26 September 2026 – Thiago Trosso Pulls Punk, Folk, Ska and Cheap Wine Into MAGNET

Brazilian-born, London-based songwriter Thiago Trosso has released MAGNET, his third album and remarkably his third release of 2026, suggesting somebody has quietly removed the brake pedal from his recording schedule. Across eight tracks, Trosso folds folk-rock into the punk, ska and reggae influences accumulated over a career stretching back to 2003.

Opener "Dead To Me" arrives with thrashing guitars and pop-punk energy, while "Coma Calm" plays with the contrast between restrained passages and considerably less restrained choruses. Previously released "Future's Looking Bright" and "The Phoenix" sit alongside new material including "More Than Friends," "Cheap Wine and Sad Melodies" and closing track "RIP." The record's most appealing characteristic may be its refusal to choose between intimacy and exuberance.

"More Than Friends" strips things back around the aftermath of lost love, whereas "Cheap Wine and Sad Melodies" begins reflectively before discovering that melancholy is apparently compatible with a summery indie-rock chorus. "The Phoenix" introduces brass and a playful nod toward the mid-2000s ska revival, while "RIP" closes proceedings with female backing vocals and a more cinematic arrangement. Trosso relocated to Britain in 2015 after years within Brazilian punk, ska and reggae circles, and MAGNET makes that cross-genre history useful rather than decorative. This is not an artist trying eight styles because nobody stopped him; it sounds more like somebody who has spent long enough in all of them to understand where the connecting doors are.