June 14th Newsletter

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  • Xmal Deutschland* ‎– Gift: The 4AD Years  (Red Vinyl)
    Xmal Deutschland* ‎– Gift: The 4AD Years (Red Vinyl)
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    Xmal Deutschland had an extraordinary impact on British audiences in the early Eighties, having cast a spell through staccato rhythms, unmediated channels, and mysterious (to most at the time) [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Unrest – Perfect Teeth (30th Anniversary Edition) (2xCD)
    Unrest – Perfect Teeth (30th Anniversary Edition) (2xCD)
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    Bowing out at their creative peak, Perfect Teeth is the wonderful final album by American 90s indie rock greats Unrest. Having just clocked 30 years, 4AD and the band are […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Pulp – More. (Green Vinyl)
    Pulp – More. (Green Vinyl)
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    WORDS FROM JARVIS ON “MORE”: “This is the first Pulp album since “We Love Life” in 2001. Yes: the first Pulp album for almost 24 years. How did that happen? […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Pulp – More. (Blue Vinyl)
    Pulp – More. (Blue Vinyl)
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    WORDS FROM JARVIS ON “MORE”: “This is the first Pulp album since “We Love Life” in 2001. Yes: the first Pulp album for almost 24 years. How did that happen? […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Pulp – More.
    Pulp – More.
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    WORDS FROM JARVIS ON “MORE”: “This is the first Pulp album since “We Love Life” in 2001. Yes: the first Pulp album for almost 24 years. How did that happen? […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Pale Saints – Slow Buildings 30th Anniversary Re:Masters (2xCD)
    Pale Saints – Slow Buildings 30th Anniversary Re:Masters (2xCD)
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    The Pale Saints complete their series of 30th anniversary reissues with the release of an expanded edition of their third and final album, Slow Buildings.By 1994 they were the quartet […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Nourished By Time – Erotic Probiotic 2
    Nourished By Time – Erotic Probiotic 2
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    Nourished By Time’s debut album, Erotic Probiotic 2, tells his transformative story through impeccable songwriting, infectious ear worm melodies, vivid storytelling and intimate DIY [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Mdou Moctar – Tears Of Injustice
    Mdou Moctar – Tears Of Injustice
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    Tears of Injustice is the acoustic version of Funeral For Justice. If Funeral for Justice was the sound of outrage, Tears of Injustice is the sound of grief. Mdou Moctar’s […]

    GENRE: African
  • Maria Somerville – Luster
    Maria Somerville – Luster
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    By the time Irish musician Maria Somerville started writing Luster, her landmark label debut for 4AD, she had lived away from her native Connemara for quite some time. Having grown […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Lifeguard – Ripped And Torn
    Lifeguard – Ripped And Torn
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    Ripped and Torn on June 6. The youthful trio of Asher Case, Isaac Lowenstein, and Kai Slater have been making music together since they were in high school, nearly a […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Lifeguard – Ripped And Torn
    Lifeguard – Ripped And Torn
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    Ripped and Torn on June 6. The youthful trio of Asher Case, Isaac Lowenstein, and Kai Slater have been making music together since they were in high school, nearly a […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jenny Hval – Iris Silver Mist (Pearl Vinyl)
    Jenny Hval – Iris Silver Mist (Pearl Vinyl)
    $24.00 | , Add to cart

    Norwegian musician, artist and novelist Jenny Hval announces her new album, Iris Silver Mist, out on 2 May, the lead single/video ‘To be a rose’, and a UK/EU tour. Iris […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Jenny Hval – Iris Silver Mist
    Jenny Hval – Iris Silver Mist
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    Norwegian musician, artist and novelist Jenny Hval announces her new album, Iris Silver Mist, out on 2 May, the lead single/video ‘To be a rose’, and a UK/EU tour. Iris […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Horsegirl – Phonetics On And On
    Horsegirl – Phonetics On And On
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    There is something about the bitter cold in Chicago that unites the city in January— the two weeks in 2024 that Horsegirl spent recording Phonetics On and On were some […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Electrelane – BBC Radio Sessions Vol. 1
    Electrelane – BBC Radio Sessions Vol. 1
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    Recorded in 2003, this powerful session from the Brighton feminist alt-indie group Electrelane captures their intricate melodies, captivating rhythms, and ethereal yet commanding presence.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • DARKSIDE – Nothing
    DARKSIDE – Nothing
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    Nothing is the third album from DARKSIDE: nine transmissions of negative space, telepathic seance, and spectral improvisation. On their first two reinventions, Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Caroline – Caroline 2
    Caroline – Caroline 2
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    Returning with ‘caroline 2’, the eight-piece collective embrace a bolder, more expansive sound. Going beyond their debut’s explorations of repetition, slowness and space, the [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Circuit Des Yeux – Halo On The Inside
    Circuit Des Yeux – Halo On The Inside
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    Last fall, when Circuit des Yeux (aka CdY, aka Haley Fohr) released the stand-alone single “God Dick,” she described the song as a passage leading from the past toward things […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Caroline – Caroline 2
    Caroline – Caroline 2
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    Returning with ‘caroline 2’, the eight-piece collective embrace a bolder, more expansive sound. Going beyond their debut’s explorations of repetition, slowness and space, the [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Big Thief – Capacity (Eco-Vinyl)
    Big Thief – Capacity (Eco-Vinyl)
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    The trails that Brooklyn’s Big Thief — Adrianne Lenker (guitar, vocals), Buck Meek (guitar), Max Oleartchik (bass), and James Krivchenia (drums) — take us down on 2017’s Capacity, the [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Horsegirl– Phonetics On And On
    Horsegirl– Phonetics On And On
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    There is something about the bitter cold in Chicago that unites the city in January— the two weeks in 2024 that Horsegirl spent recording Phonetics On and On were some […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Frank Black – Teenager Of The Year (30th Anniversary Tour Edition)
    Frank Black – Teenager Of The Year (30th Anniversary Tour Edition)
    $37.00 | , Add to cart

