It’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment Turin Brakes realised their next record would be their tenth. But when they did, it surely hit with significance. In a 2000 interview, frontman Olly Knights predicted the band would release ten albums – and now, 25 years on from their debut, that vision has come true.
To mark this milestone, Turin Brakes returned to where it all began: London’s Konk Studios, the site of their acclaimed 2001 debut The Optimist LP. Back then, they didn’t fully understand how to harness the studio’s unique sonic potential. This time, they came prepared – enlisting producer Guy Massey to help them capture the room’s character and finally realise its promise. Spacehopper is the result: a warm, reflective, and adventurous album that nods to the past while sounding…