New Bristol Music: 2–9 October 2026

Death in Sagra is a two-and-a-half-minute cut from Mothra Molasses’ YOGHURT release. The Bristol artist places the project in experimental hip-hop and lo-fi beat territory. Released on 5 October, it offers a compact entry point into that beat-led catalogue.

Mike Cosford returns to the 1990s house music that shaped his DJ career, pairing Akasa’s One Night In My Life with Leftfield’s Song of Life in a new edit. The 8 October release also includes a separate Akasa edit. This is a Bristol producer’s reworking of existing recordings, rather than a newly written original single.

The Bristol political-rock project returns with a ten-track album released on 8 October. Big Lies and Fairy Tales joins songs including Rats and Maggots, Children of the Future and Deep State Blues. Its framing fits the project’s longstanding interest in free radio and political dissent.

US + THEM reworks S.P.Y’s Step & Flow for Hospital Records, with the remix arriving on 8 October. The Bristol-based S.P.Y’s catalogue spans dark drum and bass, jungle and liquid influences; this four-minute-forty cut adds a fresh remix to that body of work.

Spiral is the new single from SCALER’s forthcoming four-track Reflex release. The Bristol band describes these tracks as a response to Endlessly, written together in the room with their machines and focused on a more immediate, live approach. Spiral arrived on Spotify on 7 October; the complete Reflex release is due on 26 February 2027.

Karabin’s Sonar is part of Couch Potatoes: Batch 1, the new selection from Bristol’s Sofa Sound label. The five-minute-nineteen track landed on 8 October and also has its own Spotify single page. A new selection from DLR’s Bristol-born drum-and-bass label.

Permanent War comes from Pocket’s self-titled album, released on 5 October. The Bristol pop-punk band’s two-minute-thirty-seven track is a useful starting point, but this is also one to explore as a full album. The group’s official page places its sound across pop punk, garage and punk rock.

rippy’s three-track MOVE012 brings YE, CONTROLLA and DOMUS to MOVE SILENT, with artwork by HERB and mastering by Mike Millrain. The label frames it as a twisted garage selection. Released on 2 October, the EP opens this edition’s date range with a Bristol producer’s garage selection.

Bound arrived on Spotify on 8 October ahead of Drone’s four-track What Comes Next EP on 1985 Music. The full release follows on 15 October and includes Chaos Reigns In Two, What Comes Next and Dynamo with GLM. The supplied Spotify link is Bound, rather than the EP’s title track.

B of Briz’s eleven-track A Lyrical Fash Bash brings her feminist rap into a wider discussion of anti-fascism, anti-racism and social justice. The Bristol artist combines synths and 808s with piano, cello and harmonica, while collaborator L contributes melodies and piano across much of the record. Fried green tomatoes at the HMRC is the linked Spotify selection.

Minor Forms and Royce join forces as Idle Means for the four-track Cruise Control EP on Bristol’s CIA Records. Released on 9 October, the collection moves between deeper steppers and soulful drum-and-bass rollers, with Kublai joining them on To Be. Little Number is the supplied Spotify selection.

Treemask’s eleven-track Join The Circus arrives from Bristol’s alternative and experimental-rock corner, with a Benjamin Badby feature among the album credits. BMW loves its trippy, alternative, jazzy feel: a band to watch and an album worth spending time with in full. Released on 6 October, it is available on Bandcamp and Spotify.

ManMachine appears on Shann-X’s Exodus release through Bristol’s XpazeSoul Records. The release page places it among electro, Detroit techno, synthwave and ambient electronic music. Released on 2 October, it opens this edition’s date range with a five-minute electronic cut.

Disruptive features on Wardour Street (VA004), released on 4 October by Bristol’s Bass Kitty Records. Drexter’s track sits within the label’s house, UK garage and speed-garage catalogue. The linked Spotify recording dates to 4 September, so this is a new compilation appearance rather than a newly released recording.

Conceived while its two members were living in Bedminster, Capper Pass brings six tracks of industrial electronics, Southern US hip-hop influences and ambient sound design to Indefinite Boundary. Reunion is the available preview; the full Bayhead EP is a preorder for 30 October. Its themes draw on post-industrial landscapes and the refineries behind the project’s name.

Brett Lewis completes his Mike Oldfield-inspired Astronomia project with a long-form instrumental work drawing on Hesiod, the Pleiades and Greek and Roman mythology. Recorded in Herefordshire and at Bristol’s Attic Attack studio, Part Two includes contributions on bass, trumpet and piano. It is an October preorder; follow the official page for the confirmed release date.

Bristol electronic producer Faulty Lights has a 15-track collection lined up for 20 November. Dark Ambient: Vol. 1 extends a catalogue associated with chillwave, synthwave and nostalgic electronic textures. Dimensions apart, The nostalgia of childhood memories and Slown by the desire to exist are currently available to preview on the preorder page.

2003 is the available single leading into Klinical’s debut full-length EDEN, due on 20 November. The 18-track album moves between drum and bass, dubstep, garage and more experimental electronic forms, with vocal guests including Killa P, LaMeduza, Olivia Rose and Vanessa. Spotify dates 2003 to 21 August, so it is an album preview rather than a new single this week.

A pick from the archive rather than a new release: Heavy Lungs’ five-track Measure EP dates to October 2019. The Bristol band’s garage and post-punk roots run through the selection, and BMW’s pick is (A bit of a) Birthday — an absolute banger and a good reason to revisit the record.