    To celebrate Frank Black’s landmark solo album, Teenager Of The Year turning 30, 4AD release a one-time vinyl pressing, to accompany a tour of North America plus Paris and London, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • J.D. Crowe & The New South – The New South (Root Beer Vinyl)
    J.D. Crowe & The New South – The New South (Root Beer Vinyl)
    $32.00 | , Add to cart

    Virtually no other album anywhere in history is known to its audience by its label number. Not Kind of Blue, nor Pet Sounds, Glenn Gould’s Goldberg Variations, none. Except this […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Dusty Springfield – Longing
    Dusty Springfield – Longing
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    In the early 1970s, Dusty Springfield relocated from her native England to Los Angeles in an effort to pursue new opportunities in her career and signed with ABC/Dunhill Records. Her […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Roland Haynes – Second Wave (Blue With Black Swirl Vinyl)
    Roland Haynes – Second Wave (Blue With Black Swirl Vinyl)
    $28.00 | , Add to cart

    This 1975 album is one of a kind in lots of ways. First, it’s keyboardist Roland Haynes’ only album. But more importantly, Second Wave has a sound—and line-up—unlike pretty much […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Chester Thompson – Powerhouse (Blue With Black Swirl Vinyl)
    Chester Thompson – Powerhouse (Blue With Black Swirl Vinyl)
    $28.00 | , Add to cart

    With long-standing stints in Tower of Power and Santana, Chester Thompson just might be the most decorated and distinguished keyboardist in all of rock and R&B, let alone of the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sarah Davachi – Let Night Come On Bells End The Day (Yellow Vinyl)
    Sarah Davachi – Let Night Come On Bells End The Day (Yellow Vinyl)
    $34.00 | , Add to cart

    A quietly stunning meditation on sound and space, Let Night Come On Bells End The Day sees Sarah Davachi sculpting slow, luminous improvisations for Mellotron and organ. Each piece unfolds […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Sarah Davachi – All My Circles Run
    Sarah Davachi – All My Circles Run
    $29.00 | , Add to cart

    Sarah Davachi’s ‘All My Circles Run’ is a meditative journey through sustained drones and harmonic resonance, blending analog synths, strings, and organ into a deeply immersive ambient [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Sarah Davachi – Barons Court (White Vinyl)
    Sarah Davachi – Barons Court (White Vinyl)
    $33.00 | , Add to cart

    A landmark debut reissued: Barons Court finds Sarah Davachi crafting mesmerizing electroacoustic landscapes that invite deep listening and contemplation. Blending vintage synths and acoustic [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Stereolab – Instant Holograms On Metal Film
    Stereolab – Instant Holograms On Metal Film
    $16.00 | , Add to cart

    Are you having Aerial Troubles with your Colour TV? We can’t help with the technical issues, but we are able to take your minds off the problem with news of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stereolab – Instant Holograms On Metal Film
    Stereolab – Instant Holograms On Metal Film
    $35.00 | , Add to cart

    Are you having Aerial Troubles with your Colour TV? We can’t help with the technical issues, but we are able to take your minds off the problem with news of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bardo Pond – Volumes 4 & 5
    Bardo Pond – Volumes 4 & 5
    $38.00 | , Add to cart

    A double LP package from Bardo Pond, combining two of their super rare jam volumes on vinyl for the first time. A further edition in this celebrated series, ‘Volume 4’ […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Indie / Alternative
  • Stanley Cowell – Musa • Ancestral Streams
    Stanley Cowell – Musa • Ancestral Streams
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    Featuring stunning solo piano work by Strata-East co-founder Stanley Cowell, Musa: Ancestral Streams is a landmark album in jazz, celebrated for its intimacy and innovation. Recorded in 1974, it [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • TWÏNS – Healing Dreams (Recycled Vinyl)
    TWÏNS – Healing Dreams (Recycled Vinyl)
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    Following their 2022 debut album “The Human Jazz”, Berlin based artist Twïns returns to Earth Libraries with “Healing Dreams”, their second LP. After exploring the nature of loss and grief […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Eli Keszler – Eli Keszler
    Eli Keszler – Eli Keszler
    $18.00 | , Add to cart

