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Bristol-based artist Tamsin Elliott will release her anticipated second album, The Meeting Tree, on November 28th. Following her acclaimed debut FREY, which processed themes of chronic illness and environmental grief, this new collection shifts focus to celebrate connection, nature, and “everything which makes me feel alive.” Watch the video for “Lonely Jig,” her lead single, performed with her trio featuring Sid Goldsmith on cittern and Rowan Elliott on fiddle.

The Weather Station has released two new singles, “Airport” and “Only The Truth,” recorded during the sessions for their acclaimed Humanhood album. The release precedes an upcoming UK and European tour, which includes a special London performance at EartH Theatre with a string quartet on November 21st.

Lankum have released a devastating, otherworldly cover of The Specials’ ‘Ghost Town’. The single is accompanied by a stunning video directed by the renowned Leonn Ward and shot on location in County Wicklow, with cinematography by Oscar-nominee Robbie Ryan. It’s a haunting piece of visual art, reminiscent of Andrei Tarkovsky—the perfect match to the track’s unsettling intensity.

Filmed in the Sierra Nevada by Sweet Harmony Sessions, Mama’s Broke deliver a powerful performance of “Pick the Raisins from the Paska”, during which the duo merge the percussive art of Cajun fiddlesticks with a Ukrainian-influenced melody. The song, named for a family memory of picking raisins from Easter bread, perfectly captures the duo’s signature blend of tradition, heart, and astonishing skill.

Chicago-based sound artist Lia Kohl has shared three new tracks from her forthcoming album, Various Small Whistles and a Song, set for release on November 14 via Dauw and which draws its unique concept from Ed Ruscha’s 1964 artist book, Various Small Fires and Milk. The new tracks feature contributions from Patrick Shiroishi, Corey Smith, Ellie Mejía, and Anna Fox.

Midlake share “Eyes Full Of Animal,” the final single from their eagerly awaited sixth album, A Bridge To Far (out 7th November). Described as a “groove-based psychedelic beauty,” the song channels a “more visceral energy,” tracing a moment of emotional misalignment. It is the final preview of the new LP, produced by Sam Evian and already earning rave reviews.

Folk singer-songwriter Dani Larkin releases a compelling double A-side, featuring the original track ‘Morning’ and a cover of ‘She Moved Through The Fair’. ‘Morning’, an arrangement of Eleanor Farjeon’s 1931 hymn Morning Has Broken, is set to open Larkin’s 2026 album, Next Of Kin. The traditional cover is paired with a video featuring circus artist Christopher McAuley.

The Soft Pink Truth, aka Drew Daniel, announces his lavish new album Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever?, arriving January 30th, 2026. The project grafts chamber music onto electronic foundations, exemplified by the lead single “Time Inside the Violet.” Confronting a “dystopian contemporary landscape,” the album seeks to provide a “makeshift queer refuge,” embracing intimacy and unapologetic beauty as defiant acts.

Brian Weitz, aka Geologist of Animal Collective, has signed to Drag City for his first-ever proper solo album, Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights? (due Jan 30th, 2026). The lead single “Tonic” showcases his “post-post-punk” vision, swapping guitar for an overdriven hurdy gurdy inspired by Keiji Haino and Greg Ginn. The track, featuring a thumping Dave Portner bassline, is out now.

Folktronica pioneers Tunng conclude their 20th-anniversary year with the new single ‘Anoraks’. Arriving ahead of their November UK and Paris tour, the psychedelic track follows their acclaimed 2024 album Love You All Over Again. Centred around a “lucid dream-like story,” the song was recorded remotely in Sweden, Margate, and London, yet achieves the band’s signature sonic unity.

If Jim White’s second solo album, Inner Day, is a “state of nature: peace and tension, rest and disquiet”, then “Two Ruffys”, his new album single, is its disquieting, beautiful wind. Watch the accompanying video, directed by Anna White, which scores the song’s meditation on “life and loss.”

Philadelphia’s The Noisy, fronted by poet Sara Mae, premiere their stunning new video, “Tony Soprano,” directed by Sam Cush. “It’s meant to talk about the collective experience of grief and I think having my friends sing on it, my friends star in it and eat the food I made, just felt like a particularly poetic and special experience. This one means a great deal to me.”