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Biffy Clyro on friendship, navigating the tough times, and new album ‘Futique’

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Biffy Clyro: A Little Help From My Friends

After over 25 years as a band — and longer still as friends — anyone would be forgiven for needing a bit of a break. On their gorgeous new album ​‘Futique’, Biffy Clyro prove that sometimes you need to head off in different directions to come back together stronger.

25th September 2025

Dublin band Sprints talk break ups, break downs, and fiery new album ‘All That Is Over’

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Sprints: Forged Through Fire 

For over 18 months now, Sprints have barely paused for breath. The success of their 2024 debut album saw them play stages from Brooklyn to Berlin but, closer to home, the ground was shifting beneath them. As a series of seismic changes shook their very foundations, they had no option but to rebuild — themselves, and the band — in a new, stronger image.

24th September 2025

Joy Crookes on self-discovery, sexuality, and second album ‘Juniper’

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Joy Crookes: Joy De Vivre

Four years on from the release of her rich, Mercury Prize-shortlisted debut ​‘Skin’, Joy Crookes is back with a confessional, exploratory follow-up that sees her delve deep into herself, and come out all the stronger for it.

23rd September 2025

Big Thief on becoming a trio, self-acceptance, and the expansive world of new album ‘Double Infinity’

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Big Thief: Cosmic Dancers

Since 2022’s ​‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’, Big Thief have contracted and expanded, breathing new life into their ever-animate body of work. Turning their gaze outwards as a means to make sense of our innermost workings, the now-trio are back bearing cosmically-inclined sixth album ​‘Double Infinity’ — their most distilled, disarming record to date.

15th September 2025

Shame’s Charlie Steen on paradoxes, performance, and the band’s return to primal instincts for fourth album ‘Cutthroat’

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Shame: Cut To The Chase

Four albums and 11 years in, if you thought Shame might be losing their edge, think again. On new album ​‘Cutthroat’, the South Londoners delight in all things paradoxical, and return to their urgent, basic instincts.

1st September 2025

Black Honey’s Izzy B Phillips on autism, sobriety, and the band’s new album ‘Soak’

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Black Honey: In The Modern World

Having carved out a reputation for cinematic storytelling and immersive performance, Black Honey are the script-loving stalwarts of the UK’s indie scene. Sometimes, though, fact is stranger than fiction, and on fourth album ​‘Soak’ frontwoman Izzy B Phillips is ready to play her greatest role yet: herself.

11th August 2025

Cardiff band Panic Shack on being a “DIY pop girl group” and their self-titled debut album

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Panic Shack: Young Hearts Run Free

Born from messy nights out and pints down the pub, Panic Shack may have started out as a bit of an in-joke, but with their self-titled debut, they’ve equally become a ridiculously fun breath of fresh air.

6th August 2025

Kevin Abstract talks new album ‘Blush’, returning home to Texas & life after BROCKHAMPTON

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Kevin Abstract: Heartbreak Kid

Three years after BROCKHAMPTON’s split, Kevin Abstract is tenderly exploring what self-preservation through grief looks like. His new album, ​‘Blush’, is a callback to his Texan roots; a mystical A24-style meditation on surviving heartbreak and the rose-tinted gloss of Hollywood.

28th July 2025

Garbage’s Shirley Manson on leaning into love as an act of resistance for eighth album ‘Let All That We Imagine Be The Light’

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Garbage: Let The Light In

30 years on from their eponymous debut, Garbage are still a formidable force to be reckoned with. Now, returning with the band’s eighth studio album ​‘Let All That We Imagine Be The Light’, Shirley Manson is wielding love as her primary weapon of choice.

24th June 2025

Jacob Alon talks identity, memory, and debut album ‘In Limerence’

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Jacob Alon: Legend Has It 

With their unforgettable croon, Scottish singer-songwriter Jacob Alon conjures up dark fairytales and intimate fables — but ​‘In Limerence’ is a debut album that’s as much rooted in fact as it is fiction.

23rd June 2025

HAIM talk cutting loose, letting go, and rejecting fear for fourth album ‘I quit’

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HAIM: Calling It Quits

Now over a decade into their career, HAIM have long since hit their stride — and, having already spent years navigating the industry’s infamous fickleness, on fourth record ​‘I quit’ they literally ​“don’t give a fuck”. With a period of break-ups, overthinking, and crippling self-doubt now behind them, the LA sisters are letting their hair down, ready to abandon fear and embrace a summer of vulnerability, freedom, and fun.

13th June 2025

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