Debut release today for a new project I’m involved in
Artist: 1 + 1
Track: The End
That’s the singer on the cover there
A simple, sub 3-minute indie pop song, stripped down and direct, to kick things off
For fans of The Sundays, Beabadoobee… that sort of thing
IG if you want to follow along
What else have we got?
Langkamer - No
4th album of perfect slacker fuzz meets alt country twang from the Bristol boys
Searows – Death in the Business of Whaling
Indie-folk / Singer-songwriter / Slowcore
Lovely stuff FFO Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, Skullcrusher, Jay Som
Craven Faults - Sidings
Krautrock, Kosmisch, Drone, Ambient; pulsing modular analogue synth goodness FFO Pye Corner Audio, Warrington-Runcorn, Field Lines Cartographer:
Poppy - Empty Hands
Modern pop ish metal, FFO Spiritbox, anime soundtracks
Victoryland - My Heart Is a Room With No Cameras In It
NYC artist: a triumphant, despondent, and ultimately fun experimental pop-rock album
PVA - No More Like This
Second album from the South London trio with quite trip-hoppy electronica with drowsy-sounding spoken vocals. Slowed down quite a lot compared to the first album which was closer to dance music, iirc. Anyway, enjoying it very much so far.
The Just Joans - Romantic Visions of Scotland
11 new songs from Glasgow’s answer to The Magnetic Fields. Their previous albums are perfect for gloomy January days so I’m looking forward to giving this a listen.
Pale Blue Eyes - pbe archive vol. 1
Somewhat shoegazey indie pop/rock from here in Sheffield, this one’s a collection of outtakes, alternate versions, and previously unreleased tracks from 2018 to 2025.
Fazed on a Pony - Swan
From New Zealand with no real nods to Flying Nun, just great alt country/indie rock.
Lia Kohl - Music for Union Station
Experimental modern classical with ambient noise of a busy station. A 43 minute piece performed live by a ten-piece ensemble of brass, woodwind and strings in Union Station’s Great Hall during rush hour in May 2025.
Yeah this is really doing it for me. Much banjo.
Roc Marciano - 656
More gritty, self-produced street rap from a king of the form.
IDK - e.t.d.s. A Mixtape by .idk.
Talented rapper who often fails to make the most of it, but features from Black Thought, Pusha T, Joey Valence & Brae, the RZA (and apparently posthumous turns by DMX and DOOM) plus production from Kaytranada, No ID, Conductor Williams and Madlib will be enough to get me to give it a go.
Really loved PBE about 3 years ago but they’re almost too prolific!
Yeah me too, this is good stuff
Megadeth - Megadeth
Final album by the Thrash pioneers. Sad day really as been a fan since the 80’s. Been pretty consistent in the last 20 years and the previous album was genuinely excellent. Probably the most consistent of the big four and personally my favourite. Watched their Album launch film at the cinema last night which sounded decent on first listen (Not a fan of a couple of singles tbh). The choice to include a Ride the Lightning cover is interesting 
, but given he wrote it with Metallica I’ll give him a pass. Will have a few more listens to form a proper opinion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECXg-a7XZQI&list=OLAK5uy_nirawermE4HtXNsEC82x1CUVz66N_MRGE
Absolutely tickled he ended his life’s work with a final ‘‘please tell the papers im not mad’’
Cat Power - Redux
EP to mark the 20th anniversary of The Greatest. Features a new version of that album’s ‘Could We’, plus covers of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ and James Brown’s ‘Try Me’.
Just noticed the railway theme 
Up Goods Distant, Down Goods Home, what a track name
There’s some good train footage on the video version too:
