With Pullman’s long-awaited new album, III, now just a couple of days away, we’re down to the last preview before its release. Over the past few months, the Chicago-based acoustic supergroup have already given us two strong introductions to III, first with the dazzling and dreamy ‘Weightless’ and then the intricate and hypnotic ‘Kabul’, both of which marked their first new material in over twenty years. Today, ahead of the album’s release this Friday, Pullman have shared a final preview from III. The new track, ‘Bray’, shifts the mood once again, leaning into a denser and more tactile atmosphere. “Across two warm minutes, distorted timbres create a serrated, yet woolly atmosphere”, describes the press release. “It is equally indebted to ambient and noise, harkening back to ’90s Midwest experimentation.”
‘Bray’ highlights another side of a record shaped by long-standing collaboration, patience, and persistence. The album is out this Friday, January 9th, through Western Vinyl, and you can check out the new single below, offered alongside a visualizer.
David Moore is gearing up to release his new album Graze The Bell, on January 30th through RVNG Intl. The record marks his first widely released solo piano album, following two decades of work with Bing & Ruth and collaborations with artists like Steve Gunn and Cowboy Sadness. Stripped back to piano alone, Graze The Bell is Moore’s most personal release to date. The album finds him stepping away from ensemble arrangements to focus on quiet and meditative compositions that value space, restraint, and emotional presence. Some pieces were originally written for Bing & Ruth, but Moore ultimately felt they belonged elsewhere. “I want to keep growing,” he says, “and challenge dogmatic ways of thinking.” That desire made him rethink both his playing and his creative process, leading him toward a more intuitive and almost trance-like approach to playing, where structure and instinct meet.
The album’s title reflects a philosophy Moore has come to embrace over time. Questioning the idea of constant progress or arrival, he instead leans into being present. “There is no mountaintop – and no path to it,” he writes. “Only a hope that we may, if we’re lucky, occasionally graze the bell.”
The album’s intimacy is also mirrored in the cover, depicting his wife flying a kite on the North Carolina coast, which Moore cross-stitched over ten months while Graze The Bell was being mixed.
Ahead of the album’s release, Moore has shared the utterly stunning and stirring ‘Offering’, alongside a video directed by Nick Vranizan. The track captures the album’s spirit, unfolding slowly and patiently. “‘Offering’ is an extension of my never-ending quest to move through harmony like water using an instrument that is very much like stone,” Moore explains. “Spiritually, the song and title grew from a period of my life that saw intense challenge and wild transformation, both of which required a relinquishing of control – a time when the only way through was up”. Speaking about the video, he comments:
“The film, sparked from a thought we had to expand on the cross-stitched album art. We decided early on to shun any form of generative AI and focus on technique and impulse. It’s rare I see a visual for a song that so closely matches the feeling of playing it; what Nick’s created here is not just something beautiful in its own right, but also a passage to understanding the music on a deeper level.”
Vranizan also had this to say about it:
“I have to say that I think the music is responsible for bringing real magic to the film. It made images that could easily have looked like a screensaver feel mercurial and familiar, like navigating a memory.”
Craven Faults beautiful and ghostly new album, Sidings, is nearing its release date on January 23rd through The Leaf Label and today the British enigmatic producer has shared a second track from it called ‘Yard Loup’. Hypnotic and elevating, the single comes with an accompanying video by Michael Connolly which you can watch below.
As we reach the tail end of 2025, we’re uncovering some hidden gems from earlier in the year that have slipped under our radar, and Funghi, the debut album from Porto’s Barananu, is one of them. Released through Jazzego Records in March, Funghi hit us like a breath of fresh air, with its infectious grooves and adventurous mix of jazz, disco, and progressive rock, blended in a way that is spontaneous and free-spirited as childhood play itself. Funghi is not bound by genre, but rather, it explores a variety of influences, from the hypnotic and atmospheric elements reminiscent of Boards of Canada and the improvisational spirit of BadBadNotGood to the adventurous edge of Kamasi Washington and the lush and experimental textures of Stereolab, blending cosmic synths with laid-back grooves. Comprising some of Porto’s most talented musicians – Eduardo Carneiro Dias (drums), Xavier Nunes (bass), João Pedro Dias (trumpet), Fábio Gil (saxophone), José Pedrosa (keyboards), and Fábio Mota (percussion) -, Barananu have crafted one of the most fun, daring and groove-heavy records we’ve heard all year. In the works for four years, including a period of intense collaboration during the pandemic, Funghi is the result of their creative experimentation, as the band explains:
“This album is the natural result of four years of musical growth, including the unique challenges that the pandemic brought us. During pre-production, we intensified our collaborative approach with almost daily rehearsals, where each member actively contributed to the composition, resulting in more sophisticated arrangements and a truly shared artistic vision.”
A ride from start to finish, Funghi is an album full of surprises, joy, and boundless creativity, exactly what we need as we close out 2025. For a taste of what’s on offer, take a listen to two exhilarating tracks from the album, ‘Tiny Steps’ and ‘Ode Metro’.
With Pullman’s long-awaited III just around the corner, and following the dazzling and dreamy ‘Weightless’, the storied Chicago-based acoustic supergroup have unveiled a beauty of a second single. Titled ‘Kabul’, the track builds on their unique blend of ambient folk and post-rock with even more intricate layers of instrumentation and gently hypnotic rhythms. As the band’s Chris Brokaw describes, the song’s creation process is a blend of influences and collaboration:
“Kabul. Dig deep. Banjo nod to the East. Throw it in the mail and into Bundy‘s blender. Back to the boys and out into the ether. Boiling weeds for soup ain’t no way to live.”
There is a sense of playful experimentation in ‘Kabul’, aligned with the spirit of the album itself, one that was shaped by friendship and endurance. After more than two decades, the band’s bond has been tested and strengthened over time, especially after drummer Tim Barnes was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s in 2021. The album, and as the press release describes, “carries forward the group’s signature intimacy and space while embodying the spirit of community that has always defined their work.”
III is one of the most anticipated releases of 2026 and we can’t wait for it to drop on January 9th through Western Vinyl. Now check out the accompanying video for ‘Kabul’.
