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Staff Picks

Crack Cloud Tough Baby
- LP - Indies Only Pink Vinyl £20.99
Crack Cloud Tough Baby
- LP - Indies Only Pink Vinyl £20.99
Crack Cloud’s new album Tough Baby is both a clarion call and a life-manual for the listener.
Label
Tin Angel
Released
16 Sep 2022
Monorail Album of the Month
Khruangbin & Vieux Farka Toure Ali
- LP - Jade Vinyl £22.99
Khruangbin & Vieux Farka Toure Ali
- LP - Jade Vinyl £22.99
Ali Farka Touré trekked the world, bringing his beloved Malian music to themasses. Dubbed ‘the African John Lee Hooker’, one could hear strongconnecti [...]
Label
Dead Oceans
Released
23 Sep 2022
Staff Pick
Comet Is Coming HYPER-DIMENSIONAL EXPANSION BEAM
- Indies Only Orange Vinyl LP £25.99
Comet Is Coming HYPER-DIMENSIONAL EXPANSION BEAM
- Indies Only Orange Vinyl LP £25.99
The Comet is Coming returns with their second full length album on Impulse! Records. King Shabaka, Danalogue, and Betamax’s newest effort finds the Me [...]
Label
Impulse / Verve
Released
23 Sep 2022
Staff Pick
Beth Orton Weather Alive
- Clear Vinyl LP £21.99
Beth Orton Weather Alive
- Clear Vinyl LP £21.99
Weather Alive - Beth Orton's first album in six years - is out 23rd September on Partisan Records.
Label
Partisan Records
Released
23 Sep 2022
Staff Pick
Douglas MacIntyre & Grant McPhee Hungry Beat: The Scottish Pop Underground Movement (77-84)
- Event Ticket Only £8.00
- Signed book + ticket £35.00
- Signed Hardback Book + 7" £30.00
Douglas MacIntyre & Grant McPhee Hungry Beat: The Scottish Pop Underground Movement (77-84)
- Event Ticket Only £8.00
- Signed book + ticket £35.00
- Signed Hardback Book + 7" £30.00
The definitive history of Fast and Postcard, with a 7" featuring Josef K and Fire Engines. Hardbook book, signed by the authors.
Label
White Rabbit
Released
15 Sep 2022
Archive of the Week
Dengie Hundred Brackenbank
- LP £26.99
Dengie Hundred Brackenbank
- LP £26.99
Alternate Art and numbered silkscreened print exclusive to Monorail Music, World Of Echo and All Night Flight only limited to 45 copies!
Label
Ethbo
Released
23 Sep 2022
Monorail Exclusive
Lily O Genki Desu Ka
- CD £15.99
- 2xLP £32.99
Lily O Genki Desu Ka
- CD £15.99
- 2xLP £32.99
Lily’s early life runs parallel to an untold story of post-war Japan, that of the marginalised hafu - children of half Japanese / half foreign parents
Label
Japan Blues
Released
23 Sep 2022
Russell's Pick
FKA Twigs Caprisongs
- LP - glow in dark vinyl £25.99
FKA Twigs Caprisongs
- LP - glow in dark vinyl £25.99
FKA twigs mixtape CAPRISONGS finally available on vinyl, with a limited edition Glow in the Dark version. Features guest appearances from The Weeknd, [...]
Label
Young
Released
23 Sep 2022
Mark's Pick
Tim Burgess Typical Music
- 2LP Colour VInyl £28.99
- 2LP - Colour Vinyl + Ticket Bundle £33.99
- CD £10.99
- Event Ticket Only £10.00
- CD+Ticket Bundle £15.99
- Dinked 2LP £31.99
Tim Burgess Typical Music
- 2LP Colour VInyl £28.99
- 2LP - Colour Vinyl + Ticket Bundle £33.99
- CD £10.99
- Event Ticket Only £10.00
- CD+Ticket Bundle £15.99
- Dinked 2LP £31.99
Order Typical Music CD/LP or a Ticket for Tim's Twitter Listening Party live with Tim Burgess and Duglas T. Stewart on 26th September 2022.
Label
Bella Union
Released
23 Sep 2022
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The Orielles Tableau
- 2LP with Signed Postcard and Mix CD £25.99
- 2CD with Signed Postcard £11.99
- 2LP with Mix CD £25.99
- 2CD £11.99
The Orielles Tableau
- 2LP with Signed Postcard and Mix CD £25.99
- 2CD with Signed Postcard £11.99
- 2LP with Mix CD £25.99
- 2CD £11.99
One of our favourite contemporary groups, The Orielles, continue their journey into sound. With Exclusive Monorail Bonus Mix CD and Signed postcard.
