Firestations is an eclectic London-based art-pop and shoegaze band known for harmony-driven psychedelia, featuring members Mike Cranny, Laura Copsey, Martin Thompson, Tom Hargreaves, and Neil Walsh. Signed to Lost Map Records, they have released several albums, including Dream Home (2020) and Thick Terrain (2023), with Many White Horses released in April 2025.
‘International Dust’ is the new album from London art-pop band Firestations, and it marks a return to their full five-piece band format after a journey into more stripped back alt-folk territory on last year’s ‘Many White Horses’.
The nine tracks on the album (out in October on Lost Map Records), encompass an eclectic and intuitive mix of dream-pop, alt-country and hypnotic cyclical numbers, and were shaped collectively by the whole band through various twists and turns at rehearsal sessions during 2024. It was recorded live in the room at Otterhead Studios in early 2025 (engineered by Ellis Powell-Bevan and Oscar Ball), before being mixed and mastered by James Trevascus (Invada, Portishead, PJ Harvey, Young Fathers). This longer gestation period, combined with having someone outside the band on production duties, has resulted in a more expansive and immersive listen, with room for everything to find its place.
“Melancholy tempered by shimmering shoegaze stylings... a wistful delight.” Electronic Sound
"A powerful melodic punch, infused with intelligent songcraft and rich detail." Concrete Islands
“Strange and compelling.” For the Rabbits
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