Sweeping The Nation — Oh, they're all coming back now, aren't they. Meursault, the Edinburgh-based heartfelt lamentations of big voiced heart-on-sleeve dweller Neil Pennycook, is preparing a sixth full band album, due on 7th July. It's self-titled, which is om... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Well, here we go again. Another tumultuous year has passed and passed on a series of albums which we've listened to, admired and eventually ranked. As always, direct from band/label buying links where applicable. 40 Haiku Salut - The General39 Go... more info

Sweeping The Nation — The round-up of the decade about to close reaches that most dread of years, 2016. You know, when Bowie, Prince, George Michael, Leonard Cohen, George Martin etc all died we were told by some in the press that as our heroes aged this would be happenin... more info

Sweeping The Nation — 30 Lost Horizons - OjaláThe return of Simon Raymonde, alongside Dif Juz's Richie Thomas, echoes not the Cocteaus as much as 4AD colleagues This Mortal Coil, a floating airiness of haunted, delicate beauty in texture, with effective cameos from... more info

Sweeping The Nation — So now we've covered the best tracks of the year so far on a month by month basis, let's move on to the longform stuff. Feel free to remind us of these come the end of the year when something else from these six months overtakes the lot. Algi... more info

DrownedInSound — DiS caught up with Neil Pennycook on the eve of his nomination for this year's Scottish Album Of The Year (SAY) Award more info

Song, by Toad — The new single from Meursault, from phenomenal album I Will Kill Again, which you can buy here, is called The Mill. In Neil’s words: “Once upon a time, I played a promotional show for an American beer company (one of the big ones). I can only ass... more info

Song, by Toad — There will be THREE Toad-related events at the 6Music Festival in Glasgow later this month. We have a label showcase on Thursday the 23rd March with Meursault, Jonnie Common and Siobhan Wilson – tickets here. Meursault – By Gaslight from Song, ... more info

DrownedInSound — The band are back with yet another stunning collection of songs more info

Song, by Toad — Meursault – Klopfgeist from Song, by Toad on Vimeo. This is out today! Klopfgeist, the first single from the new Meursault album is released today, and the album is due in a couple of weeks, on the 27th. We’ve got an amazing all-day album launch ... more info