Upcoming Releases
A few recommendations for July 17th, 2026
Hey! It’s been a minute! How’s about we get back to work with a quick look at things coming up you might find thrilling, if that’s what you’re into… being thrilled.
—
Horace Andy - Agony / Clocktower, LP
“Horace Andy started his career when he was 16 years old with his first hit ‘Black Man Country.’ His music was produced by many, including Studio One, Clocktower Records, and many others. Songs that became some of his best hits were ‘Skylarking,’ ‘You Are My Angel,’ ‘Love of a Woman’ and many others. Now in 2026 here comes Horace Andy with great new songs such as ‘Agony Shame’ and ‘Scandal Herb Stock’ with his producer Nkrumah Jah Thomas, so once again let’s enjoy this great new LP and dance till you drop. Because music is life.” -- Alfred Newman
--
Articles of Faith - Give Thanks / Futurismo, LP + CD
Futurismo are thrilled to present a reissue of “Give Thanks”, the long out-of-press 1984 hardcore classic by Articles Of Faith. Originally released in 1984, the debut LP “Give Thanks” by Chicago hardcore legends Articles Of Faith is proof a hardcore record can be both political and poetic. Fuelled by rage, introspection, and a musical progression that could be seen as a blueprint for what would later become known as post-hardcore, this album ticks every box you want from a record of the era: intense, emotive, scathing, unpredictable, all topped off by the masterful production of Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü/Sugar). A demonstration in raw emotion and political angst, “Give Thanks” harnesses a sound that could have only happened during the Reagan era. Hardcore was of course a musical explosion built upon aggression and discontent, yet “Give Thanks” forcefully fuses this concept of raw power with a multitude of musical influences at a time when some of their contemporaries perhaps seemed to tread water. This record has an authentic Chicago savvy running through it, effortlessly projecting a street level tone whilst simultaneously aiming to show the possibilities of what a hardcore record could be.
--
Yard Act - You’re Gonna Need a Little Music / Island, LP + CD
This is the group’s third record, following their UK Top 5 charting album Where’s My Utopia? (2024) and their Mercury Prize nominated debut, The Overload (2022). Recorded between Leeds and Los Angeles with producer Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Nine Inch Nails, Beck, St. Vincent), You’re Gonna Need A Little Music is the first album the group recorded together, in-person. “The first two records were both laptop records essentially,” says frontman James Smith. The Overload was written with bassist Ryan Needham before the band had fully formed, and its follow-up, Where’s My Utopia?, was carved out in snatches of time on tour buses and hotel rooms. This time around, the group were able to have an “uninterrupted five month period” of creativity, crafting “40 or 50 songs” in that time. “It felt like freedom,” says Smith. “It felt like everything I’d wanted from being in a band.”
--
Some Velvet Sidewalk - Critters Encore / K Records, LP
DIY pioneers Some Velvet Sidewalk are back with their first record in years. The influential experimental lo-fi and indie rock band recorded “Critters Encore” at various times during their reformation tour between their spiritual home of Olympia and Vermont. Known for their minimalist “love-rock” aesthetic, blending lo-fi, noise pop, and punk.
--
Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical / Psychic Hotline, LP + CD
There are collaborations that feel engineered, and then there are those that feel like summer sun’s warmth on a Sunday. “Helado Tropical”, the debut collaborative album from Helado Negro and Reyna Tropical, belongs to the latter, channeling that easy, sun-drenched tenderness into sound. It didn’t begin with a plan so much as a meeting: two artists orbiting similar questions around language, identity, and music, finally landing in the same room. What followed was less a traditional writing process than a shared unfolding - an instinctive, immersive exchange that stretched across geographies, time zones, and states of being. Ultimately, “Helado Tropical” encapsulates a moment of two artists meeting at the right moment, with the right openness, allowing something larger than either of them to take shape. It is spontaneous yet intentional, grounded yet expansive, deeply personal yet invitingly universal. And this convergence of forces is just the beginning.
--