Isolation is nothing new for Fenne Lily – in fact, she’s written an album of songs all about it. “It’s kind of like writing a letter, and leaving it in a book that you know you’ll get out when you’re sad – like a message to yourself in the future,” she says, referring to BREACH, her Dead Oceans debut she wrote during a period of self-enforced isolation pre-COVID. It’s an expansive, diaristic, frequently sardonic record that deals with the mess and the catharsis of entering your 20s and finding peace while being alone. For fans of all from Nico and PJ Harvey to Phoebe Bridgers and Julia Jacklin.

11 September

Total Wkts Running Tracks

Running Tracks is the debut solo album from John Newton, drummer/ vocalist of Crystal Palace two piece JOHN, under the guise Total Wkts. It's an album caught between contrasts, from the heady roads supporting Idles around the world, to returning to his family home in the rural South West when global lockdown came, and an income from live music all but a dream. Bird song is caught between pounding drum beats, singular bass swells and heavy intonation between vocal lines. Don't underestimate it.

4 September

Bill Callahan Gold Record

We're used to waiting a long time for Bill Callahan albums to come along; it doesn't feel right that Gold Record is his second full length in as many years. This is his version of Future Islands' Singles - an album so sure of itself, it proudly comes out telling you that each of its ten tracks could be standalone gold. He's right - these are songs that hold some earthly gravity to them, sung secrets that inhabit the whole room, making you wonder why you couldn't come up with sentences this simple and this true, let alone music.

28 August

Girls In Synthesis Now Here's An Echo From Your Future

Fabled experimental punk label Harbinger Sound have mined a gem with this album, from deep under a bedrock of heavy, bludgeoning, groove-laden post-punk and two tone. The debut from Girls in Synthesis is everything you'll need on a wet weekend - heavy riffs and gnarling political sentiment. Very Limited Edition Grey Vinyl LPs and CDs come with a signed jacket, exclusive to Recordstore, running low.