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All Ages

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Brown Horse return with their third album Total Dive. Their strongest and most grounded work to date, it showcases a new level of skill and assurance in the Norwich, UK band’s thoughtful lyricism and musicality. Leaning away from the playfulness and eclecticism of their previous works, Total Dive sees Brown Horse step forward into the darkness with a cautious optimism. With songs from each of the four members (Patrick Turner, Nyle Holihan, Emma Tovell and Rowan Braham) the writing charts a world of small revelations and painful changes. As they move confidently between searing noise and delicate reflection, they take time to note the beauty and agony of the mundane; the death rattle of a vending machine, headlights flashing in the eyes of a road-killed fox, the heather-pink of a winter sky. The new album is the clearest expression yet of Brown Horse’s unique sound – somewhere between the stark country rock of Uncle Tupelo, the raw intimacy of early Cat Power, and the haunted landscapes of Magnolia Electric Co., while embracing the self-possessed noisiness of alt rock trailblazers like Built to Spill and The Breeders. Bolstered by the playing of Norwich drummer, Ben Rodwell, and the vocal harmonies of Leeds-based musician, Neve Cariad, Total Dive is the sound of a band coming fully into their own. These are songs inhabited by wide Norfolk skies, thousands of shared miles on the road, the noise of heartbreak and humour, and the echoing silence of long hours spent in strange in-between places.

Total Dive (2026)

“This is just a stellar album” – NPR Music All Songs Considered

9/10 Album of the Month – Uncut

“part-Jason Molina, part-Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, and entirely self-possessed” – Paste

“Total Dive exudes remarkable presence and allure” – No Depression

All the Right Weaknesses (2025)

“Wondrous” (8/10) – Uncut

“Unequivocally […] one of the finest country-rock records of 2025” – No Expectations

“All the Right Weaknesses carries the torch” (9/10) – Pop Matters

★★★★ – Mojo

Reservoir (2024):

“Stunning debut” (9/10) – Uncut

“An entirely unique yet instantly recognisable sound” ★★★★ – Mojo

“Extraordinary emotional heft. What a debut” ★★★★ – The Sunday Times

“A seriously good – and curiously British – addition to the country rock canon”

– ★★★★ The Times