Arab Strap - Scenes Of A Sexual Nature
Next year sees the reissue of Arab Strap's first two (classic) albums: The Week Never Starts Round Here & Philophobia.  Both albums will be reissued as double CDs, augmented by BBC material in the form of Peel Sessions and live recordings and will be preceded by an uber-multiple-dunting box set of unparalleled desirability.

The Box Set (entitled Scenes Of A Sexual Nature) will feature both albums on vinyl (with new liner notes by Aidan and Malcolm); a double album of bonus material (including a previously unreleased and unfinished track that was especially completed in 2009 for this box set called 'Daughters Of Darkness'); a BBC Live CD; Another Bonus CD including rarities an early EP tracks and more surprises besides which we'll announce when it come up our humpf.  Scheduled for April more details will be released / leaked / launched / thrown at you in the fullness of time.

The Unwinding Hours
The Unwinding Hours album is now scheduled for a worldwide release on February 15th and it's fair to say that anticipation is starting to percolate quite fiercely already (can you percolate fiercely?  you can as far as we're concerned).  Here's the tracklisting for you:

Knut
Tightrope
Little One
There Are Worse Things Than Being Alone
Solstice
Peaceful Liquid Shell
Child
Traces
Annie Jane
The Final Hour

More details to follow...

Emma Pollock 'The Law of Large Numbers
Emma's amazing new album has a release date of March 1st and we're quietly (though not /that/ quietly) confident that people will be as delighted with how great it is as we are.  Here's the tracklisting for the beast...

Hug The Piano (And)
Hug The Harbour
I Could Be A Saint
Red Orange Green
Nine Lives
House On The Hill
Letters To Strangers
The Loop
Confessions
The Child In Me
Chemistry Will Find Me
Hug The Piano (Or)

Look out for live dates and various other release related bobbins as and when they emerge/we get the website updated...

Adrian Crowley 'Season Of the Sparks' : Out Now
The brilliant 'Season Of the Sparks' by Adrian Crowley is out now and in case you're reluctant to take /our/ word for it, plenty of other people think it's brilliant too:

"...like Leonard Cohen narrating a Tim Burton fairytale. A true magical mystery tour.” Q [4/5]

"A prolonged sigh for summers gone, Season Of The Sparks shimmers and hums with regret...something spare, ghostly and beautiful. A great album.” SUNDAY TIMES [4/5]

"Crowley's most consistently beautiful album yet." IRISH TIMES [4/5]

“From the hazy melancholy of the Beekeepers Wife to the Smiths meets Nick Drake stylings of the title track, Season of the Sparks is a treasure you’ll be happy to have melting out of your stereo as the throat of winter approaches.” THE SKINNY [4/5]

“celebrates the power and tranquility of nature with a collection of slow moving, hazy, yet oddly enchanting tales about the inner peace of the natural world.” CLASH [7/10]

“As a storyteller in thrall to nature, Crowley can have you hanging on every line and make you remember to appreciate all the small things which get lost in the noise of everyday life. An album for all seasons” RTE Entertainment [4/5]

"You simply don’t get better than lines like “where the black branches breech all covered in vines/and slowly runs the river, slow in time” and likewise you’ll have to go a very long way indeed to find a better “nu folk” album in this years releases." WWW.AMERICANA.CO.UK

You can listen to (and buy) the album by visiting our shop here

Zoey Van Goey - Out on Monday 19th
Yes, our newest recruits Zoey Van Goey release their debut album 'The Cage Was Unlocked All Along' from Monday 19th and you can get your hands on it from our online shop by clicking here.

"An irresistible debut album" SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY

"ZvG have a pronounced sound of their own ... an excellent album" [4/5] THE SKINNY

“Subtly forged indie folk” [4/5] THE SCOTSMAN

“Pop that comfortably resists pigeonholing” [4/5] THE BIG ISSUE

“Delightfully experimental indie ... easy to fall in love with" [4/5]
SUBBA-CULTCHA

“Anthemic, insightful indie-folk with wonderful sparkles of humour” CLASH MAGAZINE

The Unwinding Hours
Craig B and Iain Cook from Aereogramme have now unveiled their new project called The Unwinding Hours and you can visit their myspace page here: www.myspace.com/theunwindinghours