A walk through the new releases of the past week or so – available to download and occasionally purchase in a physical format…

Albums first, and
Secret Gang Handshakes – Rob Flynn, once of Won Mississippi – releases his third solo (and first woodwind-based!) album…

Electrobuddha – Edinburgh-based Mark McCaffer – releases his second solo album ‘The Psychedelic Kid’

Lost Cafe Sessions is a compilation of acts from the early 1990s who recorded at the Lothians studio The Sound Cafe is finally available…

Conscious Route & True Note – Edinburgh-based rapper and producer team up for 20-track debut collaboration ‘Lost Routes’…

Adam Stafford‘s ‘Diamonds of a Horse Famine’, on 12″ red vinyl and via Song, By Toad, contains nine tracks formed of sketches of songs from umpteen years ago and uncovered during a lockdown clearout…

And in the singles / EPs pile…

Foreignfox – Fife four-piece’s new single, ‘Fractions’, is their second new track this year…

Broken Notions – Rod Jones-produced single ‘The Warmth Of You’ is the first in a series of singles planned for the next six months…

Yip Man– ‘Evil Doppelganger’ follows single ‘Tremors’, and trails Al Nero’s third solo album ‘Cock of the North’, planned for Spring 2021

Mima Merrow – single ‘Yellow Teeth’ trails Glasgow-based, Belfast-born songwriter’s forthcoming debut EP ‘Good Grief’…

Pinlight – ‘Armour’ is a remix of track from Jenny Laahs’ 2019 debut album ‘Grow Slow’…

Kar Stanton – Former Scottish Enlightenment member follows up March single ‘Freehand’ with ‘The Wonders and the Terrors’…

Union of Knives ft. Helen Marnie – former Baby Chaos man Chris Gordon returns with a new lineup including Ladytron vocalist for single ‘A Tall Tale’…

Ally Kerr – Glasgow singer-songwriter turns to instrumentals with single ‘The Light Inside’ trailing forthcoming long-player ‘Soundtracks’…

Ewan Patrick – Spares / Etape and former Thee Comrades man releases double-A-side ‘Retrospect’ / ‘Hurricane’

Jazzateers – Creeping Bent put out a single ‘Pressing On’, lifted from ‘lost’ album ‘Blood Is Sweeter Than Honey’…

Arkanna releases the follow up to ‘Black Is My Name‘ with ‘Wonder Cloud‘

and in the ‘other’ pile – not proper releases, but available to stream…

Highland prog duo Haunted Comets‘ self-titled tune is the first of a string of forthcoming material…

Fresh from TV show ‘Little Mix – The Search’ (!), Billy Reekie has shared a track, ‘She‘…

Radio Two favourite Calum Jones releases a single, ‘Two Months‘…

James MacKenzie follows May’s ‘Shoulders‘ with ‘Heart’s On Fire’…

Katherine Aly’s ‘Butterflies’ follows up her single from last July, ‘God Breed‘

MC Salum follows May release ‘Felina with ‘Kaiba‘…

Edinburgh electronic duo Gefahrgeist release their debut ‘Graceless‘…

Minerva Wakes – aka The electro-Twistettes – track ‘Perfect Soul’ follows debut release ‘Tell Me‘ and precedes debut long-player ‘Mirrored Moon’, due in February 2021…

Peter Cat has trailed his second album ‘The Saccharine Underground’ by sharing a track, ‘A.S.M.R’ on Spotify and Apple Music – the album is out on CD and download on November 6th…

New from The Vegan Leather, ‘Gloaming’ is, we’re advised, inspired by ‘Wuthering Heights’ (Brontë, not Bush)…

And Slow Weather – Annie Booth and Chris McCrory – share ”, which follows first single ‘Great White Male‘ and also comes from the ‘Clean Living’ vinyl single due on November 13th via Last Night From Glasgow.