Also out this week:
Nadia Reid's ‘Enter Now Brightness’ is a delightful Dinked edition of poise and great beauty, the sound of a cellular shift, of pain giving way to tenderness and joy. It’s the idea of life beginning now and she's going to be unveiling it on our shop floor tomorrow evening (secure a spot here!). Breaking free of the post-punk confines she was ushered into with her first EP, Heartworms has elegantly blended a diverse array of influences with her own gothic tendencies to gob-smacking effect on her debut full-length. Squid have evolved their sound, focus, and levels of intensity, crafting a record of essential, energetic, and thoroughly thrilling compositions in the process. Plus there are signed prints for the swift! And the soundtrack to 2024's most explosive rap beef is here! Fortunately, Kendrick Lamar went way beyond smashing up Aubrey on this one, writing a record full of hooks, lyrical incision, subwoofer stretchers, braggadocio, and more heartfelt introspection than you can shake a jar of MUSTAAAAARD at.
Care for some more? How about the Au Pairs getting all sensual? Inhaler have opened wide, your Years & Years-er Olly Alexander has signed copies, we've had to hold You Me At Six down, the Cowboy Junkies are partially evacuating the planet, Causa Sui have psyched us out, FACS are defending their wishes, and you can take a fascinating trip to the suburbs of the seventies with this NOW compilation!
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