Late the most: This week at South

A varied week of new releases, from imperial phase 4AD, to long-awaited returns. Aldous Harding’s Train On The Island sees her reunite with John Parish at Rockfield Studios, joined by a full ensemble including Sebastian Rochford and H. Hawkline, continuing a run of increasingly distinctive and finely detailed records. His Name Is Alive’s early 4AD albums return too, from the tender, slightly deranged dream-pop of Livonia through to more adventurous territory, Warren Defever blending looped dub, dream-gaze, folk and noise into something woozy, surreal and unmistakably his own.

Carla dal Forno’s Confession is an album of quiet upheaval, intimate and emotionally exposed, written in a studio housed inside a partially abandoned hospital, pairing melodic basslines and off-kilter rhythms with songs about longing, closeness and emotional unrest. Basement return with WIRED, their first album in eight years, a hard reset that finds the band sounding heavier, sharper and more purposeful without losing the emotional pull and immediacy that’s always defined them. All out today and available now.

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John Coltrane’s Africa/Brass captures him pushing outward into larger, more orchestral territory, blending modal jazz with dense brass arrangements and long, spiritual improvisation. Recorded in 1961 for Impulse! (His Masters Voice in the UK), it’s heavy, hypnotic and hugely ambitious, balancing deep groove with moments that feel completely untethered.

A landmark in Coltrane’s catalogue, and one that opened the door to much of what followed.. Pick up the UK first pressing here.