Notable vinyl releases out this Friday - 19 July (2024)

After a 12-year hibernation, Beachwood Sparks emerges with 'Across The River Of Stars,' a transcendent and succinct sonic odyssey. Under the guiding hand of Chris Robinson, the band's revival showcases their growth and musical maturity. From their indie roots to this celestial return, the album bridges the past and present, offering a journey through cosmic and earthy landscapes. Within it's nine songs Across The River Of Stars invites listeners to rediscover Beachwood Sparks.

Deep Purple =1 includes 13 brand-new tracks and features a rich 12-page vinyl sized booklet and relief spot varnish exclusive to the first print run! ‘=1’ is the highly anticipated new album by one of the greatest rock bands of all time, Deep Purple. Produced by the legendary Bob Ezrin, this record captures the band’s pioneering classic sound without relying on nostalgia, embodying the essence and attitude of their 1970s incarnation possibly more than any other recent album. The enigmatic title ‘=1’ symbolises the idea that in a world growing ever more complex, everything eventually simplifies down to a single, unified essence. It all adds up to one. With three consecutive No.1 albums in their back pocket and a new energy powering them forward, ‘=1’ represents Deep Purple at their pinnacle.

I Love You So F***ing Much is the fourth studio album from human musical group sensations Glass Animals, released on Republic Records.

.Co-founder of Pond and touring member of Tame Impala, Jay Watson, also makes music as Gum. “Gum is my brain, unfiltered,” Watson says. A labour of love and an exercise in joy, written and recorded with Ambrose Kenny-Smith, best known as the mesmeric harmonica-player, keyboardist and vocalist with King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard and The Murlocs. The debut collaborative album between the two is a 10 track exploration into groove, blues and soul, deeply hypnotic from start to finish.

Ill Times is easily as much fun as the duo had making it, and that was ridiculous amounts of fun. “What’s so rewarding about making this album with Ambrose – him taking ideas that I’ve loved for so long, and making them exist in real life and sound as good as they did in my head, or even better.”

Lava La Rue’s long awaited debut album STARFACE is an epic Sci-Fi inspired adventure that at its lyrical core is concerned about what makes us human. Exploring various genre influences from funk, to dance, to alt rock, and featuring collaborations from Cuco, Audrey Nuna, tendai, and more, Lava La Rue has marked their arrival, with their eyes set on world domination.

Double LP, Milky Clear w/ Black splatter. Exclusive colourway for US retail - includes lyric sheet. The UK's first and only emo band Los Campesinos! Return with their highly-anticipated seventh album, All Hell. It is perhaps their most ambitious and assured album yet, whilst simultaneously recalling everything we've come to love about LC! #over their faultless discography. Recorded between October 2023 and February 2024, it is the first album to be wholly self-produced by band member Tom Bromley (having co-produced previous albums Sick Scenes and NO BLUES). The album is also self-released on the band's own Heart Swells record label. In the band's words All Hell is an album about... Drinking for fun and drinking for misery // adult acne // adult friendship // football // death and dying // love and sex // late-stage capitalism // Orpheus // day dreaming // night terrors // the heart as an organ and as a burden // Tears of the Kingdom // the punks on the playlist // increments of time // climate apocalypse // the moon the moon the moon///

For more than two decades, Dr. Dog have maintained a shared devotion to theunruly alchemy of making music. When it came time to create their eleventhstudio album, the Philadelphia-bred band adopted an entirely new way ofworking together, embracing a multilayered process designed to foster adeeper synergy among it's five members (bassist Toby Leaman, lead guitaristScott McMicken, rhythm guitarist Frank McElroy, keyboardist Zach Miller, anddrummer Eric Slick). After beginning that journey with a close-knit session atLeaman's uncle's cabin in the Pennsylvania woods, Dr. Dog steadily madetheir way toward the joyfully unfettered psych-rock of their new self-titled LP.Mixed by multi-Grammy-winner Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, Drive-ByTruckers), Dr. Dog finds McMicken taking the helm as producer for the firsttime in the history of the decidedly egalitarian band. True to the eclectic spiritthat's always animated the band, Dr. Dog's 11 tracks shift from soul to surf-rockto symphonic pop with an exuberance made all the more powerful by theirrevitalized creative energy. "There isn't really a concept or cohesive idea thatunifies this collection of tunes," says McMicken. "In the end it's about us beingtogether, doing the work, and showing up as our truest selves." Their first fulllength since 2018's Critical Equation, Dr. Dog reveals a band - over twentyyears into their storied career - growing together and evolving, fully committedto the singular work of dreaming up songs that brighten the mind and expandthe soul.