Seefeel

Sol.Hz

Five years on from their EP, London’s Seefeel continue to plough that fertile furrow between ambient shimmer, dub oomph and the silences in-between

Sol.Hz by Seefeel

The cover of Seefeel’s latest album Sol.Hz seems to stare back at you. A piercing blue eye gazing through your soul to foreshadow the contemplative nature of the record inside, while the surrounding void simultaneously introduces one of the integral themes of the album: use of space.

Throughout the record, decrescendos and silence are used to suck you in and ease you out of the music, whilst simultaneously dousing the listener in welcome dub flavours. Seefeel, currently consisting of Mark Clifford and Sarah Peacock, might have halved in size since its inception, but is still just as…

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It’s their first release under the name since 1985’s Don’t Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners have announced a new album, titled LOVE.

Marking their first release under the Dexys Midnight Runners name since 1985’s Don’t Stand Me Down, a press release notes that it may be the final chapter in the group’s musical journey. The record collects stories from across frontman Kevin Rowland’s life, covering his second generation Irish childhood and family relationships, as well as late-life romance, loss and reconciliation.

To mark the record’s announcement, the group have put out lead track ‘My Life In England Pt. 1’, which you can watch a video for below.

In a statement about the song, Rowland said: “We put out a version of this song…

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The filmmaker and composer’s latest record was made with longtime collaborators Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies

John Carpenter is to release a new album, Cathedral.

Made alongside longtime collaborators Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies, it sees the filmmaker and composer continue his longstanding partnership with the Sacred Bones label. The album will arrive alongside Carpenter’s graphic novel debut of the same name, with the two designed as a fully immersive, connected project.

Each track on the album aligns with a chapter of the novel, with liner notes guiding listeners through the story. “It was so cinematic and vivid,” Carpenter said in a statement about the dream that inspired the story. “I thought, ‘I have to score this.’ It’s kind of our first heavy metal album.”

Collaborator Davies…

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The previously digital-only 2016 series will be made newly available as a 5xCD box set

Autechre are reissuing 2016 release elseq 1-5 to mark its 10th anniversary.

The previously digital-only series of music will be made available physically for the first time in the form of a limited-edition 5xCD box set. It will be housed in a 12-inch printed hardback folder, alongside a 64-page book featuring the original album and track artwork, as well as previously unseen images.

Pre-orders are available here, with Warp Records encouraging fans to put orders in before the final manufacture quantity is confirmed on 10 June.

The first-time physical release of elseq 1-5 coincides with Autechre’s upcoming European tour later this year, which will see them play Prague’s…

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Yours Sincerely is the Yellow Magic Orchestra musician’s 23rd album

Haruomi Hosono is releasing his first album in seven years, titled Yours Sincerely.

It’s the Yellow Magic Orchestra musician’s 23rd LP in a decades-long career, and marks his first through Ghostly International. The album’s title, Hosono said in a statement, was inspired by omoiyari, a concept that can mean both “suffering together” and “rejoicing together”, depending on its use.

Hosono is scheduled to mark the album’s release with a pair of US shows alongside Toro Y Moi later this year, at New York’s Radio City Music Hall (16 September) and the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles (20 September).

Ghostly International will release Yours Sincerely on 11 September 2026.
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the 14-track record is out in September

Arab Strap have shared details of their ninth studio album, Half-Told Tales.

Spanning 14 tracks, its release comes 30 years on from the release of the duo’s debut single. The album was written and produced amidst a push-pull, back-and-forth dynamic between the group’s Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton that saw them compromise on each other’s various ideas.

“The excitement comes because me and Aidan like and hate different things,” said Middleton in a statement. “There are things in the record that individually we might not choose but that’s why I like this album so much, because it’s not the one I wanted to make. I don’t think it’s what Aidan wanted to make either, it’s this…

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The band’s own take on the score for David Lynch’s feature debut will be released in July

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Xiu Xiu are releasing their own interpretation of the soundtrack to David Lynch’s 1977 feature film debut Eraserhead.

The material featured on the album is based on a new live show by the band, which sees them recreate the film’s score alongside a screening of the movie itself. The film’s original score and sound design was produced by Lynch and Alan Splet, with Peter Ivers famously composing the most prominent piece of music, ‘In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song)’.

Xiu Xiu previously produced the album and concert concept Plays The Music Of Twin Peaks in 2016 with the blessing of David Lynch…

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The six-track release closes a cycle of records that began with 2019’s Existenz

Function is releasing a new mini-album with Tresor, titled Aeternum (Existenz).

Comprised of six tracks, it serves as the final chapter of a series of records that started with 2019 LP Existenz, and has since included Subject f (Transcendence), Awakening From The Illusory Self and Green. All six tracks on the new release were recorded between 2016 and 2019.

To mark the announcement of the mini-LP, the Sandwell District member has shared lead cut ‘Growth Cycle (Hermetic Mix)’, which draws on emotive synth melodies that recall 90s Detroit techno. Listen to the song below.

Tresor will release Aeternum (Existenz) on 3 July 2026.

Aeternum (Existenz) by Function
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From vintage folk and country through 90s alternative and some modern classics, Kurt Vile takes Julian Marszalek through the songs he can’t stop playing on repeat

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Much like the way Lou Reed became inextricably linked with his beloved New York, Kurt Vile has long come to be associated with Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love whose streets, neighbourhoods and history have long shaped his sound and his artistic outlook. With the release of his new album Philadelphia’s Been Good To Me, he finally names the city outright, grounding the album in his hometown and the life that he’s built there.

“I’ve been doing my thing long enough here in Philly and looking around at my surroundings,” he tells tQ….

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Anna Doble remembers passing out during a Manics gig in 1996 and coming round clutching part of Nicky Wire’s feather boa… and an album that came to define that summer

I didn’t mean to miss the gig but part of me was genuinely pleased about it. Despite being bruised, dizzy and dehydrated I found myself coming back to consciousness during ‘The Girl Who Wanted To Be God’ and when I looked down, padding my own body as if reconvening with existence, I saw that my T-shirt was covered in Nicky Wire’s feathers.

I was 17 when Manic Street Preachers first brought Everything Must Go into my world. Ten months after I had got hold of the album (on release day in May…

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