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|  | Jon's Record Of The Month is... Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us What can we say that hasn't already been said? Set Your Goals are a band we've loved and worked with from the first time they toured the UK with The Steal, and after an agonising three-year wait the band deliver on the promise and release the follow-up to modern classic 'Mutiny!'. Packed full of slick and effortless summer pop-punk hits sure to take them over the top into the mainstream at long last. Jon takes this is record of the month and we'd be surprised if it isn't pretty high up his end of year list too. Believe the hype! |
| | Mike's Record Of The Month is... Prince Fatty - Shimmy Shimmy Ya After nearly choosing Major Lazer's record two months in a row by accident, Mike corrects himself and picks out the biggest bootleg we've had in in a long time! Prince Fatty has been destroying dancefloors with both of these righteous reworkings of the mighty ODB and Snoop, and now they're finally on wax! |
| | Jane's Record Of The Month is... Slow Club - Yeah So This month Jane quite rightly goes for the ever-wonderful Slow Club. Wooing us a couple of years ago with their cute folk-pop and brilliant lyricism, these two just have something about them that makes them impossible not to love. On a par with Kevin Devine for the "this month's friendliest instore visitors" award, we can't wait to have them back in October! |
| | Aaron's Record Of The Month is... Quantic And His Combo Barbaro - Tradition In Transition Aaron goes for some laid-back latin grooves this month, with Quantic and his Soul Orchestra taking on a new moniker and delving deep into untapped Colombian and Brazilian flavours! Mixed together with the usual brand of deep funk and soul/hip hop flourishes, this is another great addition to the Quantic back catalogue. |
| | Milly's Record Of The Month is... Florence And The Machine - Lungs An album that feels like we haven't taken it off the stereo since it arrived, yes, it's Florence's long-awaited debut! Milly thinks she's ace, and takes this record as her album of the month. Huge drums, plucked harp, that voice, dark and twisted stories hidden in the lyrics and so much more in this slow-burning and heavily rewarding record. If this doesn't top a few end of year lists and win a few awards we'd be very, very surprised! |
| | Piers' Record Of The Month is... Silkie - City Limits Vol. 1 The dub reigns for Piers this month as he picks the much-hyped Silkie's long-awaited debut full length. No disappointments here, as Silkie delivers a collection of futuristic and genre-pushing dubstep with touches of jungle and gorgeous ambient melodies mixed up with some sweet wonky bass and synth work. Don't get left behind, this is taking us somewhere new. |
| | Sean's Record Of The Month is... Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood Sean's pick of July is the new album from ex-Miracle Of 86 man Kevin Devine. An expansive album with moments of lightheartedness and storytelling clashing with political rage and personal introspection, Kevin proved he's still got it five albums down the line and how great the songs sound stripped down when he played an instore for us this month! |
| | Ollie's Record Of The Month is... Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose Another band we've followed since the very beginning and another long-awaited album, this time from the indie side of things and our good friends in Bombay Bicycle Club! The New Slang regulars deliver an album good enough for Ollie to make it his record of the month, with a literate and epic Interpol-style indie rock sound that no one's doing better! |
| | Adrian's Record Of The Month is... Chuck Ragan/Brian Fallon - Gospel Hymns AD's pick of July is this taster 7" from two of punk rock's biggest names. Hot Water Music/Rumbleseat legend Chuck Ragan offers up the first opportunity to hear a song from his forthcoming new record, a full-on bluegrass stomper that could've easily fitted on the Rumbleseat album. Meanwhile, The Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon shows us his first proper solo release with a quality Springsteen-style acoustic ballad. Well worth the price of a 7"! |
| | Sean Leahy's Record Of The Month is... RX Bandits - Mandala Following on from the masterful '...And The Battle Begun', the newly-streamlined RX Bandits are Leahy's pick of July as they move on from losing their horn section and dive headfirst into the Mars Volta-style prog-rock they've been dabbling with for years. A consistently brilliant and consistently underrated band who will hopefully get their due with the release of this record. |
