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FEATURE: New Music Friday Ft. Clara Mann, Michael Kiwanuka, William Basinski, Jeffrey Silverstein, HMLTD, Muireann Bradley, The Wow! Scenario, and more. www.normanrecords.com/features/bes...

PREORDER: 'Demoed' by Lambchop Kurt Wagner revisits his acclaimed latest, offering unfinished versions from the 'Punching the Clown' sessions for guest vocalists including MJ Lenderman, Circuit des Yeux, Alan Sparhawk, Flock of Dimes and more to sing over. www.normanrecords.com/records/2191...

JUST IN! 'midday' by Robert Farrugia Melodic, peaceful ambient with looping electronics - just 60 of these sweet treats to go around on tape 🍊 www.normanrecords.com/records/2190...

JUST IN! 'Calling Antonín' by James Brandon Lewis / Red Lily The avant-garde jazz saxophonist returns with a work inspired by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, blending sax-led licks with chamber strings and classical compositional technique. www.normanrecords.com/records/2187...

JUST IN! 'The Gorgon Dubwise' by Cornell Campbell Cornell Campbell vocals fall over instrumentals The Aggrovators dub reggae instrumentals and Bunny Lee’s production. www.normanrecords.com/records/2179...

JUST IN! 'Today's Special' by Hanne Lippard, Renato Grieco Lippard's spoken word meets Grieco's instrumentals moving between post-classical, minimalism, and ambient. LP on Shelter Press. www.normanrecords.com/records/2180...

TUESDAY VINYL UPDATE: Ft. Ex:Re, DIIV, The Flaming Lips, Throwing Muses, The Fates, Sennen, Clinic, PISS, Coil, Dog Unit, Sleep, Skee Mask & North Americans, The Big Moon, Mogwai, and more. www.normanrecords.com/features/bes...

TODAY’S BEST RECORDS: 27/10/2026 New Album: The Wow! Scenario - ‘Stand in the Star. A Verse and a Chorus’ Preorder: The Flaming Lips - ‘The Teardrop Throbs’ Reissue: Zeni Geva - ‘Total Castration’ www.normanrecords.com/features/bes...

PREORDER: 'Real Music' by Classic Traffic Power pop belters blending the indie and alternative rock side of the genre (Weezer, Teenage Fanclub, The Replacements) with vintage Cheap Trick and Big Star. www.normanrecords.com/records/2191...

PREORDER: 'Wilder Beauty' by Chatham County Line As they approach their third decade crafting music together, the North Carolina Americana and bluegrass outfit reveal their eleventh LP. www.normanrecords.com/records/2191...

NORMAN RECOMMENDS: Check out what we’ve been collectively digging, spinning at Norman HQ, and are looking forward to over on our Staff Picks page. www.normanrecords.com/recommended

JUST IN! 'A Pocket Guide to Abandoned Locations of the British Isles' by Dave Clarkson Field recording collages sourced from deserted sites are transformed into experimental compositions blending metallic rhythms and ambient drone. www.normanrecords.com/records/2190...

JUST IN! 'The Twelve Songs of Christmas' by Bob Stanley The writer, journalist, and Saint Etienne co-founder delves deep into twelve UK Christmas Number Ones alongside near misses and perennial staples. @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social www.normanrecords.com/records/2157...

JUST IN! 'Continue Here (Mono Remastered)' by The Zombies Compilation uniting the beat turned baroque/psych-pop group’s mid-1960s B-sides and non-LP singles. www.normanrecords.com/records/2183...

JUST IN! 'Peel sessions 87-88' by The Great Leap Forward: Post-bIG fLAME Peelers on Precious Recordings from Alan Brown’s indie janglers. @precrecs.bsky.social www.normanrecords.com/records/2186...

JUST IN! 'The Lost Letters' by The Lost Letters Limited-to-100 copies debut album from the Taiwan duo, here mixing understated slowcore with post-rock instrumentals complete with lo-fi folk and dream pop nods. www.normanrecords.com/records/2168...