Label
Heavenly
Released
7 Oct 2022
Monorail Exclusive
Arctic Monkeys The Car
- LP - custard colour vinyl £25.99
- LP - black vinyl £24.99
- CD £10.99
Arctic Monkeys The Car
- LP - custard colour vinyl £25.99
- LP - black vinyl £24.99
- CD £10.99
The Car is the seventh studio album from Arctic Monkeys. Featuring ten new songs written by Alex Turner, produced by James Ford and recorded at Butley [...]
Label
Domino
Released
21 Oct 2022
Alvvays Blue Rev
- CD £11.99
- LP - Crystal Vinyl £23.99
- LP - turquoise vinyl £23.99
Alvvays Blue Rev
- CD £11.99
- LP - Crystal Vinyl £23.99
- LP - turquoise vinyl £23.99
Finally! A new album from faves Alvvays... details to follow
Label
Transgressive
Released
7 Oct 2022
Stuart Braithwaite Spaceships Over Glasgow
- Event Ticket Only £8.00
- Signed Hardback + Event Ticket £25.00
- Indie Stores Deluxe Edition, signed + Mix CD £50.00
- STD Hardback, Signed + Mix CD £20.00
Stuart Braithwaite Spaceships Over Glasgow
- Event Ticket Only £8.00
- Signed Hardback + Event Ticket £25.00
- Indie Stores Deluxe Edition, signed + Mix CD £50.00
- STD Hardback, Signed + Mix CD £20.00
We're all incredibly excited about our friend of the shop, Stuart Braithwaite's fantastic debut memoir.
Label
White Rabbit
Released
5 Oct 2022
Douglas MacIntyre & Grant McPhee Hungry Beat: The Scottish Pop Underground Movement (77-84)
- Event Ticket Only £8.00
- Signed book + ticket £35.00
- Signed Hardback Book + 7" £30.00
Douglas MacIntyre & Grant McPhee Hungry Beat: The Scottish Pop Underground Movement (77-84)
- Event Ticket Only £8.00
- Signed book + ticket £35.00
- Signed Hardback Book + 7" £30.00
The definitive history of Fast and Postcard, with a 7" featuring Josef K and Fire Engines. Hardbook book, signed by the authors.
Label
White Rabbit
Released
15 Sep 2022
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Rina Sawayama Hold the Girl
- LP - indies exclusive red splatter vinyl £19.99
Rina Sawayama Hold the Girl
- LP - indies exclusive red splatter vinyl £19.99
Rina Sawayama’s highly anticipated new record “Hold The Girl” sees Rina once again juxtapose intimate storytelling with arena-sized songs...
Label
Dirty Hit
Released
2 Sep 2022
Michael's Pick
Poster Paints Poster Paints
- LP - Signed Pink Vinyl with Exclusive Fanzine £19.99
Poster Paints Poster Paints
- LP - Signed Pink Vinyl with Exclusive Fanzine £19.99
Poster Paints are Carla J Easton and Simon Liddell. Two beloved Scottish musicians who orbited through the same thriving music scene, Carla as an awar [...]
Label
Ernest Jenning Record Co.
Released
14 Oct 2022
Monorail Exclusive
Gilla Band Most Normal
- Indies Only Blue Vinyl LP £22.99
Gilla Band Most Normal
- Indies Only Blue Vinyl LP £22.99
For their first album as Gilla Band, (formerly Girl Band) the foursome has redrawn their own paradigm. Most Normal is like little you’ve heard before, [...]
Label
Rough Trade Records
Released
7 Oct 2022
Lola's Pick
David Bowie Divine Symmetry: An Alternative Journey Through Hunky Dory
- 4xCD Boxset £124.99
- LP - black vinyl £25.99
David Bowie Divine Symmetry: An Alternative Journey Through Hunky Dory
- 4xCD Boxset £124.99
- LP - black vinyl £25.99
4xCD BOXSET release date: 25th November
Label
Parlophone
Released
24 Feb 2023
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Kacey Musgraves Star Crossed
- LP - standard white vinyl £18.99
Kacey Musgraves Star Crossed
- LP - standard white vinyl £18.99
Following the triumph of Golden Hour, Musgraves went through a divorce and a long period of self-discovery and healing.
Label
UMC
Released
10 Sep 2021
Staff Pick
Thundercat The Golden Age Of Apocalypse
- LP - Red Vinyl £19.99
Thundercat The Golden Age Of Apocalypse
- LP - Red Vinyl £19.99
Deluxe reissue to celebrate the 10th anniversary of GRAMMY winning artist Thundercat’s debut album from 2011
Label
Brainfeeder
Released
26 Nov 2021
Staff Pick
Jon Savage presents: & Various Artists FAME: Jon Savage's History of Post Punk, 1978-1981
- 2LP - Black Vinyl £14.99
- 2xLP with Signed Print £23.99
Jon Savage presents: & Various Artists FAME: Jon Savage's History of Post Punk, 1978-1981
- 2LP - Black Vinyl £14.99
- 2xLP with Signed Print £23.99
A revisited, limited edition version of the highly acclaimed 2012 compilation album curated by Jon Savage.
