Welcome to the thirteenth edition of Undercard, our fortnightly music roundup, featuring the best new releases from this year’s artists and beyond.

This time: our comedy stage times, our cinema lineup, a Jason Molina tribute album, a ticket competition, the new Gina Birch record, the second single from The Sophs, live performances from Mary in the Junkyard and Ela Minus, a Hayden Pedigo short film and more.

→ EOTR 2025 Poster Competition ←

Are you an aspiring artist? Want to see your design featured on a limited-edition EOTR 2025 screen-printed poster (and get a pair of weekend tickets while you’re at it?). This one’s for you.

The artwork should include the festival name/dates/location, and be composed of no more than three colours. The design should be available as a layered vector file (.AI) or a layered PSD. Your artboard should be set up to A2, with a 3mm bleed.

Send your artwork or portfolio to [email protected] by 8th August and make sure your email subject is “EOTR2025 Poster”.

→ We’ve finalised our comedy day splits and you can find them here

→ We also announced our cinema lineup this week, with days curated by esteemed art house cinema chain and distributor Curzon, East London film club Deeper Into Movies and Oscar winning director Andrea Arnold, as well as picks, as usual, from festival co-founder Simon, who honours the legacy of David Lynch

→ The other big news this edition is that we’re now SOLD OUT – thanks to everyone who bought ticket, we can’t wait to see you there 💖
For anyone who didn’t get one but wants to come – we have a competitionrunning currently with Bristol Beer Factory. Plus Twickets will be our resale partner this year – sales there will be open in August

→ Talking Heads, the new podcast series we launched to share author talks from last year, hosted by our literature curator Julian Mash, now has three episodes out, featuring interviews with Lucy Jones, Simon Raymonde and Jon Moses

→ Two artists from this year’s lineup, Horse Jumper of Love and Trace Mountains, feature on an upcoming Jason Molina tribute album called I Will Swim To You, which is being released by Run For Cover and also features contributions from MJ Lenderman, Hand Habits, Sun June and more.

→ Makeshift Art Bar, one of the picks from our Next Wave competition, feature on the upcoming Mount Palomar track “Pass The Parcel”, which premieres next Thursday on 6 Music

→ Silver Gore announced their debut single “Dogs In Heaven” will arrive on Wednesday next week

⚉ The Sophs, the six piece Rough Trade signees from LA, just released a new single called “DEATH IN THE FAMILY”, a song about lead singer Ethan Ramon’s intrusive thoughts involving deaths of family members. He explains: “When I was a kid, anytime I didn’t want to go to class, or pissed off a teacher, or just felt cornered by something small, I’d start wishing I’d fall sick, or that something tragic would happen. I figured sympathy was the only thing strong enough to dissolve guilt. That misfortune could cancel out my mistakes…It wasn’t that I wanted to suffer. I just wanted to be seen as someone worth forgiving. And the cleanest path to that, I figured, was grief. Preferably someone else’s. Preferably on my behalf.” Get your hands on a limited edition 7″ of the single here

⚉ Gina Birch of the Raincoats, who was recently announced as a new addition to the lineup this year (alongside Truman Sinclair), released her second solo studio album last week via Third Man Records

⚉ Ducks Ltd. released a cover of the Camera Obscura track “Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken” featuring Gep Repasky from Lunar Vacation

⚉ Scott Lavene released new single “A Bus In July”, lifted from the forthcoming album, Cars, Buses, Bedsits and Shops, which comes out August 22nd

⚉ Dan Snaith of Caribou released the latest single by his side project Daphni this week. It’s called “Clap Your Hands” and is his first solo release under the moniker in three years (we’re also still loving “Unidos”, his recent collab with Sofia Kourtesis – her new EP Volver is due August 1st)

⇢  Wet Leg, who played a surprise set for us a couple years ago and said EOTR is the reason they started a band, released new album moisturizerlast week on Domino, which Pitchfork have called “a near-reinvention, an unbridled and clear-eyed testament to their songwriting chops that hones their vision and separates them from the pack.” (Full review)

⇢ Shame, who have played for us a number of times over the years, released new single “Quiet Life”, lifted from upcoming album Cutthroat, which Dead Oceans are releasing on September 5th

⇢ Nourished By Time. who played last year, releases a new album called The Passionate Ones next month via XL and was recently NME’s online cover star

↑ Amarillo, Texas based musician, performance artist, politician and model Hayden Pedigo is the subject of mini documentary High Lonesome Plains, the directorial debut of photographer Bob Foster ↑

↑ Mary In The Junkyard released a live performance video for their most recent single “Drains” ↑

↑ Ela Minus released a live video of her performing “COMBAT” live at Estéreo Picnic, Bogotá, CO ↑

↑ Takuya Nakamura uploaded a set he did for New York radio station The Lotlast month ↑

⇢  We’re still on the lookout for an on-site electrician and piano tuner (more info here) and are still looking for stewards – get in touch if you’re interested.

Our pals at Rough Trade have a zine out featuring their Albums of the Year (inc. EOTR2025 artists Black Country, New Road and Bdrmm). Head to their stores to get a copy or read the list here