A double-album of elemental pop and baroque electronics, laced with melody and mystery, it’s the Finn’s wildest statement yet.
Richard Dawson announces new album The Ruby Cord, due November 18th
Pop in your earpiece, close your eyes and embrace the wonders (and horrors) of augmented reality and prepare to travel 500 years into the future as Richard Dawson returns with his new album The Ruby Cord.
Richard Dawson & Circle announce collaborative album Henki, released November 26th
Richard Dawson is the diminutive Geordie troubadour whose moving songs have been described as state-of-the-nation addresses, even — or perhaps especially — when he’s singing about pre-medieval peasants. Circle are the genre-straddling pioneers of The New Wave Of Finnish Heavy Metal, known for wearing spandex or dead fish onstage and singing in a made-up language.
Posthumous Sam Mehran album ‘Cold Brew’ released July 28th
Over his 15-year career, Sam Mehran started a lot of projects and played in a lot of bands. He released everything from pugnacious dance-punk to mesmeric disco loops; unhinged hip-hop beats to perfectly poised pop songs. Cold Brew, out on July 28th, is a posthumous collection of instrumental rock music that Sam recorded in Los Angeles between April and May 2018.
Alex Izenberg’s Caravan Château released 31st July
On Caravan Château—the beguiling 11-song reflection on the house of mirrors that is love—Izenberg creates a sophisticated world of his own here, where songs that are somehow understated but lavish map the vagaries of our uncertain hearts the way wrinkles chronicle a lifetime of experience.
Debut Wilma Archer album A Western Circular released 3rd April
Within A Western Circular lies an exciting and varied crew of guest artists including MF DOOM, Samuel T. Herring (Future Islands), Sudan Archives, and Laura Groves, all contributing vocals to his rich, dexterous compositions.
New Jaakko Eino Kalevi mini-album Dissolution released November 22nd
Never one to repeat himself, these seven songs form a sparkling new constellation in the Kalevi universe as he draws deep for a set that explores the cosmic implications of a life being well lived. Watch the video for title track “Dissolution” now.
Richard Dawson releases sixth album 2020 on October 11th
His first since the critically acclaimed, Peasant, 2020 is an utterly contemporary state-of-the-nation study, that uncovers a tumultuous and bleak time. Here is an island country in a state of flux; a society on the edge of mental meltdown.
Hen Ogledd to release new album Mogic November 16th
The quartet of Richard Dawson, Rhodri Davies, Dawn Bothwell and Sally Pilkington will release their third LP – and first for Weird World – on 16th November. Watch the video for its first single ‘Problem Child’ now.
Jaakko Eino Kalevi announces new album Out of Touch, released October 12th
Kalevi has also shared the first cut from the record, ‘Emotions In Motion’. Watch the video and get all the info on Out of Touch now.
Wilma Archer releases Scarecrow 12″
The two-track release includes new songs ‘Scarecrow’ and ‘Cures and Wounds’. Available to buy and stream now.
******** announce re-release of debut and final album, The Drink
The Drink is a twelve-track album addressing a duo’s contemporary and indifferent existence in The West.