    The new, self-titled album from Grammy® Nominated, New York-based composer and percussionist Eli Keszler. Having collaborated in recent years with Oneohtrix Point Never, Skrillex, Rashad Becker [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Eli Keszler – Eli Keszler
    Eli Keszler – Eli Keszler
    $29.00 | , Add to cart

    The new, self-titled album from Grammy® Nominated, New York-based composer and percussionist Eli Keszler. Having collaborated in recent years with Oneohtrix Point Never, Skrillex, Rashad Becker [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Rilo Kiley – That’s How We Choose To Remember It
    Rilo Kiley – That’s How We Choose To Remember It
    $30.00 | , Add to cart

    After a long absence, Rilo Kiley—Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Jason Boesel, and Pierre “Duke” de Reeder— are back, with arms outstretched. Over the years, a reunion “felt like a possibility, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Beckie Bell – In Need Of …
    Beckie Bell – In Need Of …
    $26.00 | , Add to cart

    Strut proudly reintroduces a sought after independent disco gem from the Topomic catalogue: Beckie Bell’s ‘In Need Of…’, reissued in full for the first time. Originally released in 1980, In [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • PainKiller – The Great God Pan
    PainKiller – The Great God Pan
    $19.00 | , Add to cart

    The reunion of PainKiller, the world’s most extreme sax-bass-drums trio, was one of the great musical events of 2024. For the third installment of their new trilogy of albums, Zorn, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sarah Mary Chadwick – Take Me Out To A Bar / What Am I, Gatsby? (Violet Vinyl)
    Sarah Mary Chadwick – Take Me Out To A Bar / What Am I, Gatsby? (Violet Vinyl)
    $27.00 | , Add to cart

    Take Me Out To a Bar / What Am I, Gatsby? marks a deliberate pivot. The album’s open, introductory chords evoke seem fit to score a scene in a Michael […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V/A – Secret Superstar Sounds: Scraping Bubblegum Off My Soul 1977-80
    V/A – Secret Superstar Sounds: Scraping Bubblegum Off My Soul 1977-80
    $35.00 | , Add to cart

    Soul Jazz Records’ new Secret Superstar Sounds brings together a wealth of incredibly catchy tunes from late-70s/early-80s British groups that you have probably never heard of! Powerpop mixed [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Punk / Hardcore
  • John Zorn – Through The Looking Glass
    John Zorn – Through The Looking Glass
    $19.00 | , Add to cart

    Medeski, Marsella, Hollenberg, and Grohowski are Chaos Magick—a powerful electric quartet formed to perform Zorn’s twisted and challenging compositions. Founded in 2021 as a spinoff of the heavy [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Poison Idea – Kings Of Punk
    Poison Idea – Kings Of Punk
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    Kings of Punk is a barely contained blast of rage and animosity, which is all the more effective for the fact it lasts a mere 26 minutes. Whatever you can […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Stereolab – Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night
    Stereolab – Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night
    $33.00 | , Add to cart

    On February 28, 2025, Stereolab are making seven of their studio albums available again as 2LP editions. These utilise the same remasters as the 2019 expanded album editions, cut from […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stereolab – Dots And Loops
    Stereolab – Dots And Loops
    $33.00 | , Add to cart

    On February 28, 2025, Stereolab are making seven of their studio albums available again as 2LP editions. These utilise the same remasters as the 2019 expanded album editions, cut from […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
    Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
    $33.00 | , Add to cart

    On February 28, 2025, Stereolab are making seven of their studio albums available again as 2LP editions. These utilise the same remasters as the 2019 expanded album editions, cut from […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stereolab – Mars Audiac Quintet
    Stereolab – Mars Audiac Quintet
    $33.00 | , Add to cart

    On February 28, 2025, Stereolab are making seven of their studio albums available again as 2LP editions. These utilise the same remasters as the 2019 expanded album editions, cut from […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Madvillain – Madvillainy (Audiophile Edition)
    Madvillain – Madvillainy (Audiophile Edition)
    $40.00 | , Add to cart

    • The only studio album by Madvillain (MF DOOM & Madlib) – widely regarded as one of the best hip-hop albums of all time. • “Inexhaustibly brilliant, with layer-upon-layer of […]

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul
  • Madvillain – Madvillainy Demos
    Madvillain – Madvillainy Demos
    $30.00 | , Add to cart

    In 2002, the first demo sequence of Madvillainy leaked online. The tracks contained early vocal cuts from MF DOOM, recorded and quickly mixed in Los Angeles at Madlib’s Bomb Shelter […]

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul
  • V/A – Hosono House Revisited
    V/A – Hosono House Revisited
    $35.00 | , Add to cart

    Haruomi Hosono is the legendary artist best known for his tenure in the seminal band Yellow Magic Orchestra. Hosono House Revisited is compilation of reworks of Haruomi Hosono’s iconic solo […]

    GENRE: International