You might have noticed that Drowned in Sound has been on a reflective pause since 2019. We've been pondering and perfecting what a fully rejuvenated DiS would look like in the years to come. The good ...

Back in 2019, Drowned in Sound hit pause and archived this site. In the meantime, our community has remained active here here. But we've made a return, that's a little different than before. You can ...

“It sounds a bit fanciful” explains the English folk singer Shirley Collins, sipping water from a glass goblet at her home in Lewes, “but it’s not, it’s actually what I feel and I just want to do the ...

The album is a great summary of where Palace are as a band. It's a culmination of very early songs and new ones. The album takes you on a journey through different emotions and ups and downs. It's ...

On ‘Exploitation’, the first single off her last album Hairless Toys, Róisín Murphy sang: “Never underestimate creative people and the depths that they will go”. Although, as she says in our ...

“I’d lost sight of why we were still doing it.” The last time I spoke to Scott Hutchison, in the summer of 2014, was to talk about a low-key solo record he’d made under the name Owl John. By way of ...

“The record came from a place of insecurity and confusion. I mean, if I can’t produce a record for the band I was in for seventeen years, who am I? What do I do?” Shortly after work began on Death Cab ...

First and foremost, I offer my apologies. It’s been over three months since the last Articulate Silences column and in that time there have been more fine releases than I could possibly squeeze into ...

Between 1979 and 1981, The Specials were arguably the biggest band in the land. Dominating both the singles and albums charts along with countless sold out shows and television appearances, their name ...

DiS' person of 2014 (Perfect Pussy's Meredith Graves) meets Stuart Murdoch from Belle and Sebastian... Stuart Murdoch and I are happy to talk on the phone. We’re glad we can’t see each other. My hair ...

“She is very neurotic. She is very concerned about what everyone else is doing.” Kele Okereke looks fairly concerned himself right now, as if he's quietly divulging a secret that has left him tortured ...