Album of the Week – 05/12/25

This week sees new releases from Isobel Waller-Bridge (Objects), who is the sister of Phoebe! You can hear what her music sounds like below.

There are also albums from Anna of the North (Girl In a Bottle), and The Waterboys (Rips From The Cutting Room Floor), amongst others. Nick Cave and those Bad Seeds have a new live album (Live God), and there’s also Tom Smith‘s new release (There Is Nothing In The Dark That Isn’t There In The Light).

For our album of the week, we’ve gone for a man from the West of Ireland, with Dove Ellis. The Galway native is based in Manchester these days, and his first release is getting plenty of attention in the right places, including here!

Album of the Week – Dove Ellis – Blizzard

Dove is quickly garnering attention from fans and industry insiders alike as he spent the last two years building his fanbase DIY-style, through Instagram, Soundcloud and most importantly, Live Shows. Without releasing any music Ellis sold out shows in Central Manchester (Zombie Shack), Soho London (The Spice of Life), and back home in Galway (the Roisin Dubh). Dove put his first demo out on Soundcloud February 2023, and within 2 weeks it had over 2500 plays, and 150 reposts. Through this hype, Dove captured the attention of major UK festival bookers, and is now playing the Mainstage of Lakefest UK this summer (Clean Bandit, Johnny Marr and McFly will be headlining the same stage throughout the weekend).

Albums of Note: 

— Anna of the North – Girl In a Bottle

— The Waterboys – Rips From The Cutting Room Floor

— Tom Smith – There Is Nothing In The Dark That Isn’t There In The Light

— The Wombats – Oh! The Ocean (Extended Version)

— Confidence Man – Active Scenes Vol One EP

—  Infinite Coles – SweetFace Killah

— Isobel Waller-Bridge – Objects

December 5th:

— Alabaster DePlume – To Cy and Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1

— Anna of the North – Girl In a Bottle

— Annie DiRusso – Super Pedestrian (Deluxe)

— Big K.R.I.T. – Dedicated To Cadalee Biarritz Vol. 1

— Celeste – Morte(s) Née(s) (15th Anniversary Edition)

— Confidence Man – Active Scenes Vol One EP

— Crumb – Live!

— Daniel Knox – Mercado 48

— Depeche Mode – Memento Mori: Mexico City

— DIIV – Boiled Alive

— The Dirty Nil – Live At The Dine Alone Store

— Dove Ellis – Blizzard

— Freddie Mercury – Mr Bad Guy (Vinyl Reissue)

— Happy Mondays – The Factory Singles

— Hello Cosmos – Come Out Tonight

— Infinite Coles – SweetFace Killah

— Isobel Waller-Bridge – Objects

— Jimmy Somerville – Dare To Love (30th Anniversary Edition)

— Joanna – Hello Flower

— John Powell and Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good (Original Motion Picture Score)

— Judy Collins – The ’60s Singles

— Karri – SLIDER II EP

— Kronos Quartet – Forgive Us For

— Lemondaze – subtext EP

— Letters to Cleo – Aurora Gory Alice (Reissue)

— Letters to Cleo – Wholesale Meats and Fish (Reissue)

— Mayhem – Grand Declaration of War (25th Anniversary Edition)

— MC50 – 10 More

— Makaya McCraven – Universal Beings (Reissue)

— Melody’s Echo Chamber – Unclouded

— mildred – red EP

— Milk & Bone – A Little Lucky EP

— Nancy Sinatra – Nancy (Vinyl Reissue)

— Nick & June – New Year’s Face

— Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Live God

— NOFX – A to H

— O.A.R. – Stories of a Stranger (20th Anniversary Edition)

— Olivia Rodrigo – Live From Glastonbury (A BBC Recording)

— The Pharcyde – Labcabincalifornia (30th Anniversary Edition)

— Retail Drugs – Factory Reset

— SAILORR – FROM FLORIDA’S FINEST DELU/XXX [for my delusional ex]

— Sam Fender – People Watching (Deluxe)

— St. Lucia – Fata Morgana: Dusk

— Sting – The Last Ship (Expanded Edition)

— Subtronics – FIBONACCI

— TEED – Always With Me

— Thomas Raggi (of Måneskin) – Masquerade

— Tom Smith (of Editors) – There Is Nothing In The Dark Which Isn’t There In The Light

— Tourist – Music Is Invisible

— Ultravox – The Collection (Deluxe Edition)

— Various Artists –  One Love – A Tribute To Bob Marley

— Various Artists – Passages: Artists in Solidarity with Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers

— Various Artists – Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

— The Waterboys – Rips From The Cutting Room Floor

— The Wombats – Oh! The Ocean (Extended Version)

— Zac Brown Band – Love & Fear