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Week 11 of the year sees a particularly thematic week. Gothic thrills are on the menu this time around.

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A welcoming surprise after a temporal shift in sound and line-up from the band we formally knew of almost a decade ago. A worthy album contender in an ever-expanding gothic alternative universe that deserves its place in the sun. It’s a perfect accompaniment for those 3AM walks with no one but your own thoughts to contend with. Believe me, I’ve tried it once too many times as of late.

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Having recently fallen into the world of Michelle Zauner (Japanese Breakfast) again after reading her devastating memoir, Crying in K Mart fairly recently, I’m relieved to see that the collective are back with their first fully-fledged studio work – and the bands’ fourth. Everyone’s familiar with 2021’s gleeful painting in the Summer of Jubilee. But this time around, it’s a far more intricate statement as it conjures the romantic thrill of a gothic novel.

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A shapeshifting indie beauty, the new record from the six lifelong friends of Moneyball, – and their third in four successive years – is a whimsical anecdote of modern day. As music is solely interpretative to a personal degree, I’ll leave your decisions to yourself. But I will say this: not too dissimilar to the new cinematic drive-in Turner and co are making with the The Car and not too far out from the shoegaze tailcoats of Wisp and American Football.

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EDITORS’ BONUS //. A project of lava-lamp ambience and experimental music, Lucy Liyou is a hidden gem in every sense of the word. This has every lashing of experiment going – Korean folk opera, neoclassical tropes, warped vocals, more bitcrush effects to shake a stick at. It’s rather quite enthralling.