An hour-long Casio-powered journey through lo-fi Americana, proto-disco, synth-washed lounge, and early drum machine-laden pop ballads. All 16 tracks here are absolute winners and perfectly encapsulate why we […]
Rock / Pop / Folk
Ships late November In conjunction with the 2025 re-pressing of the Nora Guthrie “Emily’s Illness/Home Before Dark” 7-inch single, we have here, in the same format, a lovely […]
Ships late October Driven by her vulnerable, nuanced voice, Anastasia Coope’s ‘DOT’, the first release on the Bonzo label, is a quietly psychedelic suite of slow-burning avant-folk experiments […]
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Ships late October / early November Neon Castle hones in on a fleeting sub-genre of early to mid-’80s folk-rock. For a brief moment, glistening slide guitar, fretless bass, […]
Ships late November Gorgeous 7″ featuring one of the most unforgettable tracks on Julien Dechery and DJ Sundae’s Sky Girl compilation. Don’t miss the A-side which is another […]
You leave her a voicemail and everyone hears it. A version of james K slides through the valueless material “real” with fists full of melancholic ecstasy. Song collapses […]
A collection of obscure and unheard metaphysical sounds, 1980-1992. Lost Coast: Some Visionary Music from California assembles little-known sounds from California’s metaphysical underground. Each recording is stylistically different—dream pop, […]
With her unique fusion of ambient techno, trip-hop, and French pop, along with a coquettish whispering voice, POiSON GiRL FRiEND is now gaining worldwide attention. She successfully completed […]
With her unique fusion of ambient techno, trip-hop, and French pop, along with a coquettish whispering voice, POiSON GiRL FRiEND is now gaining worldwide attention. She successfully completed […]
180-gram vinyl, pressed in the US featuring exclusive OBI and a new translation of Haruomi Hosono’s 1975 liner notes.
Deadstock copies! Bluesy, atmospheric DIY funk recorded in London, 1983 by Sri Lankan multi-instrumentalist Race Knower. Read more about this project here
“Mi Latinoamérica Sufre” is a concept album whose sonic footprint was born from the desire to explore the untapped potential of the electric guitar in a tropical Latin […]
‘Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento’ excavates the forgotten sounds of the fantastical 1970s salsa dura group El Grupo Renacimiento. The group identifies as “B-class” salsa whose music […]
A warm breeze drifts through the open cabin of the boat, carrying the scent of salt and sun-warmed teak as it stirs the linen curtains. The man moves […]
Ships late October-early November We at EM Records love to transport our listeners to new worlds, other worlds; “Pantilde”, this magical new album from Cornish avant-folk performance artist […]
With In LA 3, Baba Stiltz concludes his trilogy of sun-soaked guitar music inspired by the city of Los Angeles. Drawing from its open spaces, strip malls, and […]
A collection of late ’80s/early ’90s recordings of introspective Japanese dream pop self-produced and recorded by outsider artist Maple Fyshh in his home studio in Miyazaki, Kyushu (Japan’s […]
Bluish Green was 15 + years in the making, passively percolating bi-coastly in the background of three family members’ lives, waiting for the perfect opportunity to present itself. […]
Originally released in 1989; “The Blue Nile’s second album ‘Hats’ is the band’s most beloved tome – repped by Black Midi’s Geordie Greep and covered in full by […]
Pablo Color returns after his collaborative effort with Berlin Lama: Solaris, to bring us more of these 70s tinged library vibes with a bit of a Bossa groove, […]
This is the long-awaited, first-ever vinyl release from the Osaka-based band goat. The five tracks are compiled from their debut album “New Games” (2013) and their second album […]
Clan Caimán, led by composer Emilio Haro, is a group from Argentina, but their timeless, organic music transcends nationality. “Pica-Pau” (woodpecker), their third album, is their most abstract […]
Dusty Pink Vinyl Lucy Sissy Miller is a French/British singer-songwriter, performer and artist based in Paris. On her latest release for Mêtron Records, Pre Country, she renders her […]
‘Any One Thing’ coasts with poetic prose of lasting love, social chemistry, and embrace of the matriarch in the process of grieving. With glimmering arrangements and a team […]
Featuring a selection of songs from rare 45s of the 1970s, Belong To The Wind marks the debut release from Los Angeles based sound sleuths Forager Records. Includes […]
Housed together in a stunning 380gsm board slipcase with a matt laminate soft touch finish and a UV spot varnish on the beloved Be With logo, we proudly […]
Scott Gilmore’s Volume 01, an Analog Synth Gem, Makes Its Vinyl Debut Recorded on a vintage Tascam 388, the LP version of Gilmore’s alluring, easy-going instrumental electronic record […]
“The world is filled with ubiquitous sounds, but compared to the sounds, it is the silence that fascinated me the most. What is in silence, nothingness, or another […]
The debut 2023 disc of narcotised, tranced-out dub from Naarm collective Dregs resurfaces on venerable UK imprint Purely Physical Teeny Tapes, its dense textures and abyssal groove splayed […]
A full tank of gas, the gentle glow from the radio dial, & stretches of open highway await, Forever Gamblin’ On You meanders through miles of soulful AOR, […]
For the debut release on Soft Rock For Hard Times imprint from Universal Cave, Suzanne Kraft covers Sugarcane’s unforgettable soft-rock-meets-modern-soul ballad “What You Do To Me.” Originally released […]
An anthology born out of isolation and deep introspection, Sky Dust Drifter is a cosmic medley of sun-soaked AOR, psychedelic folk, and soft rock. This soundtrack was driven […]
Sunny days all year round on ‘Original Watercolour’, yielding six soft-touch cuts of nice ’n easy groove meshed with flute and breathy vox throwing back to Sneaker Pimps […]
To enter the world of Sally Townes and Roberta Vandervort is to be swept away into a dimension of unique sound. Embellishments of smoldering jazz funk, seductive soft […]
A further exercise in musical curation, Child Of Nature is our latest sonic confluence of self-released tracks from the loners, hippies and outsiders of the 70s and early 80s. A […]
A beautifully fragile folk / soft rock daydream recorded in 1971 and unreleased until now. Michigan quartet Flight was formed in the small town of Grayling by Phil […]
“Sophisticated selectors Charles Bals and Norman Gervais invite the night with ten exquisite cuts of Latin-laced soft rock and AOR that feels like wearing a silk shirt and […]
A cult classic originally released as a private pressing in 1975 that became a costly collector’s item over the years, and is available to the masses thanks to […]
The Amsterdam underground formation S.M. Nurse started around 1980 and split up in 1983. They experimented with collage-like electronic music. In 1986 Top Tape released the legendary S.M. […]
Originally released in 2020; ‘Skinned’ is the debut album from Danish composer, producer and singer ML Buch. As if in search for something real, ML Buch takes the […]
Soko’s debut is a strong set of lofi bedroom pop tracks that at times summon some velvet underground sensibilities but largely leans on a particular type of modern […]
Wilson Tanner return to dry land with Legends, a wine-soaked agricultural fantasy, made among the grapevines at Manon Farm in South Australia. Where their earlier works settled into […]
