Alice Costelloe tonight, recorded for John Kennedy’s X-Posure on Radio X – February 6, 2026.
Alice Costelloe is breaking free on her upcoming EP ‘When It’s The Time’. The first release under her full name (previously operating under the Al Costelloe abbreviation) and her first having signed to much-heralded indie label Moshi Moshi Records. Sonically, new EP ‘When It’s The Time’ (out 25th October 2025 via Moshi Moshi) presents a captivating progression – introducing elements of art-pop (in no small part due to the EP’s producer Mike Lindsay’s “treasure chest of synths”) to her optimistic, soothing indie-pop.
Thematically, the EP poses questions about mortality, and “how to make yourself a better life in a world that often feels apocalyptic” – in Costelloe’s own words. Lead single and EP title track “When It’s The Time”, out now, was the catalyst not just for the lyrical themes across the new project, but also a benchmark for what Alice wanted the rest of EP to sound like. Humorously balancing a playful sense of optimism against the looming spectre of death; pillowy synths and celestial organs provide a warming backdrop for Alice’s pristine voice and deft examinations of humanity.
Alice Costelloe announced her debut album ‘Move On With The Year’, came out 6th February 2026 via Moshi Moshi Records. Costelloe will play a run of headline shows this spring, with the London date already sold out, and a second date added.
Produced by Mike Lindsay (Laura Marling, Anna B Savage, LUMP) in his Margate studio, Alice Costelloe’s long-awaited debut solo album is a document of creative detangling and emotional repair; a fragile, fearless piece of art-pop that dismantles the noise of her past and rebuilds something startlingly intimate in its place.
Moving beyond the cool precision of her indie-rock roots, she and Lindsay shape a world of mellotron drones, fluttering flutes, warped synths and stumbling pianos – a sound that feels tactile, human, and defiantly alive, drawing influence from the work of Feist, Cate Le Bon, and Andy Shauf.
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