LYR: Rain Parade
Blending spoken word, electronics and bittersweet pop, LYR’s fourth album finds beauty in the strange shadows and soggy landscapes of contemporary Britain
Richard Barbieri: The Ghosts Of My Life
Apparitions, spectres, alternative realities… former Japan and Porcupine Tree synthesist Richard Barbieri returns with ‘Hauntings’, a spellbinding solo work steeped in memory and imagination
Deb Grant
With BBC Radio’s annual 6 Music Festival just around the corner, presenter Deb Grant reveals the formative influences that led her to a life on the airwaves
Apparat: Losing My Edge
Embracing analogue hardware, Apparat’s latest release is a richly detailed, quietly triumphant work, born from crippling writer’s block and transformed – almost imperceptibly – into a form of sonic therapy
Borokov Borokov: Push The Button
From easy listening to synthpop bangers and electro-punk chaos – Belgian duo Borokov Borokov are here to tear up the dancefloor
Library Of The Occult,: The Devil Rides In
Tom McDowell is the mysterious dark overlord behind Library Of The Occult, a label devoted to mixing classic synth sounds with the feel of his favourite 1970s horror films
Mandy, Indiana: American Psycho
Hold on to your hats – we’re on a road trip to Mandy, Indiana. The French/English electronic noise merchants are back with a full-on second album, and there will be no comfort breaks
Peaches: Wet Wet Wet
Riotously bawdy and uncompromising, Peaches is no stranger to radical provocation or controversy. Her first album in 11 years, ‘No Lube So Rude’, doubles down on that hardcore trajectory to louder, filthier and more joyously confrontational extremes
Miss Grit: Human After All
Favouring emotional candour and maximalist expression over conceptual armour, Miss Grit emerges from under the sci-fi veil
Cabaret Voltaire: Sensoria Overload
Back in the shadows, sheffield’s visionary insurgents Cabaret Voltaire return to the stage with their brutalist electronics and razor-wired energy intact