New Releases
Lizzie Reid, Cubicle EP, 7476, January 22. This Glaswegian songwriter tackles subjects such as loneliness, insecurity and heartbreak on her delicate and lovely debut EP.
Blue Tiger, Artifice EP, OK Pal, out now. A dreamy, melancholic new solo project from Mario Cruzado, erstwhile frontman of Edinburgh sludge-rockers Plastic Animals.
Kinbote, Shifting Distance, Lost Map, out now. The debut album from Glasgow-based, found-sound sampler and electro-pop producer Matt Gibb is a glitchy, slippery and beautiful thing.
Olive Grove, Get Into The Grove: 10 Years of Olive Grove Records, January 15. Glasgow-based purveyors of heartfelt indie music celebrate a decade of work with this special compilation featuring alumni Randolph’s Leap, Jo Mango, The State Broadcasters and Carla J. Easton.
Slam, Strange Dayz, Soma, new tracks released each month. The legendary techno duo have been releasing new tracks monthly on Bandcamp, “kind of like in days gone by where you had to go to a specific record store because only they had the record”.
Kerri Watt, Neptune’s Daughter, self-released, January 15. The Glaswegian Americana-influenced singer-songwriter worked with Texas-based rock/ metal producer Machine on her debut album.
Lizabett Russo, While I Sit And Watch This Tree,
LNFG Hive, out now. This bewitching debut blends the wildness and rhythms of her native Romania with the contemporary folk of the Scotland she now calls home.