2024 has got off to a great start for new releases, we have loads of new arrivals in store including...

Green Day Saviors

'Right from “The American Dream Is Killing Me” — the first single and opening track from Saviors, Green Day is sending out a fiery SOS for these troubled times.'

Deluxe and standard vinyl versions available

We have some promo posters to give away with each sale of the new album (while stocks last!).

Limited edition store exclusive Just Another Rainbow on 7" vinyl, the brand new single from Liam Gallagher and John Squire.

The first taster of this collaboration between Oasis frontman and Stone Roses guitarist,

'Opening with a trademark floral but crunching Squires riff before Gallagher growls “I might have known this would be just another rainbow“, the track soon blooms into a ’60s-indebted psych track complete with a wailing and star-gazing guitar solo.'

Tom Skinner, Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke return as The Smile’s new album Wall Of Eyes, will be released on 26th January on XL Recordings. The new album, was recorded between Oxford and Abbey Road Studios, and is produced and mixed Sam Petts-Davies. It features string arrangements by the London Contemporary Orchestra. Wall Of Eyes is the follow up their 2022 debut LP A Light For Attracting Attention.

Various formats to choose from!

'Future Islands' People Who Aren’t There Anymore heralds a new chapter for Future Islands who, despite having formed nearly two decades ago, continue to challenge themselves and each other.'

Chartoppers The Reytons are back with their 3rd album Ballad of a Bystander out on CD and LP.

Saxon proudly release their latest album Hell, Fire And Damnation, and when internationally-renowned actor Brian Blessed OBE delivers a proclamation for opening track, “The Prophecy”, expectations are automatically high. Have no fear and make no mistake, Saxon meet and exceed them on their 24th studio release, creating a superlative British Heavy Metal classic which strides the perfect line between confident, current power, and gloriously irreverent flexing of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal muscle which Saxon co-created.

Punk band Alkaline Trio return with new album Blood, Hair, And Eyeballs.

Irish Indie Rock band NewDad have been a recent fav. of ours since we heard them on BBC 6Music. We're excited to get their debut album Madra in the shop on CD nand Ltd LP.

Constant fav Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes return with 5th album Dark Rainbow chock full of their own unique brand of anthemic punk rock.

Assignment Kirchin is another release on the fantastic Trunk label. Two Unreleased Scores From the Kirchin Tape Archive from the wonderful Basil Kirchin, both dating back to 1968.

Gruff Rhys - Sadness Sets Me Free

This incredibly is the 25th album he has released in his 35 year career individually, collaboratively and as a member of various bands. Sadness Sets Me Free is also the follow up to 2021’s Seeking new Gods, his first solo top ten record.

Available on CD and 2 LP formats.

New Model Army are back with a new album Unbroken. 

British RockNRoll duo His Lordship release their self titled debut album, comprising of James Walbourne (guitars/vocals) and Kristoffer Sonne (drums/vocals) who have been described as the most exciting live band to emerge from the UK in the last 20 years.

Multi award winning, platinum selling artist, Tom Odell, returns in 2024 with his sixth studio album, Black Friday, following the release of the title track in September 2023. The song, ‘Black Friday’, a thing of delicate beauty that swells into an impassioned crescendo, marks Odell’s biggest launch on streaming platforms to date, with a massive 2 million streams in the first 24 hours of release. 

Latest album Three Bells takes Ty Segall’s trips so much deeper and farther than they’ve gone before — a masterpiece of personal expression, expressed through words, music and production, parabolically addressing malaise with compassion in a flowing, unstoppable hour-plus of intoxicating sound.

Phasia is a new ep from VHS Head

The fourth release in Fu Manchu’s 30th Anniversary reissue series, No One Rides For Free, is a remaster of the band’s debut album from 1993.

Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine's 1992: The Love Album has been released as a special deluxe edition 3CD and 2LP sets Including the band's biggest chart hit 'The Only Living Boy In New Cross' which reached No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart plus Top 40 singles 'Do Re Me, So Far So Good' and 'The Impossible Dream' (a cover of the Man of La Mancha standard). Plus loads of extras.

Although released last year one of the artists of the moment Raye who has been all over the radio and TV recently is back in at the shop, her My 21st Century Blues is in on vinyl and CD 

Johnny Flynn & Robert Macfarlane's album The Moon Also Rises has been a good seller over Christmas. We've got more of the New Ltd Moon Coloured LPs back in.

Spiritualized's 2003 LP Amazing Grace gets a welcome reissue on 180 Gram Vinyl housed in Gatefold Sleeve. 

We also have live recordings on was from the recent tour by Erasure, Neil Young & Crazy Horse in 1970, The Beatles from The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 and a rare live vinyl from Daniel Johnston in New York in 2000, along with a couple of shop favs in the Madness Best of LP and the classic Penguin Eggs from the great folk artist Nic Jones.

We had a few more good sellers back in including: 

Nirvana - Bleach - New LP £20!

Public Service Broadcasting - This New Noise - Ltd White 2LP

Radiohead - Kid A and King Of Limbs

PLEASE BROWSE ALL THESE NEW ARRIVALS HERE

PREORDER NOW: 

Liam Gallagher John Squire collaboration self titled debut has just been announced out for release on 1 March 2024.  Available to preorder now on CD and 2 LP sets.

Just arrived in store this week we have fabulous Valentine's Day cards designed exclusively for Off The Beaten Tracks by Louth based artist and illustrator Neil Roberts (The Horus Heresy, Magic: The Gathering, Doctor Who, 2000AD) and printed right here in Louth by Richard C O Lovesey. 

There are two designs to choose from, 'You Spin Me Right Round' and 'I Just Can't Get Enough'. Perfect for the love of your life for Valentine's Day or any day! 

https://www.instagram.com/artofneilroberts/

We've had lots of new 2nd hand cds and vinyl in, esp. a big batch of Heavy Metal LPs. We've sorted our best 7's into genres too, well worth a look!

Here's a date for your 2024 diary...Record Store Day will take place on Saturday 20th April - we hope you can join us in celebrating at the shop, more news coming soon!

Lots of great live music in the town this week... including tonight...