Label
Caroline True
Released
18 Mar 2022
Monorail Exclusive
Bob Stanley Let's Do It: The Birth Of Pop
- Book - signed copy £15.00
Bob Stanley Let's Do It: The Birth Of Pop
- Book - signed copy £15.00
Bob Stanley’s anticipated prequel to Yeah Yeah Yeah, Let’s Do It is an illuminating celebration of the pre-rock roll era.
Label
faber
Released
5 May 2022
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Cass McCombs Heartmind
- LP - black vinyl £21.99
Cass McCombs Heartmind
- LP - black vinyl £21.99
On Heartmind, Cass McCombs enters the double-digit-album phase of his career, a quantitatively rarified place for any songwriter; rarer still, though, [...]
Label
Anti Records
Released
26 Sep 2022
The Dead Texan The Dead Texan
- LP - black vinyl £27.99
The Dead Texan The Dead Texan
- LP - black vinyl £27.99
First vinyl issue of the sole The Dead Texan album originally released in 2004. Gatefold Sleeve. “Stars Of The Lid’s Adam Wiltzie presents a collectio [...]
Label
Kranky
Released
26 Sep 2022
Beak> Kosmik Musik
- 10" £14.99
Beak> Kosmik Musik
- 10" £14.99
Two years in the making Kosmik Musik is a collaboration between artist Joe Currie, writer Ben Wheatley and musical group Beak>
Label
Invada
Released
23 Sep 2022
Billy Childish With The Singing Loins At The Bridge: Folk Variations and New Songs
- LP - black vinyl £18.99
Billy Childish With The Singing Loins At The Bridge: Folk Variations and New Songs
- LP - black vinyl £18.99
In Memory of Chris Broderick of the Singing Loins, who passed away earlier this year. We proudly present a vinyl reissue of this Medway folk classic! [...]
Label
Damaged Goods
Released
23 Sep 2022
Nick Cave & Sean O'Hagan Faith, Hope And Carnage
- Signed Hardback £19.99
Nick Cave & Sean O'Hagan Faith, Hope And Carnage
- Signed Hardback £19.99
Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave‘s inner life. Created from over forty hours of intimate conversations with Sean O’Hagan, [...]
Label
Canongate
Released
20 Sep 2022
Supergrass Supergrass
- LP - Neon Orange Vinyl £25.99
Supergrass Supergrass
- LP - Neon Orange Vinyl £25.99
Album remastered by original producer John Cornfield, with Supergrass bassist Mick Quinn. Restored original artwork with newly inspired inner bag artw [...]
Label
BMG
Released
16 Sep 2022
Patrick Andy & Yabby You Living In Mount Zion
- CD £10.99
- Black Vinyl LP £19.99
Patrick Andy & Yabby You Living In Mount Zion
- CD £10.99
- Black Vinyl LP £19.99
Pressure Sounds continue their great work with the Vivian Jackson / Yabby You catalogue. Patrick Andy's sides are spiritual, soulful, heavy. So good.
Label
Pressure Sounds
Released
9 Sep 2022
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Sarah Davachi Two Sisters

Two Sisters is the latest release on Sarah Davachi’s Late Music imprint with a collection of nine extended compositions for chamber ensemble and solo [...]
Label
Late Music
Released
9 Sep 2022
Amateur Hour Amateur Hour
- LP - black vinyl £21.99
Amateur Hour Amateur Hour
- LP - black vinyl £21.99
Amateur Hour's self-titled debut introduced the band's cultish, half-hidden world of Flying Saucer Attack-esque balladry.
Label
Appetite
Released
30 Aug 2022
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Exclusives

Various Artists Polyphonic Cosmos: Sonic Innovations In Japan (1980-1986) (Compiled By JD Twitch)
- 2 x 12" with print £34.99
Various Artists Polyphonic Cosmos: Sonic Innovations In Japan (1980-1986) (Compiled By JD Twitch)
- 2 x 12" with print £34.99
Beautifully compiled and packaged compilation from JD Twitch drawing on the fertile world of early to mid 80s Underground Japan.
Label
Cease And Desist
Released
30 Sep 2022
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R.E. Seraphin Swingshift
- LP - baby blue vinyl £19.99
R.E. Seraphin Swingshift
- LP - baby blue vinyl £19.99
San Francisco Bay Area guitar pop stalwart R.E. Seraphin returns with his EP Swingshift.
