It’s been another amazing year of music..
hope you’ll keep these in mind for your End Of Year lists.
MAIN NEW RELEASES
January
Black Lips ‘Sing In A World That’s Falling Apart’
★★★★ Mojo
★★★★ Q
★★★★ The Line Of Best Fit
★★★★ NME
★★★★ Stereoboard
★★★★ Norman Records
★★★★ Popmatters
February
Pictish Trail ‘Thumb World’
★★★★½ Norman Records
★★★★ Uncut
★★★★ Record Collector
★★★★ Mojo
★★★★ The Skinny
★★★★ The List
★★★★½ Musik Express
March
Islet ‘Eyelet’
★★★★★ The Vinyl District
★★★★★ God Is In The TV
★★★★★ Buzz
★★★★ The Line Of Best Fit
★★★★ Norman Records
★★★★ AllMusic
★★★★ Blow Up
April
RVG ‘Feral’
★★★★★ Big Issue
★★★★½ Rolling Stone
★★★★½ Sydney Morning Herald
★★★★ Uncut
★★★★ Mojo
★★★★ NME
★★★★★ Télérama
May
Modern Studies ‘The Weight Of The Sun’
★★★★★ The Vinyl District
★★★★½ Norman Records
★★★★ Uncut
★★★★ Record Collector
★★★★ The Scotsman
★★★★ Music OMH
★★★★ Louder Than War
June
Brigid Mae Power ‘Head Above The Water’
★★★★ Pitchfork
★★★★½ Uncut
★★★★ Mojo
★★★★ Irish Times
★★★★ Record Collector
★★★★ The Observer
★★★★ Financial Times
September
Throwing Muses ‘Sun Racket’
★★★★★ Metro
★★★★ Mojo
★★★★ Classic Rock
★★★★ Uncut
★★★★ Record Collector
★★★★ Financial Times
★★★★ Evening Standard
Tobin Sprout ‘Empty Horses’
★★★★ Mojo
★★★★½ Louder Than War
★★★★ AllMusic
★★★★ Popmatters
★★★★ The Line Of Best Fit
★★★★ Rolling Stone
★★★★ Télérama
October
Dead Famous People ‘Harry’
Out 09 Oct
‘Harry’ is a rare record in a time of musical factionalism and a world divided into camps of willful obscurity
and grotesque mockeries of stardom and art, a document of unadorned perfection.
November
Faten Kanaan ‘A Mythology of Circles’
“Mystical” Gorilla Vs Bear
Out 13 Nov
“Haunting yet beautiful bouquet of nocturnal, electronic blooms” Boomkat
Josephine Foster ‘No Harm Done’
“Remarkable, ghostly music” The Guardian
Out 20 Nov
December
Half Japanese ‘Crazy Hearts’
Out 04 Dec
“Half Japanese sound as urgent and vital as they did four decades ago.”NPR
REISSUES
The Lemonheads ‘Lovey’
Out 23 Oct
★★★★ Mojo
“Like Hüsker Dü when they were at their most ferocious or REM when they were at their most Byrdsian hypnotic.” NME
Trees ‘Trees (50th Anniversary Edition)’
Out 13 Nov
“Freak-folkers will value this fusion of the modern and the ancient, and heads will enjoy the acidic guitar… a vivid reminder of a period when the spirit flew free – so much so it remains an inspiration decades later” Jon Savage, Mojo
The Chills ‘Submarine Bells’
“Utterly immaculate” Pitchfork
And ‘Soft Bomb’
“’Soft Bomb’ was The Chills’ finest hour.” Perfect Sound Forever
Television Personalities ‘Some Kind Of Happiness?’ Singles 1994-1999
“Seen through this half empty glass, darkly, Dan Treacy is not Pete Doherty. He’s Elliott Smith, or Ian Curtis, but honestly, genuinely better and more gifted than either.” Popmatters
The Jazz Butcher
‘Fishcoteque’ (1988)
‘Big Planet, Scarey Planet’ (1989)
‘Cult Of The Basement’ (1990)
‘Condition Blue’ (1991)
Visit the new Fire site for more info, orders and pre-orders
Looking to 2021 we have Rats On Rafts excellent new release along new music from Jane Weaver and Virginia Wing..
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