JUST IN! 'Big Hands' by COWMAN Fierce, grinding, aggro noise rock and vintage post-hardcore with a fair bit of AmRep and Big Black about it. Limited 7’’ on COJU Recordings. www.normanrecords.com/records/2168...

JUST IN! 'Weekend (30th Anniversary Edition)' by Kreidler The breakthrough release from the Düsseldorf group known for fusing indie-electronica, early post-rock, krautrock rhythms, and ambient pop returns following a two-decade-long vinyl dormancy. www.normanrecords.com/records/2185...

JUST IN! 'Listen Up! - Dub Classics' by Various Sixteen early dub reggae cuts from Tubby, The Abyssinians, Horace Andy, Johnny Clarke, and more. www.normanrecords.com/records/1361...

JUST IN! 'Leaders Not Followers' by Napalm Death Grindcore pioneers Napalm Death explored their death metal, doom, and hardcore influences on their 1999 covers EP. www.normanrecords.com/records/1399...

JUST IN! 'Jon Savage's 1976 Something Was Going To Happen' by Various Key ‘76 singles, punk hits, seminal numbers, dub belters and more convene on this comp curated by the writer and journalist. www.normanrecords.com/records/2177...

JUST IN! 'Music That You Can Dance To' by Sparks Mid-1980s missive from the Sparks brothers, back on vinyl with four additional tracks with heaps more to be had on the 2CD edish. www.normanrecords.com/records/2179...

JUST IN! 'The Planets' by Ivan The Tolerable Oli Heffernan tackles Gustav Holst's most famous composition, sending it into cosmic ambient realms with kosmische analogue synths, tape loops, and dynamics moving from subtle soundscapes to crushing industrial. www.normanrecords.com/records/2185...

PREORDER: 'Default Settings' by Atrice Swiss electronic duo Atrice follow a number of acclaimed EPs for Ilian Tape with their first full-length on the Munich label, fusing styles as varied as techno, UK bass, dembow, and ambient. www.normanrecords.com/records/2191...

PREORDER: 'grimdark' by saoirse dream The songwriter blends left-field pop, emo influences, noise pop, and electronics on a loose concept work exploring societal collapse. www.normanrecords.com/records/2191...

PREORDER: 'Look Back (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)' by haruka nakamura Soundtrack to the widely acclaimed coming-of-age anime drama based on the manga by 'Chainsaw Man' creator Tatsuki Fujimoto. www.normanrecords.com/records/2191...

PREORDER: 'Airy Fairy' by Glasvegas Fifth album and first in six years from Glasgow alternative rock outfit www.normanrecords.com/records/2191...

FEATURE: This Week's Best Preorders Reissue highlights include Throwing Muses, The Blood Brothers, Hüsker Dü, The Hold Steady, Butthole Surfers, Onra, and The Sword. www.normanrecords.com/features/bes...

FEATURE: This Week's Best Preorders Ft. Flaming Lips, Pulled Apart By Horses, Slate, Chvrches, Panchiko, Brooke Combe, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Warpaint, Al Cisneros, LoneLady, Sophia Stel, and more. www.normanrecords.com/features/bes...

PREORDER: 'Cay's Cray's (Digital Mystikz Remix / Carl Borg Remix)' by Fat Freddy's Drop Following its twentieth release anniversary, Mala and Coki's cult classic dubstep rework returns alongside the vinyl debut for Carl Borg's remix of 'Del Fuego'. www.normanrecords.com/records/2190...

PREORDER: 'Help' by Thee Oh Sees Garage-psych belter from way back in 2009. Violet coloured repress vinyl LP on In The Red. www.normanrecords.com/records/1062...

PREORDER: 'Humans' by HENGE Space rock, prog, and electronic mash ups from the Manchester group, this time turning their conceptual attentions to Earth and the human species. www.normanrecords.com/records/2191...

