Releases: Best of the Week

What a WEEK! Debut albums from two of the more hyped new bands from over the pond in the last 12 months, and new, much anticipated material from some of the more ‘experienced’ artists.

Week starting February 14:


The Babies - The Babies (Shrimper)

The Babies - Meet Me In The City

Gruff Rhys – Hotel Shampoo (Turnstile)
Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (Rock Action)
Ringo Deathstarr – Colour Trip (Club AC30)
Bright Eyes – The People’s Key (Polydor)
La Sera – La Sera (Hardly Art)
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (Island)
Sonic Youth - Simon Werner a Disparu [Soundtrack]
The Lovely Eggs – Cob Domino (Cherryade)
A Hawk And A Hacksaw – Cervantine (LM Duplication)
Asobi Seksu – Fluorescence (Polyvinyl)
Various Artists - Rought Trade Counter Culture 10 (Rough Trade)

Gruff Rhys: New Track - Free Download

Everybody's favourite Welshman Gruff Rhys has found the time, in between working with Gorillaz, making an album with a Brazilian TV repairman (true) and splitting up his band Super Furry Animals (not true) to record some new music under his own name.

New track 'Shark Ridden Waters', which is sung in English unlike much of the tracks from solo record Candylion, still features the similar psych-pop sounds that we know and love from said solo album and his work with SFA, and Gruff is on top form with the vocal delivery. I've only owned it for 10 minutes but I already like it a lot, so there.

Download 'Shark Ridden Waters', in return for an email address, from Gruff Rhys' very own website, here. Everyone's favourite social media website Twitter also informs me that more news (perhaps about a new album, who knows?) is due tomorrow.