Label
Mt. St. Mtn Records
Released
10 Jun 2022
Michael's Pick
C Duncan Alluvium
- CD £10.99
- LP - Ochre Vinyl £21.99
C Duncan Alluvium
- CD £10.99
- LP - Ochre Vinyl £21.99
*Signed Copies* With the sparkling synths of the likes of Human League and combining with his trademark melodic sensibility, Alluvium is bliss
Label
Bella Union
Released
5 Aug 2022
Staff Pick
David Boulter Lover’s Walk (Instrumental)
- Limited Colour Vinyl LP £21.99
David Boulter Lover’s Walk (Instrumental)
- Limited Colour Vinyl LP £21.99
After the successful release of Lover's Walk, David Boulter is back with a purely instrumental version. Only available with us and Norman Records.
Label
The Spoken World
Released
1 Jul 2022
Staff Pick
Lung Leg Maid To Minx
- LP - Monorail Exclusive White Vinyl with Gig Flyer £21.99
Lung Leg Maid To Minx
- LP - Monorail Exclusive White Vinyl with Gig Flyer £21.99
So wonderful to see Glasgow’s Lung Leg sole album being re-released on Past Night From Glasgow. Looking back I’m surprised at how brief Lu [...]
Label
Last Night From Glasgow
Released
18 Nov 2022
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The Bluebells Everybody's Somebody's Fool
- 7" £10.99
The Bluebells Everybody's Somebody's Fool
- 7" £10.99
Unreleased, early versions of two of the most gloriously heartrending Bluebells tracks, originally planned for Postcard.
Label
Optic Nerve
Released
25 Mar 2022
Stephen's Pick
Jackie Leven The Mystery Of Love (Is Greater Than The Mystery Of Death)
- 2CD with Poster £14.99
- 2LP with poster £24.99
Jackie Leven The Mystery Of Love (Is Greater Than The Mystery Of Death)
- 2CD with Poster £14.99
- 2LP with poster £24.99
With Monorail Exclusive Poster Leven was one of the most gifted talents to have emerged from the post-punk era and this was his debut solo LP.
Label
Cooking Vinyl
Released
29 Jul 2022
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David McClymont Centuries
- 2LP - Transparent blue vinyl + zine £26.99
David McClymont Centuries
- 2LP - Transparent blue vinyl + zine £26.99
Centuries, decades, days... welcome to the dreamlike world of David McClymont (ex-Orange Juice) on this essential double LP retrospective + zine.
Label
Last Night From Glasgow
Released
17 Jun 2022
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To Rococo Rot John Peel BBC Sessions 97-99
- CD - £13.99
- Black Vinyl LP £24.99
To Rococo Rot John Peel BBC Sessions 97-99
- CD - £13.99
- Black Vinyl LP £24.99
Dazzling collection of To Rococo Rot BBC Sessions for John Peel. Our exclusive edition will come with an “Influences” cd strictly limited to 100.
Label
Morr Music
Released
4 Nov 2022
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To Rococo Rot John Peel BBC Sessions 97-99
- CD - £13.99
- Black Vinyl LP £24.99
To Rococo Rot John Peel BBC Sessions 97-99
- CD - £13.99
- Black Vinyl LP £24.99
Dazzling collection of To Rococo Rot BBC Sessions for John Peel. Our exclusive edition will come with an “Influences” cd strictly limited to 100.
Label
Morr Music
Released
4 Nov 2022
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David Bowie Divine Symmetry: An Alternative Journey Through Hunky Dory
- 4xCD Boxset £124.99
- LP - black vinyl £25.99
David Bowie Divine Symmetry: An Alternative Journey Through Hunky Dory
- 4xCD Boxset £124.99
- LP - black vinyl £25.99
4xCD BOXSET release date: 25th November
Label
Parlophone
Released
24 Feb 2023
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Various Artists Ghost Riders
- 2LP - Black Vinyl £29.99
Various Artists Ghost Riders
- 2LP - Black Vinyl £29.99
Efficient Space's curation nous knows no bounds, with this brilliant comp of Garage Soul mapped by Ivan Liechti
Label
Efficient Space
Released
14 Oct 2022
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Ignacio Julia Linger On: The Velvet Underground
- Book £50.00
Ignacio Julia Linger On: The Velvet Underground
- Book £50.00
Ecstatic Peace Library are thrilled to announce Linger On by Velvets-obsessed music journalist Ignacio Julià. This sumptuous new volume features inter [...]
Label
Ecstatic Peace Library
Released
28 Oct 2022
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