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Words: Tom Gensler Interpol’s latest and eighth album, This Mirror Weighs a Ton, marks a big change for NewYork’s indie stalwarts. The album takes away some of the rawness and drive of the older and more familiar Interpol sounds and changes it for atmospheric, moody elements. It takes a bit of a while to get used to, but at about the midway point of the album it settles in, and on repeat listens it does bed in more. It doesn’t seem so drastic now as much as it does on the ope

Words: Sam Drake CREDIT: Sam McMahon James Marriott is cooking up a storm for his next album; following on from the success of his sophomore album, Don’t Tell The Dog, which reached the top of the UK charts last June (2025), Marriott released the single California Rain back in January and now he returns with his third album’s lead single, Burn Down The Disco. I have to admit that I fell victim to the short form promotion of this single and had the earworm-chorus stuck in my h