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DEADLETTER's debut LP, Hysterical Strength
New album: Following 2022’s breakthrough EP, Heat!, the Yorkshire-formed, London-based post-punk band’s debut LP is packed with strong melodies, a broader range of sounds with an extended sound, and charismatic frontman Zac Lawrence’s punchy, sharp delivery has dark, foreboding overtones about a dysfunctional Britain
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Dark and revealing: Hamish Hawk's A Firmer Hand
New album: The dapper Edinburgh indie-pop troubadour returns with his ready wit, polished lyrics and soaring, strong melodies of finely detailed, candid, revealing reference-rich narrative, but also oozing with darkness, irony, empathy and double-edged melancholy
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Big Special: Postindustrial Hometown Blues
New album: A witty, punchy, restless post-punk debut LP by the heavily accented Midlands duo of Joe Hicklin and Callum Maloney, with echoes of Sleaford Mods who they’ve supported on tour, packed with sharp jokes, wordplay and sweary anger about toxic masculinity and the absurdities of modern life
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Post apocalyptic: Placebo’s Never Let Me Go
New album: Brian Molko and co return with their dramatic eighth LP, the first for nine years and while one that occasionally hits the highs of the veterans’ 90s heyday, also comes repacked with a heavy dose of synths
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Fresh new voice. Dublin’s Fontaines D.C.
Alongside frenetic and fresh punk and postpunk from Fontaines D.C. and Pom Poko, and dance music from Chemical Brothers, this week’s selection also includes a beautiful spread of mellow records from Anderson Paak and others
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