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2 August 2026 – The Cleaners From Venus Turn Everyday England into Pop on Beryl & Ruff Go Shopping
By Editorial Team - August 2, 2026
Summary
Martin Newell returns with 'Beryl & Ruff Go Shopping', a 12-track DIY indie pop album released independently via The Cat Collects.
Key Facts
- Martin Newell releases 12-track album 'Beryl & Ruff Go Shopping'.
- Released independently via Newell's label The Cat Collects.
- Continues four decades of cassette-era DIY indie-pop craftsmanship.
- Entities: The Cleaners From Venus, Beryl & Ruff Go Shopping, Martin Newell, The Cat Collects
- Tags: cleaners-from-venus, beryl-and-ruff-go-shopping, martin-newell, the-cat-collects, lo-fi, indie-pop, diy-music
The Cleaners From Venus have added another charmingly unconventional chapter to their vast catalogue with 'Beryl & Ruff Go Shopping'. The new 12-song album finds Martin Newell continuing the deeply independent approach that has defined the project since its cassette-era beginnings in lo-fi pop.
Small towns, fading weekends, old radios, domestic details and passing observations become raw material for melodic guitar pop. Titles including 'Scenes from Smalltown England,' 'A Paint-stained Radio,' 'Back in Time for the Weekend' and 'The Vintage Girl' locate the record in Newell’s world, while closing tracks 'Supermoon' and 'Star Commander Blue' open into something imaginative and cosmic. Released independently through The Cat Collects.