…newly remastered and features six bonus tracks that were previously unreleased or hard to find.
The members of Vermont’s Guppyboy went on to form Ladybug Transistor and the Essex Green. With their 1997 debut on Sudden Shame Records, they experimented with their poppy variety of folk/country indie pop. The disc starts off with the slow and reflective “Washington Square,” which is followed by “Trouble,” which includes a healthy dose of banjo and could easily be mistaken for Wilco. “Avalon Ballroom” is a duet that has an awkward pause in the middle. Once the song finds its pace again, it’s an enjoyable and relaxed collaboration. “Affection” includes bittersweet and distant vocals, creating a haunting feeling throughout the track.
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Some artists turn up on the music scene as rough diamonds, so to say, with talent showing, but with some edges that need to be finely honed through time to make their music sound great and probability of that happening always somewhere in the middle.
…featuring four exclusive bonus songs.
Dundee composer extraordinaire Andrew Wasylyk enlists some well-known names for his latest project, Irreparable Parables. From Gruff Rhys and Kathryn Joseph to Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch, for first-time listeners this is likely Wasylyk’s most accessible material, blending his cinematic noir charm with pockets of jazz, classical and indie flair.
Felix Mackenzie-Barrow probably could have been forgiven for resting on his laurels creatively after the 2025 he had; the band he fronts, 
For a band that spent nearly a decade on the road — stopping to record albums before getting right back to the grind — Nashville’s The Brook & The Bluff reaped the rewards of living out of a suitcase, winning over fans across the globe, churning out viral hits online, and sharpening their live set. But finally slowing down and parking the van for a while proved transformative in the creation of one of their most compelling records to date.
There are a couple of trajectories that the opening trio of albums by a new artist often take. The first is a debut album planned to perfection after years of playing and dreaming, then a second that is like the first but maybe not as strong, followed by a third that is less so. The second is an artist finding their studio feet in the simplest configuration of their music on their debut album, gently building on that with record number two and by the third, blossoming into an expressive, confident studio artist overflowing in decorative, colourful ideas and ready to push on with the creation of their most fully realised and sonically evolved work to date. 
Will Oldham wants us to be aware of structure, of dualism and symmetry. His new album, We Are Together Again, released under his 
Pina Palau writes songs like diary entries with a guitar. Moving between folk, indie and Americana, she sings about longing, confusion and the things left unsaid between two people. Crush and heartbreak meet dry humour, vulnerability meets warmth. Always from the perspective of a musician who’s quietly exploring the human mind.
“Satan is my father”, are the first words heard on the latest release from Germany’s 
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When it came to composing for her new album In the Low Light, British singer-songwriter 
In life and art, strong emotional reactions and restraint are frequently placed at odds with one another. A decade that has felt unmoored at best and marked by upheaval – dotted with climate events that have wrought havoc on different locales and been quickly forgotten – has inspired plenty of bold artistic responses. For 
In one of his most enduring songs, Johnny Cash likened love to a burning ring of fire. Originally penned by his soon-to-be-second wife, June Carter, “Ring of Fire” gave romance a tangible feeling, a concreteness that could easily be pointed to, a sensory depth and explicative character. Combined with Cash’s signature baritone, that ineffable feeling is rendered even more tactile. There’s a reason it has become routinely recognized among the greatest love songs and as a classic in the country canon.
This Philadelphia band’s quickened in the pores & bones with jangly guitars, narrative lyrics, & juiced by some psychedelic spice. Nice contrasts. The new album was produced by Brian McTear (electric guitar/bgv) & Amy Morrissey (bgv) at Minor Street Recordings in Philly. Ten songs hang beside the 
Belfast-based 