PREORDER: 'Boys and Girls in America (Deluxe Edition)' by The Hold Steady Indie rock favourite with pub rock and Heartland influences marks its twentieth with a remastered and expanded reissue edition. www.normanrecords.com/records/2191...

PREORDER: '1985: The Miracle Year' by Hüsker Dü Forty-three track box set of live material including their full First Avenue performance. On 4LP white vinyl and 2CD. www.normanrecords.com/records/2113...

WIN! - A Signed Wow! Scenario Test Pressing & Bespoke Artwork The competition to win a test pressing signed by James Acaster ends on Friday. All previous buys have been counted. www.normanrecords.com/competitions...

PREORDER: 'Warp Riders' by The Sword Classic rock and vintage heavy metal influenced stoner metal with science fiction themes, returning to wax as an edition remixed and remastered from the original sessions. www.normanrecords.com/records/2191...

PREORDER: 'Happy, Broken.' by chest. Ten snappy post-punk tracks with fierce dance-punk rhythms and noise rock's distorted riffs, complete with nods to shoegaze and industrial rock. www.normanrecords.com/records/2191...

PREORDER: 'A Career in Architecture' by Gift Horse Wide-ranging folk guitarist Ryley Walker joins the New York ambient and electronic experimentalists for their second LP. www.normanrecords.com/records/2191...

PREORDER: 'Over There' by Margaux Gazur The electronic producer eschews the minimal techno leanings of last year's 'Blurred Memories' debut with an ambient and electroacoustic album blending concrète technique, field recordings, and lush sound design. www.normanrecords.com/records/2191...

PREORDER: 'Some Kind Of Cadwallader' by Algernon Cadwallader Crucial Midwest emo debut with math rock riffs, big melodies, and shouty vocals, essential if you're into your Snowing, Cap'n Jazz, Braid, The Promise Ring, American Football etc. www.normanrecords.com/records/2191...

PREORDER: 'Out There' by The Heliocentrics Debut album from the UK jazz collective known for blending jazz-fusion, Ethio, and spiritual jazz, psychedelia, dub, hip-hop, and electronic styles. www.normanrecords.com/records/9367...

DINKED EARLY DOORS 14: 'The Grandfather Clock' by Slate The Cure’s goth rock sprawl meets Slint’s spidery guitarwork and intricate yet hard-hitting rhythms, Sonic Youth’s blurry discord, and the anthemic streak of the first couple of Manics records. www.normanrecords.com/records/2190...

JUST IN! 'Total Castration' by Zeni Geva Cult classic of Tokyo post-hardcore and noise rock, engineered by Steve Albini. www.normanrecords.com/records/2180...

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TODAY’S BEST RECORDS: 26/10/2026 New Album: Dog Unit - ‘Runners’ Preorder: Throwing Muses - ‘Throwing Muses’ Reissue: Sidney Gish - ‘No Dogs Allowed’ www.normanrecords.com/features/bes...

JUST IN! 'Iron' by COH Vinyl debut for the 2000 album from Ivan Pavlov's experimental electronic project, a work blending experimental production and glitch music with echoes of one of his formative musical loves - heavy metal. www.normanrecords.com/records/2180...

PREORDER: 'The Teardrop Throbs' by The Flaming Lips First album in six years and inaugural Third Man release from the veteran neo-psychedelia group. www.normanrecords.com/records/2191...

JUST IN! 'Rejoice' by Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela The pair of African music legends teamed up in 2010, their Afrobeat meets jazz collaboration finally seeing the light of day after it was completed in 2018 by Allen and producer Nick Gold. www.normanrecords.com/records/2179...

JUST IN! 'A Portrait of a Man and His Woman' by Screamin' Jay Hawkins Proto-shock rock and dark rhythm and blues meet on this early 70s number. www.normanrecords.com/records/2188...