The Guest List - Something Real (Red & Black Smoke Vinyl with Mirrorboard Sleeve)

After a breakout 18 months that has seen sold-out UK headline tours, critical acclaim for their debut EP When The Lights Are Out, as well as growing radio support, Manchester five-piece The Guest List announce their highly-anticipated debut album Something Real - out August 28th.

The announcement caps a wave of momentum that continues to build around the 5-piece. Latest single ‘Something Real’ has seen national radio support from BBC Radio 1 & 6 Music, as well as being described by Rolling Stone UK as “a thrillingly ambitious…reminiscent of Humbug-era Arctic Monkeys”, The Independent tipping the band for this year as “on course to become one of the UK’s next big guitar bands,” and Dork declaring that “2026 feels like the year that graft plus ambition turns into a breakthrough” - The Guest List are fast becoming a band to believe in.

As frontman Cai Alty explains: “The album is basically us saying, ‘we’re young, we’re confused just like you – how did we get here?’ It’s about trying to find something meaningful in a world that often feels overwhelming.”