February Album Releases
February brings a wave of new music to warm up the underground. From infectious rhythms to introspective melodies, this month’s releases span a spectrum of sounds that promise to surprise, delight, and challenge the ears. Whether you’re in the mood for playful experimentation, dreamy textures, or bold sonic statements, there’s something ready to soundtrack your month. Get ready to dive into fresh perspectives and hidden gems as the underground continues to push boundaries and celebrate creative freedom.
Alice Costelloe
Move On With The Year
Moshi Moshi Records
Produced by Mike Lindsay, Alice Costelloe’s debut album Move On With The Year released via Moshi Moshi Records is a record filled with fragile yet fearless art-pop shaped by mellotron drones, warped synths and intimate piano. Rooted in the shadow of parental addiction, it captures themes of unlearning and emotional repair with poised, clear-eyed songwriting.
Jessie Reid
Little Sparks
Self Release
Little Spark by Jessie Reid is a heartfelt indie-pop album that blends warm acoustic textures with shimmering electronic touches. Lyrically introspective, the record explores themes of vulnerability, self-discovery, and quiet resilience. Reid’s expressive vocals sit at the center, carrying melodies that feel both intimate and uplifting. The production is polished yet understated, allowing emotional nuance to shine through.
Momoko Gill
Momoko
Strut
Debut solo album from producer/songwriter/multi instrumentalist Momoko Gill, follows her collaboration with Matthew Herbert, stepping fully into her own with eleven tracks that blur jazz, experimental electronics and choral soul. Gill balances intimacy with scale. Produced by Gill, mixed by Herbert and mastered at Abbey Road Studios, it’s a powerful introduction to a singular voice.
Congratulations
Join Hands
Bella Union
Produced by Luke Phillips (aka ICEBEING), Join Hands finds Congratulations fusing ‘80s pop shimmer with ‘00s indie bite with a streak of modern experimental rock. The Brighton quartet balance tight pop songwriting with playful chaos. The result is nostalgic yet sharply contemporary—big hooks, bold colours, and the sound of four wildly different personalities colliding into something irresistibly unified.
Dewey
Summer On A Curb
Howlin’ Banana Records
Summer On A Curb is a sun-bleached snapshot of everyday moments, blending reflective lyricism with warm, lo-fi melodies. The album captures suburban scenes, restless youth, and nostalgic daylight through relaxed guitar textures and understated vocal delivery. Its strength lies in subtle emotional storytelling rather than grand gestures, creating a contemplative, breezy listening experience. The record invites introspection while still feeling light and intimate.
Keeley
Girl On The Edge Of The World
Definitive Gaze
Anglo-Irish dreamrock trio Keeley return with their third conceptual album, Girl on the Edge of the World, a “film for the ear” inspired by Inga Maria Hauser, whose 1988 murder in Northern Ireland remains unsolved. Honouring Inga’s spirit of adventure, the album weaves diary excerpts into a lush blend of Indie Rock, Shoegaze and Dreampop.
Hen Ogledd
Discombobulated
Domino Recording Co.
Hen Ogledd return with Discombobulated their most emotionally charged and inclusive work yet. Formed by Richard Dawson, Rhodri Davies, Sally Pilkington and David Ian Roberts, expanding their communal vision with children’s voices, field recordings and contributions from a wide circle of collaborators. Blending political reflection with personal vulnerability, the record pairs complexity with warmth, echoed in cover art inspired by a fragmented painting by Dawson.
Heavenly
Highway To Heavenly
Skep Wax Records
Heavenly return with Highway To Heavenly, reaffirming their status as pioneers of indiepop. Originally straddling the worlds of Sarah Records and K Records, the band fuse Riot Grrrl spirit with melodic UK jangle. The new album blends anger, empathy and joy — from disco-tinged opener “Scene Stealing” to the poignant “That Last Day.” Featuring Amelia Fletcher and original members, Heavenly’s inclusive feminist pop feels as vital as ever.
TVAM
Ruins
Invada
Following 2022’s High Art Lite, TVAM returns with Ruins, a record shaped by grief, reflection and reinvention. Written after a self-imposed break, it finds Joe Oxley embracing change and rejecting creative comfort. Blending the nostalgia of Boards of Canada with the shadowy pulse of The Cure, Ruins is expansive and immersive — reverb-soaked, textured and cinematic, finding beauty in dissonance and light in the wreckage.
Vic Velvet
My Heart Feels Like a Cowboy's
Siluh Records
Vic Velvet the solo project of Victoria Aron, known for Viennese punk-rock’n’roll band Topsy Turvy. Shares debut album, My Heart Feels Like a Cowboy’s, recorded and produced on a 4-track tape recorder by friend Felix Schnabl (Salamirecorder). Inspired by the sounds and spirit of the 1960s, Vic Velvet creates nostalgic, analog-tinged songs about love, hope, and longing, music that feels like a wandering cowboy searching for home.
Other Notable Releases
Archive - Glass Minds Dangervisit//Apparat - A Hum Of Maybe Mute//Bibi Club - Amaro Secret City Records//BSRS - A Field Of Manmade Fires Relative Action//Buck Meek - The Mirror 4AD//Liz Cooper - New Day Sleepyhead Records//Mitski - Nothing’s About To Happen To Me Dead Oceans//Railcard - Railcard Skep Wax/Slumberland//Ratboys - Singin’ To An Empty Chair New West//The Wave Pictures - Gained / Lost Bella Union
